1996 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1996 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 71st season of football and sixth as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Butch Davis and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 9–3 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish as conference co-champion. They were invited to the Carquest Bowl where they defeated Virginia, 31–21.

1996 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East co-champion
Carquest Bowl champion
Carquest Bowl, W 31–21 vs. Virginia
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
1996 record9–3 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLarry Coker (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Miller (2nd season)
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,476)
1996 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 13 Virginia Tech +  6 –1     10 –2  
No. 14 Miami (FL) +  6 –1     9 –3  
No. 21 Syracuse +  6 –1     9 –3  
West Virginia  4 –3     8 –4  
Pittsburgh  3 –4     4 –7  
Boston College  2 –5     5 –7  
Rutgers  1 –6     2 –9  
Temple  0 –7     1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Personnel

Coaching staff
NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
Butch DavisHead Coach2ndArkansas (1973)
Larry CokerOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks2ndNortheastern State (OK) (1970)
Bill MillerDefensive Coordinator2ndTexas-Arlington (1978)
Rob ChudzinskiTight Ends1stMiami (1990)
Chuck PaganoDefensive Backs2ndWyoming (1984)
Greg MarkDefensive Line1stMiami (1991)
Art KehoeOffensive Line12thMiami (1982)
Don SoldingerRunning Backs7thMemphis (1967)
Randy ShannonLinebackers5thMiami (1989)
Curtis JohnsonWide Receivers1stIdaho (1985)

Support staff
NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
Dale HulettStrength & Conditioning2ndSUNY-Cortland (1978)
Bobby HardenGraduate Assistant1stMiami (1989)
Howie DeCristofaroGraduate Assistant1stFlorida (1980)

Roster
1996 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 7 Jammi German Jr
QB 11 Scott Covington So
QB 16 Ryan Clement Jr
RB 32 Edgerrin James Fr
C 63 K.C. Jones Sr
C 64 Ty Wise Fr
WR 87 Yatil Green Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
SS 3 Tremain Mack Jr
CB 4 Earl Little Sr
DB 23 Duane Starks Jr
LB 31 Nelson Rodriguez Jr
LB 45 Twan Russell Sr
LB 52 Nate Webster Fr
DE 90 Kenny Holmes Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 311:30 pmat Memphis*No. 11
SUNW 30–732,096
September 74:00 pmThe Citadel*No. 11
W 52–635,747
September 128:00 pmat RutgersNo. 10
ESPNW 33–029,379
September 2812:00 pmPittsburghNo. 10
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN+W 45–032,747
October 123:30 pmNo. 3 Florida State*No. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
CBSL 16–3475,913
October 197:00 pmEast Carolina*No. 12
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPNL 6–3131,909
October 267:00 pmat No. 12 West VirginiaNo. 25
ESPNW 10–766,948
November 212:00 pmat TempleNo. 22
ESPN+W 57–268,608
November 163:30 pmNo. 21 Virginia TechNo. 18
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
CBSL 7–2138,814
November 2312:00 pmBoston CollegeNo. 25
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
CBSW 43–2634,540
November 303:30 pmat No. 16 SyracuseNo. 23
CBSW 38–3149,426
December 277:30 pmvs. Virginia*No. 19
TBSW 31–2146,418
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Statistics

Passing
PlayerCmpAttPctYardsTDINT
Ryan Clement16427260.32,257198
Scott Covington7312558.491944

Rushing
PlayerAttYardsAvgTD
Dyral McMillan1115655.14
Danyell Ferguson813854.43
Trent Jones863744.35
Edgerrin James714466.32
Ryan Clement36-142-3.91
Nick Williams17673.91
Scott Covington13-30-2.31
Carlo Joseph12473.91
James Jackson8222.80
Magic Benton12222.00
Bryan Bippen122.00
Tony Gaiter1-1-1.00

Receiving
PlayerRecYardsAvgTD
Yatil Green4474617.04
Magic Benton3857414.44
Tony Gaiter3067122.47
Gerard Daphnis191739.10
Trent Jones17945.50
Jermaine Chambers1418813.41
Nick Williams1214912.41
Chris C. Jones1215913.34
Mondriel Fulcher1214912.42
Danyell Ferguson11524.70
Carlo Joseph11877.90
Dyral McMillan8445.50
Edgerrin James69015.00
James Jackson177.00
Andy Atrio11212.00
Jeff Popovich188.00

References
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