2005 Miami Hurricanes football team The 2005 Miami Hurricanes football team began the 2005 season ranked # 8 / 9 ( USA Today Coaches Poll / AP Poll ) after a 9 – 3 campaign in 2004 that ended with a 27 – 10 win over rival Florida in the 2005 Peach Bowl . Season . Miami dropped its first game of the season at archrival Florida State , 10 – 7 , when punter / holder Brian Monroe fumble d the snap on a 28 - yard game - tying field goal attempt by kicker Jon Peattie with 2 : 16 left to play in the fourth quarter . Despite gaining 313 yards of offense to Florida State ' s 170 , Miami lost to its archrival for the first time since 1999 ( 6 straight wins by Miami ) due to three turnovers , two missed field goals , and a muffed hold on the game - tying field goal attempt . The Hurricanes rebounded by winning 8 straight games ( including a 27 – 7 win over previously unbeaten Virginia Tech in Blacksburg ) and climbed to the # 3 spot in both polls . However , any hopes of a sixth national championship were dashed when the ' Canes were upset , 14 – 10 , by the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at the Orange Bowl on November 19 ( the game was originally scheduled for October 22 , but was postponed in the wake of Hurricane Wilma ) . The Miami offense , which had problems all season , sputtered badly against Georgia Tech and quarterback Kyle Wright was booed continuously during the second half of the game by the Orange Bowl crowd for his ineffective play . The loss also knocked Miami out of a spot in the inaugural ACC Championship Game . Miami finished the regular season at 9 – 2 ( 6 – 2 ACC ) , ranked # 9 in both polls , and received an invitation to return to the Peach Bowl to face the 10th - ranked LSU Tigers . However , this trip to Atlanta was much different from the Hurricanes last , as Wright and the Miami offense struggled , and the defense , which had been the top - ranked defense in Division I - A for most of the season , was shredded by the LSU offense . Miami was routed , 40 – 3 , in the worst - bowl loss in the program ' s history . The ' Canes finished the 2005 campaign with a 9 – 3 record and ranked # 18 / 17 ( USA Today / AP ) . Aftermath . Three - loss seasons at Miami are viewed as failures , and the season - opening loss to FSU and the bowl loss to LSU made the 2005 campaign particularly difficult for alumni and fans of the proud program to swallow . The Hurricane offense had been the center of criticism all season long ( as well as during the two previous seasons ) . In particular , offensive coordinator Dan Werner , offensive line coach Art Kehoe , and quarterback Kyle Wright were assigned most of the blame . In the aftermath of the Peach Bowl loss , head coach Larry Coker fired four assistants : Werner , Kehoe , running backs coach Don Soldinger , and linebacker coach Vernon Hargreaves . The firing of Kehoe was particularly controversial , as he had been with the program as a player and then a coach for over 25 - years and took part in all five of Miami ' s national championships . With Miami failing to win a conference championship or go to a BCS bowl the previous two years and not having won a national championship since 2001 , it was widely assumed that Coker would enter the 2006 season on the hot seat and need to take Miami to a BCS bowl to keep his job . Awards and honors . Awards Finalists . Bold indicates winners