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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.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 31 1:30 pm at Memphis * No. 11 SUN W 30–732,096 September 7 4:00 pm The Citadel * No. 11 W 52–635,747 8:00 pm at Rutgers No. 10 ESPN W 33–029,379 September 28 12:00 pm Pittsburgh No. 10 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN Plus W 45–032,747 October 12 3:30 pm No. 3 Florida State * No. 6 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry ) CBS L 16–3475,913 [1] October 19 7:00 pm East Carolina * No. 12 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN L 6–3131,909 [2] October 26 7:00 pm at No. 12 West Virginia No. 25 ESPN W 10–766,948 [3] November 2 12:00 pm at Temple No. 22 ESPN Plus W 57–268,608 November 16 3:30 pm No. 21 Virginia Tech No. 18 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry ) CBS L 7–2138,814 [4] November 23 12:00 pm Boston College No. 25 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL CBS W 43–2634,540 November 30 3:30 pm at No. 16 Syracuse No. 23 CBS W 38–3149,426 7:30 pm vs. Virginia * No. 19 TBS W 31–2146,418 [5] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final AP 12 11 11 10 10 10 8 6 12 25 22 21 18 25 23 19 19 14 Coaches 16 12 11 10 9 8 6 13 23 22 21 18 25 23 20 19 14
Personnel [ edit ] Coaching staff [ edit ] Support staff [ edit ]
1996 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Statistics [ edit ] Passing [ edit ] Rushing [ edit ]
Player
Att
Yards
Avg
TD
Dyral McMillan
111
565
5.1
4
Danyell Ferguson
81
385
4.4
3
Trent Jones
86
374
4.3
5
Edgerrin James 71
446
6.3
2
Ryan Clement 36
-142
-3.9
1
Nick Williams 17
67
3.9
1
Scott Covington 13
-30
-2.3
1
Carlo Joseph
12
47
3.9
1
James Jackson 8
22
2.8
0
Magic Benton
1
22
22.0
0
Bryan Bippen
1
2
2.0
0
Tony Gaiter
1
-1
-1.0
0
Receiving [ edit ]
Player
Rec
Yards
Avg
TD
Yatil Green 44
746
17.0
4
Magic Benton
38
574
14.4
4
Tony Gaiter
30
671
22.4
7
Gerard Daphnis
19
173
9.1
0
Trent Jones
17
94
5.5
0
Jermaine Chambers
14
188
13.4
1
Nick Williams 12
149
12.4
1
Chris C. Jones
12
159
13.3
4
Mondriel Fulcher 12
149
12.4
2
Danyell Ferguson
11
52
4.7
0
Carlo Joseph
11
87
7.9
0
Dyral McMillan
8
44
5.5
0
Edgerrin James 6
90
15.0
0
James Jackson 1
7
7.0
0
Andy Atrio
1
12
12.0
0
Jeff Popovich
1
8
8.0
0
References [ edit ]
^ "Seminoles storm past Hurricanes, 34–16" . The Bellingham Herald . October 13, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Twice the hurt - Clement injures shoulder; UM takes beating" . The Miami Herald . October 20, 1996. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Blocked punt revives 'Canes' fortunes 10–7" . Fort Myers News-Press . October 27, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Franklin's Stuewe helps Virginia Tech top Miami" . The Courier-News . November 17, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Big Mack attack" . The Palm Beach Post . December 28, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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