1995 Miami Hurricanes football team

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]

1995 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East co-champion
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
APNo. 20
1995 record8–3 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLarry Coker (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Miller (1st season)
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,476)
1995 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 28:00 pmat UCLA*No. 12ABCL 8–3160,091
September 94:00 pmFlorida A&M*No. 19W 49–357,721
September 2312:00 pmat Virginia TechNo. 17BENL 7–1351,206
October 77:30 pmat No. 1 Florida State*ESPNL 17–4180,350
October 147:30 pmRutgers
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
BENW 56–2119,747
October 2112:00 pmat PittsburghBENW 17–1628,794
October 284:00 pmTemple
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 36–1228,147
November 412:00 pmBaylor*
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN2W 35–1432,655
November 1112:00 pmat Boston CollegeBENW 17–1444,500
November 184:00 pmWest VirginiaNo. 25
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 17–1243,409
November 257:30 pmNo. 22 SyracuseNo. 25
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPNW 35–2447,544
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasonsAlma Mater
Butch DavisHead Coach1stArkansas (1973)
Larry CokerOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks1stNortheastern State (OK) (1970)
Bill MillerDefensive Coordinator1stTexas-Arlington (1978)
Pete GarciaRecruiting Coordinator1stMiami (1984)
Chuck PaganoDefensive Backs1stFlorida (1956)
Rick PetriDefensive Line3rdMissouri-Rolla (1976)
Art KehoeOffensive Line11thMiami (1982)
Don SoldingerRunning Backs6thMemphis (1967)
Randy ShannonLinebackers4thMiami (1989)
Charlie WilliamsWide Receivers3rdColorado State (1982)

Support staff

NamePositionSeasonsAlma Mater
Dale HulettStrength & Conditioning1stSUNY-Cortland (1978)
Rob ChudzinskiGraduate Assistant2ndMiami (1990)
Rusty MedearisGraduate Assistant1stMiami (1993)

Roster

1995 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 11 Scott Covington Fr
WR 7 Jammi German So
WR 87 Yatil Green So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 52 Ray Lewis Jr
LB 45 Twan Russell Jr
DB 23 Duane Starks Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 21 Dane Prewitt Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCmpAttPctYardsTDINT
Ryan Clement11920159.21,638710
Ryan Collins346056.747832
Scott Covington224252.432432
Dyral McMillan11100.02510

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsAvgTD
Danyell Ferguson2121,0695.012
Dyral McMillan813224.03
Ryan Clement36-76-2.11
Trent Jones281254.52
Ryan Collins18362.01
Derrick Harris16422.61
Scott Covington9-20-2.20
Carlo Joseph5275.41
Tony Gaiter3217.00
Jammi German177.00
Nick Williams133.00

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsAvgTD
Jammi German4173017.83
Yatil Green2547619.02
Danyell Ferguson2224811.31
Gerard Daphnis1423616.92
Omar Rolle1217514.61
Syii Tucker1213411.23
Derrick Harris10777.70
Carlo Joseph8516.40
Dyral McMillan7568.00
Magic Benton614924.82
Chris C. Jones6406.70
Trent Jones55310.60
Tony Gaiter451.30
Jermaine Chambers4358.80

1996 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Ray LewisLinebacker126Baltimore Ravens
Derrick HarrisRunning Back6175St. Louis Rams

References

  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.
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