2000 Miami Hurricanes football team

2000 Miami Hurricanes football
National champion (NY Times) Big East champion Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 37–20 vs. Florida
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
2000 record	11–1 (7–0 Big East)
Head coach	Butch Davis (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Coker (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Schiano (2nd season)
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl (Capacity: 74,476)
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Big East Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Miami (FL) $		7	–	0					11	–	1
No. 6 Virginia Tech		6	–	1					11	–	1
Pittsburgh		4	–	3					7	–	5
Syracuse		4	–	3					6	–	5
Boston College		3	–	4					7	–	5
West Virginia		3	–	4					7	–	5
Temple		1	–	6					4	–	7
Rutgers		0	–	7					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 75th season of football and tenth as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by sixth-year head coach Butch Davis and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 11–1 overall and 7–0 in the Big East to finish as conference champion. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl where they defeated Florida, 37–20.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:30 pm	McNeese State*	No. 5	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 61–14	48,111
September 9	3:30 pm	at No. 15 Washington*	No. 4	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	L 29–34	74,157
September 23	3:30 pm	at West Virginia	No. 12	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	CBS	W 47–10	63,735
September 30	7:30 pm	at Rutgers	No. 10	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN+	W 64–6	23,782
October 7	12:00 pm	No. 1 Florida State*	No. 7	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry) (College GameDay)	CBS	W 27–24	80,905
October 21	12:00 pm	at Temple	No. 4	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	W 45–17	28,351
October 28	6:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*	No. 4	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN+	W 42–31	46,617	[1]
November 4	12:00 pm	No. 2 Virginia Tech	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry) (College GameDay)	CBS	W 41–21	77,410
November 11	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN2	W 35–7	47,520
November 18	6:30 pm	at Syracuse	No. 2	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN	W 26–0	49,327
November 25	3:30 pm	Boston College	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	CBS	W 52–6	49,715
January 2	8:00 pm	vs. No. 7 Florida*	No. 3	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 37–20	64,407
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster[]

2000 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Daryl Jones Jr RB 4 Najeh Davenport Jr WR 5 Andre Johnson Fr WR 6 Santana Moss Sr QB 11 Ken Dorsey So RB 21 James Jackson Sr RB 28 Clinton Portis So G 65 Martin Bibla Jr C 66 Brett Romberg So T 73 Joaquin Gonzalez Jr G 74 Sherko Haji-Rasouli So T 78 Bryant McKinnie Jr WR 84 Andre King Sr WR 87 Reggie Wayne Sr TE 88 Jeremy Shockey So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 8 Mike Rumph Jr FS 20 Ed Reed Jr CB 22 Leonard Myers Sr DB 23 James Lewis Sr LB 44 Dan Morgan Sr LB 48 Jr DE 91 Matt Walters So DT 92 Damione Lewis Sr DE 94 William Joseph So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 16 Todd Sievers So	Head coach Butch Davis Coordinators/assistant coaches Larry Coker (OC) Greg Schiano (DC) Chuck Pagano (ST/DB) Rob Chudzinski (TE) Mike Sullivan (GA) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	5	5	4	12	12	10	7	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2 (6)	2 (3)	2
Coaches	6	6	4	14	14	12	8	6	5	5	3	2 (1)	2 (2)	2 (2)	2 (5)	2 (2)	2
BCS	Not released									4	5	3	2	3	3	3	Not released

Season summary[]

The 2000 University of Miami Hurricanes football season added to the legendary and controversial lore of one of the most hated and celebrated teams in NCAA college Football history. This was widely considered the best University of Miami football team not to compete in a national championship game. The 2000 Season returned the Hurricanes to elite college football status after being penalized with NCAA scholarship restrictions due to the results of NCAA violations from the Jimmy Johnson-Dennis Erickson eras. The 2000 Miami team was coached by Butch Davis, who returned to Miami in the 1995 season after coaching the defensive line and as Defensive Coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys. Davis was also a one time assistant coach under Jimmy Johnson at Miami.

McNeese State[]

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at Washington[]

Miami (FL) at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total No. 4 Hurricanes 3 0 19 7 29 • No. 15 Huskies 7 14 6 7 34 Date: September 9 Location: Husky Stadium • Seattle, Washington Game attendance: 74,157 Referee: Chuck McFerrin TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Lynn Swann

Scoring summary 1 8:19 WASH Braxton Cleman 3-yard run (John Anderson kick) Washington 7-0 1 2:25 MIA Todd Sievers 27-yard field goal Washington 7-3 2 5:19 WASH Marques Tuiasosopo 12-yard run (John Anderson kick) Washington 14-3 2 2:02 WASH Jeremy Stevens 23-yard pass from Marques Tuiasosopo (John Anderson kick) Washington 21-3 3 7:34 MIA Reggie Wayne 21-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (two-point conversion failed) Washington 21-9 3 6:10 WASH Rich Alexis 50-yard run (two-point conversion failed) Washington 27-9 3 5:23 MIA Najeh Davenport 8-yard run (two-point conversion failed) Washington 27-15 3 3:50 MIA James Jackson 8-yard run (Todd Sievers kick) Washington 27-22 4 14:30 WASH Pat Condiff 1-yard run (John Anderson kick) Washington 34-22 4 2:52 MIA James Jackson 1-yard run (Todd Sievers kick) Washington 34-29

The lowest-point of the season was the second game loss at the Washington Huskies. This was the game that ultimately cost Miami a chance to play in the BCS National championship game. ^[3]

at West Virginia[]

at Rutgers[]

Florida State[]

Memorable games in the 2000 season included beating top ranked FSU for the first time since 1994 in the "Wide Right 2" game. In the game, FSU had a chance to tie the game on last second field goal. Miami CB Mike Rumph sprinted off the line untouched and came within 1 foot of blocking the kick, causing the FSU kicker to adjust and kicking the field goal "Wide Right". This was the third game in the Miami/FSU rivalry where FSU had missed a game ending field goal "Wide Right". Up to this point, this was the most important win in the Butch Davis-coached Miami U teams, proving that Miami could beat a #1 ranked team again.^[4]

Louisiana Tech[]

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Virginia Tech[]

Another highlight of the 2000 season was beating second-ranked Virginia Tech, led by an injured Michael Vick.

vs. Florida (Sugar Bowl)[]

The 2000 Miami Hurricance finished the season by soundly beating the University of Florida Gators in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.^[6]

Controversies[]

Despite beating the Number 1/2 ranked football teams during the 2000 season and losing only 1 game, the BCS computer model (which chose the two finalist for the NCAA college football season) chose FSU ahead of University of Miami to play in the National Championship game. The BCS computer model differential computation was partially based on Washington Huskies final ranking and amount of loss point differential, despite Miami beating FSU. Most college football pundits felt the BCS model was wrong since 1-loss Washington beat Miami who beat FSU. This season was one of the deciding factors in ultimately doing away with the BCS computer only model for choosing the National Championship teams.

During the week of the Sugar Bowl, University of Miami and University of Florida Football teams engaged in an infamous street fight in New Orleans, dubbed the "Bourbon Street Brawl", which was the end result of several Florida players engaging in trash talk with University of Miami DB Al Blades at a night club. The argument spilled out onto the street with several University of Miami players leaving other bars to support Blades including hulking 300 pound plus freshmen Vince Wilfork, Bryant McKinnie, and Jonathan Vilma. Up to 25 players engaged in a street brawl on Bourbon Street with the New Orleans Police being called to break up the fight. Several University of Florida football players showed signs of the fight with bruises on their faces in PR leading up to the game. No arrests were made.

After the Sugar bowl, head coach Butch Davis accepted the head coaching position for the NFL Cleveland Browns. This was a shock to the entire University Miami program as Davis had told the team and 2001 recruits that he would be returning to the team.

With their core 2000 roster intact, including Heisman candidates Ken Dorsey and Clinton Portis, Miami would start the 2001 season ranked Number 1. The 2000 team was featured in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentaries, "U part 2," and in, "U Reloaded".

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