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1988 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1988 Miami Hurricanes football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 23–3 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record11–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Stevens (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorDave Wannstedt (3rd season)
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 75,500)
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame       12 0 0
No. 2 Miami (FL)       11 1 0
No. 3 Florida State       11 1 0
No. 5 West Virginia       11 1 0
Southern Miss       10 2 0
No. 13 Syracuse       10 2 0
Army       9 3 0
Louisville       8 3 0
South Carolina       8 4 0
Northern Illinois       7 4 0
Pittsburgh       6 5 0
Memphis State       6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana       6 5 0
Rutgers       5 6 0
Akron       5 6 0
Penn State       5 6 0
Tulane       5 6 0
Temple       4 7 0
Tulsa       4 7 0
Boston College       3 8 0
Cincinnati       3 8 0
East Carolina       3 8 0
Navy       3 8 0
Virginia Tech       3 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 63rd season of football. The Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Jimmy Johnson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 11–1 overall. They were invited to the Orange Bowl, where they defeated Nebraska, 23–3.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3No. 1 Florida StateNo. 6CBSW 31–077,836
September 17at No. 15 MichiganNo. 1ABCW 31–30105,834
September 24WisconsinNo. 1
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 23–348,311
October 1MissouriNo. 1
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 55–040,654
October 15at No. 4 Notre DameNo. 1CBSL 30–3159,075
October 22CincinnatiNo. 4
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 57–344,107
October 29at East CarolinaNo. 4W 31–729,400[1]
November 5TulsadaggerNo. 3
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 34–338,196
November 19at No. 11 LSUNo. 3ESPNW 44–379,528[2]
November 26No. 8 ArkansasNo. 3
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
CBSW 18–1663,271
December 3BYUNo. 2
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPNW 41–1759,637
January 2vs. No. 6 NebraskaNo. 2
NBCW 23–379,480
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

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Roster

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1988 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 93 Randy Bethel So
WR 83 Andre Brown Sr
OL 52 Darrin Bruce Sr
WR 81 Wesley Carroll So
TE 84 Rob Chudzinski So
RB 28 Leonard Conley So
FB 20 Shannon Crowell So
WR 11 Dale Dawkins Jr
QB 7 Craig Erickson So
C 50 Bobby Garcia Jr
RB 43 Cleveland Gary Sr
G 66 Darren Handy
RB 31 Freddy Highsmith Sr
WR 3 Randal Hill So
C 64 Rod Holder Jr
OL 75 John O'Neill Sr
G 68 Barry Panfil
OL 73 Leon Searcy  Fr
WR 18 Pee Wee Smith Jr
WR 35 Darryl Spencer Fr
G 79 Mike Sullivan So
QB 4 Steve Walsh Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 23 Robert Bailey So
CB 6 Kenny Berry Jr
LB 91 Rod Carter Sr
LB 57 Bernard Clark Jr
LB 49 Maurice Crum So
DL 44 Shane Curry So
CB 29 Donald Ellis Sr
DB 39 Bobby Harden Jr
DE 54 Bill Hawkins Sr
DL 63 Jimmie Jones Jr
DT 96 Cortez Kennedy Jr
DT 94 Greg Mark Jr
DL 67 Russell Maryland So
DB 48 Bubba McDowell Sr
LB 38 Richard Newbill Jr
DE 58 Willis Peguese Jr
DB 2 Charles Pharms Fr
LB 22 Randy Shannon Sr
LB 20 Julius Noble Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 1 Edgar Benes Jr
K 27 Carlos Huerta Fr
P 19 Tim Kalal Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Coaching staff

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Name Position Seasons Alma mater
Jimmy Johnson Head coach 5th Arkansas (1965)
Gary Stevens Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 9th John Carroll (1965)
Dave Wannstedt Defensive coordinator/linebackers 3rd Pittsburgh (1974)
Hubbard Alexander Wide receivers 10th Tennessee State (1962)
Joe Brodsky Running backs 11th Florida (1956)
Butch Davis Defensive line 5th Arkansas (1973)
Art Kehoe Assistant offensive line 4th Miami (1982)
Don Soldinger Tight ends 5th Memphis (1967)
Tony Wise Offensive line 4th Ithaca (1972)
Dave Campo Defensive backs 2nd Central Connecticut State (1969)

Support staff

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Name Position Seasons Alma mater
Bill Foran Strength & Conditioning 4th Central Michigan (1977)
Tommy Tuberville Graduate Assistant 3rd Southern Arkansas (1976)
Ed Orgeron Graduate Assistant 1st Northwestern State (1983)

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP8 (1)6 (1)1 (38)1 (46)1 (46)1 (55)1 (53)1 (52)443 (1)3 (1)3 (1)3 (1)2 (1)2 (1)2 (1 12)
Coaches5 (4)5 (4)1 (29)1 (37)1 (45)1 (45)1 (43)1 (44)44333 (1)3 (1)2 (2)2 (3)2 (2)

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Game summaries

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Florida State

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#1 Florida State at #6 Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Seminoles 0 000 0
Hurricanes 3 1477 31

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At Michigan

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#1 Miami (FL) at #15 Michigan
1 234Total
Hurricanes 7 7017 31
Wolverines 3 1737 30

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Wisconsin

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Wisconsin at #1 Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Badgers 3 000 3
Hurricanes 0 1463 23

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Missouri

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Missouri at #1 Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Tigers 0 000 0
Hurricanes 21 17143 55

The dominating win over Missouri was Miami's most lopsided victory in 21 years, dating back to a 58–0 win over Pittsburgh in 1967.[8]

At Notre Dame

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#1 Miami (FL) at #4 Notre Dame
1 234Total
Hurricanes 0 2109 30
Fighting Irish 7 14100 31
  • Source:

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Cincinnati

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At East Carolina

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Tulsa

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At LSU

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#3 Miami (FL) at #11 LSU
1 234Total
Hurricanes 10 10024 44
Tigers 0 300 3

Arkansas

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#8 Arkansas at #3 Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Razorbacks 10 060 16
Hurricanes 10 503 18

BYU

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BYU at #2 Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Cougars 3 0140 17
Hurricanes 7 2707 41

Vs. Nebraska (Orange Bowl)

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#2 Miami (FL) vs. #6 Nebraska
1 234Total
Hurricanes 7 1303 23
Cornhuskers 0 030 3

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Awards and honors

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  • Steve Walsh, Sammy Baugh Trophy[13]

Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award

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1989 NFL Draft

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Player Position Round Pick Team
Bill Hawkins Defensive end 1 21 Los Angeles Rams
Cleveland Gary Running back 1 26 Los Angeles Rams
Bubba McDowell Defensive back 3 77 Houston Oilers
Melvin Bratton Running back 7 180 Denver Broncos
Rod Carter Linebacker 10 252 Dallas Cowboys
Randy Shannon Linebacker 11 280 Dallas Cowboys

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References

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  1. ^ "Hurricanes methodical in beating ECU 31–7". The Palm Beach Post. October 30, 1988. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Hurricanes make a disaster of Bengals". The Commercial Appeal. November 20, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Miami (FL) 1988 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  4. ^ "Miami Wallops No.1 FSU 31-0." Gainesville Sun. Sept 4 1988.
  5. ^ NoleFan.Org
  6. ^ "Hurricanes blow past Wolverines." Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Sept 18.
  7. ^ "Miami's defense bails out offense." Gainesville Sun. 1988 Sept 25. Retrieved 2014-Dec-28.
  8. ^ "COLLEGE FOOTBALL : Missouri Sees Why Miami Is No. 1, 55-0". Los Angeles Times. October 2, 1988. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  9. ^ "NOTRE DAME DEFEATS TOP-RANKED MIAMI, 31-30". The Washington Post. January 3, 1989. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  10. ^ "25 years of college football's memorable games". USA Today. December 1, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  11. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1988 Oct 23.
  12. ^ "MIAMI'S DEFENSE DESTROYS NEBRASKA". Chicago Tribune. January 3, 1989. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  13. ^ "Awards". www.touchdownclubofcolumbus.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.
  14. ^ "History: Jack Harding MVP Award". CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "1989 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.