1990 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1990 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 65th season of football. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. Coming off the school's third national championship in six years in 1989, Miami came in to the 1990 season favored by most experts to repeat as national champions. However, a season opening loss to BYU and a later defeat by Notre Dame dashed those chances and the Canes finished the season 10–2 overall. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl where they defeated Texas, 46–3.

1990 Miami Hurricanes football
National champion (ERS, NYT)
Co-national champion (Billingsley, Sagarin, Rothman)
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record10–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Bratkowski (2nd season)
Offensive schemeOne-Back Spread
Defensive coordinatorSonny Lubick (2nd season)
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 75,500)
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Louisville     10 1 1
No. 3 Miami (FL)     10 2 0
No. 4 Florida State     10 2 0
No. 6 Notre Dame     9 3 0
No. 11 Penn State     9 3 0
Louisiana Tech     8 3 1
Southern Miss     8 4 0
Temple     7 4 0
Syracuse     7 4 2
Army     6 5 0
Northern Illinois     6 5 0
South Carolina     6 5 0
Virginia Tech     6 5 0
East Carolina     5 6 0
Southwestern Louisiana     5 6 0
Navy     5 6 0
Memphis State     4 6 1
Boston College     4 7 0
Tulane     4 7 0
West Virginia     4 7 0
Akron     3 7 1
Pittsburgh     3 7 1
Rutgers     3 8 0
Tulsa     3 8 0
Cincinnati     1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 87:30 pmat No. 16 BYUNo. 1ESPNL 21–2866,235
September 153:30 pmat CaliforniaNo. 10ABCW 52–2447,000
September 298:00 pmIowaNo. 10PPVW 48–2170,420
October 62:00 pmNo. 2 Florida StateNo. 9
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
CBSW 31–2280,396
October 134:00 pmKansasNo. 3
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
RaycomW 34–054,211
October 203:30 pmat No. 6 Notre DameNo. 2CBSL 20–2959,075
October 271:00 pmat Texas TechNo. 8RaycomW 45–1050,028
November 34:00 pmPittsburgh No. 8
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 45–050,412
November 174:00 pmBoston CollegeNo. 3
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 42–1250,942
November 247:30 pmSyracuseNo. 2
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPNW 33–766,196
December 14:00 pmat San Diego StateNo. 3ESPNW 30–2834,201
January 11:30 pmvs. No. 3 TexasNo. 4CBSW 46–377,425

Personnel

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1990 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL 60 Rudy Barber   Fr
TE 17 Coleman Bell So
TE 93 Randy Bethel Sr
WR 12 Bobby Byrd Sr
WR 81 Wesley Carroll Sr
TE 84 Rob Chudzinski Sr
RB 28 Leonard Conley Sr
WR 88 Horace Copeland So
OL 72 Mario Cristobal So
FB 20 Shannon Crowell Sr
QB 7 Craig Erickson Sr
TE 82 Carlos Etheredge Fr
OL 66 Darren Handy Sr
OL 98 Kelvin Harris Jr
WR 3 Randal Hill Sr
RB 21 Alex Johnson Sr
OL 70 Claude Jones Jr
RB 32 Jason Marucci So
RB 30 Stephen McGuire So
TE 90 Joe Moore Jr
RB 22 Martin Patton So
OL 73 Leon Searcy Jr
WR 35 Darryl Spencer Jr
G 79 Mike Sullivan Sr
WR 36 Lamar Thomas So
QB 13 Gino Torretta So
WR 5 Kevin Williams   Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 1 Jessie Armstead So
CB 23 Robert Bailey Sr
LB 56 Micheal Barrow So
S 8 Hurlie Brown Jr
DL 76 Mark Caesar So
LB 49 Maurice Crum Sr
DE 44 Shane Curry Sr
OL 97 Anthony Hamlet Jr
DB 26 Herbert James Jr
DL 94 Dwayne Johnson Fr
DL 71 Kenny Lopez Fr
DT 67 Russell Maryland Sr
DB 47 Ryan McNeil   Fr
DL 98 Rusty Medearis Fr
DL 95 Eric Miller Jr
DL 86 Kevin Patrick Fr
DB 2 Charles Pharms Jr
LB 45 Darrin Smith So
DB 16 Roland Smith Sr
DB 31 Darryl Williams So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 27 Carlos Huerta Jr
P 15 Paul Snyder So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP1 (24)1 (27)1091093 (6)2 (15)88532 (3)3 (2)43 (1)
Coaches1 (25)1108984 (4)2 (7)98432 (3)2 (3)4 (2)3 (2)

Season summary

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#1 Miami (FL) at #16 BYU
1 234Total
Hurricanes 7 770 21
Cougars 0 17110 28
     

California

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#10 Miami (FL) at California
1 234Total
Hurricanes 10 21021 52
Golden Bears 14 703 24

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Iowa

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Iowa at #10 Miami
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 1470 21
Hurricanes 14 10717 48

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Florida State

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#2 Florida State at #9 Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Seminoles 0 6313 22
Hurricanes 10 1407 31

Kansas

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Notre Dame

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#2 Miami (FL) at #6 Notre Dame
1 234Total
Hurricanes 10 703 20
Fighting Irish 10 667 29
       

Texas Tech

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Pittsburgh

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Boston College

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Syracuse

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San Diego State

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Miami (FL) Hurricanes at San Diego State Aztecs
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Miami (FL) 7 13 10030
San Diego St 0 13 7828

at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California

  • Date: December 1, 1990
  • Game attendance: 34,201
Game information

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Cotton Bowl

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Cotton Bowl Classic: #4 Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs. #3 Texas Longhorns
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Miami (FL) 12 7 141346
Texas 0 3 003

at Cotton BowlDallas, Texas

Game information

Awards and honors

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Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award

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1991 NFL Draft

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Player Position Round Pick Team
Russell Maryland Defensive tackle 1 1 Dallas Cowboys
Randal Hill Wide receiver 1 23 Miami Dolphins
Shane Curry Defensive end 2 40 Indianapolis Colts
Wesley Carroll Wide receiver 2 42 New Orleans Saints
Robert Bailey Defensive back 4 107 Los Angeles Rams
Craig Erickson Quarterback 5 131 Philadelphia Eagles
Mike Sullivan Guard 6 153 Dallas Cowboys
Roland Smith Defensive back 8 220 Miami Dolphins
Randy Bethel Tight end 10 251 New England Patriots

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References

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  1. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1990 Sep 16. Retrieved 2018-Oct-06.
  2. ^ "Miami Takes Charge in Second Half Against Iowa, 48-21". Los Angeles Times. September 30, 1990. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1990 Dec 02. Retrieved 2019-Nov-17.
  4. ^ Rhoden, William C. (January 2, 1991). "Ferocious Miami Cuts Texas Down to Size". The New York Times. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  5. ^ "NO. 4 MIAMI 43 POINTS BETTER THAN NO. 3 TEXAS". The Washington Post. January 2, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "Miami shows Texas what intimidation is". The Baltimore Sun. January 2, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  7. ^ "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  8. ^ "Do You Know Which Team Has the Most College Football Championships?". LiveAbout. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "History: Jack Harding MVP Award". Hurricanes Sports Properties. Retrieved July 7, 2012. [permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "1991 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.