# 1995 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1995 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 70th season of football and fifth as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Butch Davis and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 8–3 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish as conference co-champion. They served a one-year bowl ban due to NCAA sanctions that were levied at the end of the season.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 8:00 pm | at No. 15 UCLA* | No. 12 | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | ABC | L 8–31 | 60,091 |
| September 9 | 4:00 pm | No. 25 (I-AA) Florida A&M* | No. 19 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | | W 49–3 | 57,721 |
| September 23 | 12:00 pm | at Virginia Tech | No. 17 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA (rivalry) | BEN | L 7–13 | 51,206 |
| October 7 | 7:30 pm | at No. 1 Florida State* | | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL (rivalry, College GameDay) | ESPN | L 17–41 | 80,350 |
| October 14 | 7:30 pm | Rutgers | | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | BEN | W 56–21 | 19,747 |
| October 21 | 12:00 pm | at Pittsburgh | | Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA | BEN | W 17–16 | 28,794 |
| October 28 | 4:00 pm | Temple | | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | | W 36–12 | 28,147 |
| November 4 | 12:00 pm | Baylor* | | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | ESPN2 | W 35–14 | 32,655 |
| November 11 | 12:00 pm | at Boston College | | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA | BEN | W 17–14 | 44,500 |
| November 18 | 4:00 pm | West Virginia | No. 25 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | | W 17–12 | 43,409 |
| November 25 | 7:30 pm | No. 22 Syracuse | No. 25 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | ESPN | W 35–24 | 47,544 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
| Butch Davis | Head coach | 1st | Arkansas (1973) |
| Larry Coker | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks | 1st | Northeastern State (OK) (1970) |
| Bill Miller | Defensive coordinator | 1st | Texas-Arlington (1978) |
| Pete Garcia | Recruiting Coordinator | 1st | Miami (1984) |
| Chuck Pagano | Defensive backs | 1st | Florida (1956) |
| Rick Petri | Defensive line | 3rd | Missouri-Rolla (1976) |
| Art Kehoe | offensive line | 11th | Miami (1982) |
| Don Soldinger | Running backs | 6th | Memphis (1967) |
| Randy Shannon | Linebackers | 4th | Miami (1989) |
| Charlie Williams | Wide receivers | 3rd | Colorado State (1982) |

### Support staff

| Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
| Dale Hulett | Strength & Conditioning | 1st | SUNY-Cortland (1978) |
| Rob Chudzinski | Graduate Assistant | 2nd | Miami (1990) |
| Rusty Medearis | Graduate Assistant | 1st | Miami (1993) |

### Roster
## Statistics
### Passing

| Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | INT |
| Ryan Clement | 119 | 201 | 59.2 | 1,638 | 7 | 10 |
| Ryan Collins | 34 | 60 | 56.7 | 478 | 3 | 2 |
| Scott Covington | 22 | 42 | 52.4 | 324 | 3 | 2 |
| Dyral McMillan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |

### Rushing

| Player | Att | Yards | Avg | TD |
| Danyell Ferguson | 212 | 1,069 | 5.0 | 12 |
| Dyral McMillan | 81 | 322 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Ryan Clement | 36 | -76 | -2.1 | 1 |
| Trent Jones | 28 | 125 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Ryan Collins | 18 | 36 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Derrick Harris | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 1 |
| Scott Covington | 9 | -20 | -2.2 | 0 |
| Carlo Joseph | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 |
| Tony Gaiter | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Jammi German | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Nick Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |

### Receiving

| Player | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD |
| Jammi German | 41 | 730 | 17.8 | 3 |
| Yatil Green | 25 | 476 | 19.0 | 2 |
| Danyell Ferguson | 22 | 248 | 11.3 | 1 |
| Gerard Daphnis | 14 | 236 | 16.9 | 2 |
| Omar Rolle | 12 | 175 | 14.6 | 1 |
| Syii Tucker | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 3 |
| Derrick Harris | 10 | 77 | 7.7 | 0 |
| Carlo Joseph | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 0 |
| Dyral McMillan | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Magic Benton | 6 | 149 | 24.8 | 2 |
| Chris C. Jones | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 |
| Trent Jones | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 |
| Tony Gaiter | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Jermaine Chambers | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 |

## Game summaries
### UCLA

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| UCLA | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 31 |
at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
* Date: September 2, 1995
* Game attendance: 60,091
* Box score

### Florida A&M

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Florida A&M | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Miami (FL) | 14 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 56 |
at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
* Date: September 9, 1995
* Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 57,751
* Box score

### Virginia Tech

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia
* Date: September 23, 1995
* Game attendance: 51,206
* Box score

### Florida State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Florida State | 7 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida
* Date: October 7, 1995
* Game attendance: 80,350
* TV: ESPN
* Box score

### Rutgers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rutgers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Miami (FL) | 14 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 56 |
at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
* Date: October 14, 1995
* Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 42,642
* Recap, pg. 124

### Pitt

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Pitt | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Date: October 21, 1995
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 28,794
* Box score

### Temple

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Temple | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Miami (FL) | 7 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 36 |
at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
* Date: October 28, 1995
* Game attendance: 28,147
* Box score

### Baylor

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Baylor | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
* Date: November 4, 1995
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 32,655
* Box score

### Boston College

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
* Date: November 11, 1995
* Game attendance: 44,500
* Box score

### West Virginia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| West Virginia | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
* Date: October 21, 1995
* Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 43,409
* Box score

### Syracuse

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Syracuse | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
* Date: November 25, 1995
* Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 47,544
* Box score

## 1996 NFL Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Ray Lewis | Linebacker | 1 | 26 | Baltimore Ravens |
| Derrick Harris | Running back | 6 | 175 | St. Louis Rams |