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American college football season
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.
Personnel [ ]
Coaching staff [ ]
Name
Position
Seasons
Alma mater
Butch Davis
Head Coach
2nd
Arkansas (1973)
Larry Coker
Offensive Coordinator /Quarterbacks
2nd
Northeastern State (OK) (1970)
Bill Miller
Defensive Coordinator
2nd
Texas-Arlington (1978)
Rob Chudzinski
Tight Ends
1st
Miami (1990)
Chuck Pagano
Defensive Backs
2nd
Wyoming (1984)
Greg Mark
Defensive Line
1st
Miami (1991)
Art Kehoe
Offensive Line
12th
Miami (1982)
Don Soldinger
Running Backs
7th
Memphis (1967)
Randy Shannon
Linebackers
5th
Miami (1989)
Curtis Johnson
Wide Receivers
1st
Idaho (1985)
Support staff [ ]
Name
Position
Seasons
Alma mater
Dale Hulett
Strength & Conditioning
2nd
SUNY-Cortland (1978)
Bobby Harden
Graduate Assistant
1st
Miami (1989)
Howie DeCristofaro
Graduate Assistant
1st
Florida (1980)
Roster [ ]
1996 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 1:30 pm at Memphis * No. 11 SUN W 30–732,096
September 7 4:00 pm The Citadel * No. 11 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL W 52–635,747
8:00 pm at Rutgers No. 10 Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ ESPN W 33–029,379
September 28 12:00 pm Pittsburgh No. 10 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN+ 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
October 19 7:00 pm East Carolina * No. 12 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN L 6–3131,909
October 26 7:00 pm at No. 12 West Virginia No. 25 Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV ESPN W 10–766,948
November 2 12:00 pm at Temple No. 22 Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA ESPN+ 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
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
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Statistics [ ]
Passing [ ]
Rushing [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
National championships in bold
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