# 2015 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 2015 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represented the University of Miami during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Al Golden, who was fired following a 58–0 loss at home to Clemson, and replaced by Larry Scott, who acted as the interim coach. They played their home games at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was the Hurricanes' 90th overall season and their 12th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in 3rd place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to Washington State.
On December 4, 2015, the university announced Mark Richt as head coach, effective immediately.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
| Al Golden | Head coach | 5th | Penn State (1991) |
| Larry Scott | Interim head coach/tight ends | 3rd | South Florida (2000) |
| Mark D'Onofrio | Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator | 5th | Penn State (1991) |
| James Coley | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks | 3rd | Florida State (1997) |
| Randy Melvin | Defensive line | 1st | Eastern Illinois (1982) |
| Hurlie Brown | Linebackers/recruiting coordinator | 3rd | Miami (1992) |
| Kevin Beard | Wide receivers | 1st | Miami (2004) |
| Art Kehoe | Offensive line | 26th | Miami (1982) |
| Paul Williams | Defensive backs | 5th | Delaware (1996) |
| Tim Harris | Running backs | 5th | Carthage |

### Support staff

| Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
| Andreu Swasey | Strength & conditioning | 15th | Baylor (1995) |
| Cole Pemberton | Graduate assistant | 2nd | Colorado State (2009) |
| Mike Zuckerman | Graduate assistant | 1st | Miami (2012) |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 6:00 pm | Bethune-Cookman* | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ESPN3 | W 45–0 | 43,467 |
| September 11 | 8:00 pm | at Florida Atlantic* | FAU StadiumBoca Raton, FL | FS1 | W 44–20 | 30,321 |
| September 19 | 3:30 pm | Nebraska* | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL (rivalry) | ABC/ESPN2 | W 36–33 $^{OT}$ | 53,580 |
| October 1 | 7:30 pm | at Cincinnati* | Nippert StadiumCincinnati, OH | ESPN | L 23–34 | 40,101 |
| October 10 | 8:00 pm | at No. 12 Florida State | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL (rivalry) | ABC | L 24–29 | 82,329 |
| October 17 | 3:30 pm | Virginia Tech | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL (rivalry) | ESPNU | W 30–20 | 50,787 |
| October 24 | 12:00 pm | No. 6 Clemson | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ABC | L 0–58 | 45,211 |
| October 31 | 7:00 pm | at No. 22 Duke | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ESPNU | W 30–27 | 30,143 |
| November 7 | 3:00 pm | Virginia | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | RSN | W 27–21 | 40,963 |
| November 14 | 3:30 pm | at No. 17 North Carolina | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | ESPNU | L 21–59 | 61,000 |
| November 21 | 12:30 pm | Georgia Tech | Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ACCN | W 38–21 | 51,355 |
| November 27 | 12:00 pm | at Pittsburgh | Heinz FieldPittsburgh, PA | ESPN2 | W 29–24 | 40,126 |
| December 26 | 2:00 pm | vs. Washington State* | Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TX (Sun Bowl) | CBS | L 14–20 | 41,180 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

### Roster

As of May 2015

## Game summaries
### Bethune-Cookman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hurricanes | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 45 |

### At Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 14 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 44 |
| Owls | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 |

### Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Cornhuskers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 33 |
| Hurricanes | 17 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 |

### At Cincinnati

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Bearcats | 14 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 34 |

### At Florida State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| #12 Seminoles | 14 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 29 |

### Virginia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hokies | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Hurricanes | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 |

### Clemson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #6 Tigers | 21 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 58 |
| Hurricanes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### At Duke

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 30 |
| #22 Blue Devils | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 |

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cavaliers | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| Hurricanes | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 27 |

### At North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| #17 Tar Heels | 7 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 59 |

### Georgia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yellow Jackets | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Hurricanes | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |

### At Pittsburgh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 17 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 29 |
| Panthers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |

### Vs. Washington State–Sun Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Cougars | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 |

## 2016 NFL Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Artie Burns | Cornerback | 1 | 25 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Deon Bush | Safety | 4 | 124 | Chicago Bears |