1985 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1985 Miami Hurricanes football
Miami Hurricanes logo.svg
Sugar Bowl, L 7–35 vs. Tennessee
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches #8
AP #9
1985 record 10–2
Head coach Jimmy Johnson (2nd year)
Home stadium Miami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 75,500)
Seasons
« 1984 1986 »
1985 Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Penn State   –   –       11 – 1 – 0
#9 Miami (FL)   –   –       10 – 2 – 0
Army   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
#15 Florida State   –   –       9 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   –       7 – 3 – 1
Southern Miss   –   –       7 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   –       7 – 5 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   –       6 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   –       5 – 5 – 1
Cincinnati   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Notre Dame   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
South Carolina   –   –       5 – 6 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   –       4 – 7 – 0
Boston College   –   –       4 – 8 – 0
Memphis   –   –       2 – 7 – 2
Rutgers   –   –       2 – 8 – 1
East Carolina   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Louisville   –   –       2 – 9 – 0
Tulane   –   –       1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Jimmy Johnson and played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 7 #5 Florida Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida L 23–35   80,277
September 14 at Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas W 48–20   15,411
September 28 at Boston College Sullivan Stadium • Foxborough, Massachusetts W 45–10   31,864
October 5 at East Carolina Ficklen Memorial Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina W 27–15   34,511
October 12 Cincinnati Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida W 38–0   30,164
October 19 at #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma ABC W 27–14   73,102
October 26 Louisville #15 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida W 45–7   31,761
November 2 at #10 Florida State #11 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida W 35–27   61,250
November 9 at Maryland #8 Memorial Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland CBS W 29–22   62,350
November 23 Colorado Statedagger #4 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida W 24–3   35,035
November 30 Notre Dame #4 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida CBS W 58–7   49,236
January 1 vs. #8 Tennessee #2 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl) ABC L 7–35   77,432
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Miami's 600th game in school history was against Colorado State.

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Game notes

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 0 7 0 0 7
• Miami (FL) 13 14 10 21 58

Miami scored the most points in a game since 1967. The Hurricanes scored on their first four possessions, the fifth was ended when time ran out of halftime and then they proceeded to score the first four times they got the ball in the second half.

Recruits

Jimmy Johnson and his staff had several key recruits in the 1985 class including QB Steve Walsh and RB Eric Metcalf. Jimmy also continued collecting talent from Florida, "Ten of the 19 signees are from Florida. Last year, 18 of the 25 high school players who signed letters were from Florida (11 from Dade and Broward), and 19 of 26 who signed in 1983 were from Florida (nine from Dade and Broward)."[2]

References

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  1. ↑ 2011 Miami football record book.
  2. ↑ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-02-14/sports/8501050814_1_corey-johnson-broward-dade
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