1995 Miami Hurricanes football team explained

Year:1995
Team:Miami Hurricanes
Conference:Big East Conference
Conference Link:Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Short Conf:Big East
Aprank:20
Record:8–3
Conf Record:6–1
Hc Year:1st
Oc Year:1st
Dc Year:1st
Stadium:Miami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,476)
Champion:Big East co-champion

The 1995 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 70th season of football and fifth as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Butch Davis and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 8–3 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish as conference co-champion. They served a one-year bowl ban due to NCAA sanctions that were levied at the end of the season.[1]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons Alma mater
1st Arkansas (1973)
Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 1st Northeastern State (OK) (1970)
1st Texas-Arlington (1978)
Recruiting Coordinator 1st Miami (1984)
Defensive backs 1st Florida (1956)
Rick Petri 3rd Missouri-Rolla (1976)
Art Kehoe 11th Miami (1982)
Don Soldinger Running backs 6th Memphis (1967)
Linebackers 4th Miami (1989)
Charlie Williams Wide receivers 3rd Colorado State (1982)

Support staff

Name Position Seasons Alma mater
Dale Hulett 1st SUNY-Cortland (1978)
Graduate Assistant 2nd Miami (1990)
Rusty Medearis Graduate Assistant 1st Miami (1993)

Roster

Statistics

Passing

Player Cmp Att Pct Yards TD INT
119 201 59.2 1,638 7 10
Ryan Collins 34 60 56.7 478 3 2
22 42 52.4 324 3 2
Dyral McMillan 1 1 100.0 25 1 0

Rushing

Player Att Yards Avg TD
Danyell Ferguson 212 1,069 5.0 12
Dyral McMillan 81 322 4.0 3
36 -76 -2.1 1
Trent Jones 28 125 4.5 2
Ryan Collins 18 36 2.0 1
Derrick Harris 16 42 2.6 1
9 -20 -2.2 0
Carlo Joseph 5 27 5.4 1
Tony Gaiter 3 21 7.0 0
1 7 7.0 0
1 3 3.0 0

Receiving

Player Rec Yards Avg TD
41 730 17.8 3
25 476 19.0 2
Danyell Ferguson 22 248 11.3 1
Gerard Daphnis 14 236 16.9 2
Omar Rolle 12 175 14.6 1
Syii Tucker 12 134 11.2 3
Derrick Harris 10 77 7.7 0
Carlo Joseph 8 516.4 0
Dyral McMillan 7 56 8.0 0
Magic Benton 6 149 24.8 2
Chris C. Jones 6 40 6.7 0
Trent Jones 5 53 10.6 0
Tony Gaiter 4 5 1.3 0
Jermaine Chambers 4 35 8.8 0

Game summaries

UCLA

See also: 1995 UCLA Bruins football team.

Virginia Tech

See also: 1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team.

Florida State

See also: 1995 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry.

Rutgers

See also: 1995 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team.

Pitt

See also: 1995 Pitt Panthers football team.

Temple

See also: 1995 Temple Owls football team.

Baylor

See also: 1995 Baylor Bears football team.

Boston College

See also: 1995 Boston College Eagles football team.

West Virginia

See also: 1995 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.

Syracuse

See also: 1995 Syracuse Orangemen football team.

1996 NFL Draft

See main article: 1996 NFL draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
1 26 Baltimore Ravens
Derrick Harris 6 175 St. Louis Rams

Notes and References

  1. News: Miami Bowled Over by NCAA Possible Orange Bid Ends As Sanctions Cut 24 Scholarships, Too. Michelle. Kauffman. The Baltimore Sun. December 2, 1995. September 21, 2012.