1995 Miami Hurricanes football team

1995 Miami Hurricanes football
1995 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East co-champion
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	8–3 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach	Butch Davis (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Larry Coker (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Miller (1st season)
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl; (Capacity: 74,476)
	Seasons ← 1994 1996 →

1995 Big East Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 10 Virginia Tech +	6	–	1	10	–	2
No. 20 Miami (FL) +	6	–	1	8	–	3
No. 19 Syracuse	5	–	2	9	–	3
West Virginia	4	–	3	5	–	6
Boston College	4	–	3	4	–	8
Rutgers	2	–	5	4	–	7
Temple	1	–	6	1	–	10
Pittsburgh	0	–	7	2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	8:00 pm	at No. 15 UCLA*	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 8–31	60,091
September 9	4:00 pm	No. 25 (I-AA) Florida A&M*	No. 19	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 49–3	57,721
September 23	12:00 pm	at Virginia Tech	No. 17	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	BEN	L 7–13	51,206	^[2]
October 7	7:30 pm	at No. 1 Florida State*		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry, College GameDay)	ESPN	L 17–41	80,350	^[3]
October 14	7:30 pm	Rutgers		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	BEN	W 56–21	19,747
October 21	12:00 pm	at Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	BEN	W 17–16	28,794
October 28	4:00 pm	Temple		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 36–12	28,147
November 4	12:00 pm	Baylor*		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN2	W 35–14	32,655
November 11	12:00 pm	at Boston College		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	BEN	W 17–14	44,500
November 18	4:00 pm	West Virginia	No. 25	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 17–12	43,409
November 25	7:30 pm	No. 22 Syracuse	No. 25	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	W 35–24	47,544
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma mater
Butch Davis	Head coach	1st	Arkansas (1973)
Larry Coker	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks	1st	Northeastern State (OK) (1970)
Bill Miller	Defensive coordinator	1st	Texas-Arlington (1978)
Pete Garcia	Recruiting Coordinator	1st	Miami (1984)
Chuck Pagano	Defensive backs	1st	Florida (1956)
Rick Petri	Defensive line	3rd	Missouri-Rolla (1976)
Art Kehoe	offensive line	11th	Miami (1982)
Don Soldinger	Running backs	6th	Memphis (1967)
Randy Shannon	Linebackers	4th	Miami (1989)
Charlie Williams	Wide receivers	3rd	Colorado State (1982)

Support staff

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

Roster

1995 Miami Hurricanes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`11`	Scott Covington	Fr
WR	`7`	Jammi German	So
WR	`87`	Yatil Green	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`52`	Ray Lewis	Jr
LB	`45`	Twan Russell	Jr
DB	`23`	Duane Starks	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`21`	Dane Prewitt	Sr

Head coach

Butch Davis

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Statistics

Passing

Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yards	TD	INT
Ryan Clement	119	201	59.2	1,638	7	10
Ryan Collins	34	60	56.7	478	3	2
Scott Covington	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
Ryan Clement	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
Scott Covington	9	-20	-2.2	0
Carlo Joseph	5	27	5.4	1
Tony Gaiter	3	21	7.0	0
Jammi German	1	7	7.0	0
Nick Williams	1	3	3.0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	Avg	TD
Jammi German	41	730	17.8	3
Yatil Green	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	51	6.4	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

#12 Miami Hurricanes at #15 UCLA Bruins

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	0	0	0	8	8
UCLA	3	0	14	14	31

at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Date: September 2, 1995
Game attendance: 60,091
Box score

Game information

First quarter

UCLA - B. Merten 24-yard field goal

Second quarter

No scoring

Third quarter

UCLA - A. McCullough recovered fumble in end zone (B. Merten kick)
UCLA - K. Abdul-Jabbar 9-yard run (B. Merten kick)

Fourth quarter

UCLA - K. Abdul-Jabbar 6-yard run (B. Merten kick)
UM - S. Tucker 10-yard pass from R. Collins (J. German pass conversion)
UCLA - J. Milliner 1-yard run (B. Merten kick)

Florida A&M

Florida A&M Rattlers at #19 Miami Hurricanes

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida A&M	7	7	0	7	21
Miami (FL)	14	35	0	7	56

at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Date: September 9, 1995
Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 57,751
Box score

Game information

First quarter

UM - R. Collins 1-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
UM - G. Daphnis 31-yard pass from R. Collins (D. Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

UM - Y. Green 7-yard pass from R. Collins (D. Prewitt kick)
UM - T. Jones 14-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
FAMU - J. Stephens 40-yard field goal
UM - D. Ferguson 1-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Third quarter

UM - T. Gaiter 46-yard punt return (D. Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

UM - D. McMillian 3-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Virginia Tech

#17 Miami Hurricanes at Virginia Tech Hokies

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	0	7	0	0	7
Virginia Tech	7	3	0	3	13

at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia

Date: September 23, 1995
Game attendance: 51,206
Box score

Game information

First quarter

VT - D. Thomas 1-yard run (A. Larsen kick)

Second quarter

VT - A. Larsen 44-yard field goal
UM - D. Ferguson 5-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Third quarter

No scoring

Fourth quarter

VT - A. Larsen 20-yard field goal

Florida State

Miami Hurricanes at #1 Florida State Seminoles

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	7	0	3	7	17
Florida State	7	17	7	10	41

at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida

Date: October 7, 1995
Game attendance: 80,350
TV: ESPN
Box score

Game information

First quarter

FSU - P.B. Williams 1 run (S. Bentley kick)
UM - T. Jones recovered blocked punt in end zone (D. Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

FSU - S. Bentley 34 FG
FSU - A. Cooper 8 pass from D. Kanell (S. Bentley kick)
FSU - A. Cooper 26 pass from D. Kanell (S. Bentley kick)

Third quarter

FSU - W. Dunn 1 run (S. Bentley kick)
UM - FG D. Prewitt 20

Fourth quarter

FSU - P. Riley 23 pass from D. Kanell (S. Bentley kick)
FSU - S. Bentley 33 FG
UM - M. Benton 42 pass from S. Covington (D. Prewitt kick)

Rutgers

Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Miami Hurricanes

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Rutgers	7	7	0	7	21
Miami (FL)	14	35	0	7	56

at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Date: October 14, 1995
Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 42,642
Recap, pg. 124

Game information

First quarter

RUT - Battaglia 7-yard pass from Lucas (Mike-Mayer kick)
UM - German 59-yard pass from Clement (Prewitt kick)
UM - Green 28-yard pass from Clement (Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

UM - Ferguson 1-yard run (Prewitt kick)
UM - Ferguson 46-yard pass from Clement (Prewitt kick)
UM - McMillan 2-yard run (Prewitt kick)
UM - Ward 26-yard blocked punt return (Prewitt kick)
UM - Benton 61-yard pass from Covington (Prewitt kick)
RUT - Lucas 11-yard run (Mike-Mayer kick)

Third quarter

No scoring

Fourth quarter

UM - Lewis 64-yard INT return (Prewitt kick)
RUT - Harper 3-yard pass from Lucas (Mike-Mayer kick)

Pitt

Miami Hurricanes at Pitt Panthers

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	7	0	3	7	17
Pitt	3	10	3	0	16

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date: October 21, 1995
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 28,794
Box score

Game information

First quarter

PITT - C. Ferencik 34-yard field goal
UM - S. Tucker 15-yard pass from R. Clement (D. Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

PITT - P. Gonzales 2-yard run (C. Ferencik kick)
PITT - C. Ferencik 26-yard field goal

Third quarter

UM - D. Prewitt 47-yard field goal
PITT - C. Ferencik 39-yard field goal

Fourth quarter

UM - D. Ferguson 16-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Temple

Temple Owls at Miami Hurricanes

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Temple	3	9	0	0	12
Miami (FL)	7	13	9	7	36

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Date: October 28, 1995
Game attendance: 28,147
Box score

Game information

First quarter

UM - German 77 pass from Clement (Prewitt kick)
TEM - FG Michalski 34

Second quarter

TEM - V Johnson 39 pass from Burris (Michalski kick)
UM - Ferguson 23 run (Prewitt kick)
UM - Ferguson 2 run (kick failed)
TEM - 2 point defensive conversion by Adams

Third quarter

UM - FG Prewitt 36
UM - Clement 1 run (two-point conversion failed)
UM - German 30 pass from Covington (Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

No scoring

Baylor

Baylor Bears at Miami Hurricanes

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	7	0	0	7	14
Miami (FL)	0	14	14	7	35

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Date: November 4, 1995
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 32,655
Box score

Game information

First quarter

BAY - J. Douglas 2-yard run (J. Van Dyke kick)

Second quarter

UM - C. Jones 34-yard interception return (D. Prewitt kick)
UM - D. Ferguson 10-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Third quarter

UM - D. Ferguson 1-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
UM - D. Ferguson 16-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

UM - D. McMillian 16-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
BAY - K. Muhammad 41-yard pass from J. Alfred (J. Van Dyke kick)

Boston College

Miami Hurricanes at Boston College Eagles

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	7	0	7	3	17
Boston College	0	0	0	14	14

at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Date: November 11, 1995
Game attendance: 44,500
Box score

Game information

First quarter

UM - G. Daphnis 56-yard pass from R. Clement (D. Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

No scoring

Third quarter

UM - D. Ferguson 85-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

BC - S. Everson 3-yard pass from M. Hartsell (D. McGuire kick)
BC - O. Walker 1-yard run (D. McGuire kick)
UM - D. Prewitt 24-yard field goal

West Virginia

West Virginia Mountaineers at #25 Miami Hurricanes

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	9	3	0	12
Miami (FL)	0	7	7	3	17

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Date: October 21, 1995
Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 43,409
Box score

Game information

First quarter

No scoring

Second quarter

WVU - B. Baumann 19-yard field goal
UM - D. Harris 6-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
WVU - D. Saunders 28-yard pass from C. Johnston (kick failed)

Third quarter

UM - C. Joseph 17-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
WVU - B. Baumann 36-yard field goal

Fourth quarter

UM - D. Prewitt 33-yard field goal

Syracuse

#22 Syracuse Orangemen at #25 Miami Hurricanes

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	10	14	0	0	24
Miami (FL)	0	14	14	7	35

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Date: November 25, 1995
Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 47,544
Box score

Game information

First quarter

SYR - M. Thomas 1 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick)
SYR - O. Mare 47 FG

Second quarter

UM - D. Ferguson 2 run (D. Prewitt kick)
SYR - D. McNabb 17 run (O. Mare kick)
UM - D. Ferguson 3 run (D. Prewitt kick)
SYR - Thomas 3 run (O. Mare kick)

Third quarter

UM - Tucker 4 pass from R. Clement (D. Prewitt kick)
UM - T. Jones 2 run (D. Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

UM - O. Rolle 25 pass from D. McMillian (D. Prewitt kick)

1996 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Ray Lewis	Linebacker	1	26	Baltimore Ravens
Derrick Harris	Running back	6	175	St. Louis Rams

References

^ Kauffman, Michelle (December 2, 1995). "Miami Bowled Over by NCAA Possible Orange Bid Ends As Sanctions Cut 24 Scholarships, Too". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
^ "Virginia Tech notches 1st victory over 'Canes". South Florida Sun Sentinel. September 24, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "No. 1 Florida State clobbers rival Miami, 41–17". The Press Democrat. October 8, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] Kauffman, Michelle (December 2, 1995). "Miami Bowled Over by NCAA Possible Orange Bid Ends As Sanctions Cut 24 Scholarships, Too". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 21, 2012.

[2] "Virginia Tech notches 1st victory over 'Canes". South Florida Sun Sentinel. September 24, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "No. 1 Florida State clobbers rival Miami, 41–17". The Press Democrat. October 8, 1995. Retrieved February 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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