1985 Miami Hurricanes football team

1985 Miami Hurricanes football

Sugar Bowl, L 7–35 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
1985 record	10–2
Head coach	Jimmy Johnson (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Stevens (3rd year)
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl (Capacity: 75,500)

1985 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Penn State		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
#9 Miami (FL)		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
#15 Florida State		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		7	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Navy		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Boston College		–		–		4	–	8	–	0
Memphis		–		–		2	–	7	–	2
Rutgers		–		–		2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Louisville		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Tulane		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Jimmy Johnson and played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	No. 5 Florida		Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida		L 23–35	80,277
September 14	at Rice		Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas		W 48–20	15,411
September 28	at Boston College		Sullivan Stadium • Foxborough, Massachusetts		W 45–10	31,864
October 5	at East Carolina		Ficklen Memorial Stadium • Greenville, North Carolina		W 27–15	34,511
October 12	Cincinnati		Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida		W 38–0	30,164
October 19	at No. 3 Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	ABC	W 27–14	73,102
October 26	Louisville	No. 15	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida		W 45–7	31,761
November 2	at No. 10 Florida State	No. 11	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida		W 35–27	61,250
November 9	at Maryland	No. 8	Memorial Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland	CBS	W 29–22	62,350
November 23	Colorado State	No. 4	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida		W 24–3	35,035
November 30	Notre Dame	No. 4	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida	CBS	W 58–7	49,236
January 1	vs. No. 8 Tennessee	No. 2	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 7–35	77,432
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Miami's 600th game in school history was against Colorado State.

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Game summaries

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	7	0	0	7
• Miami (FL)	13	14	10	21	58

Date: November 30
Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger & Ara Parseghian

Scoring summary

1		MIA	Greg Cox 39-yard field goal	MIA 3-0

1		MIA	W. Williams 6-yard run (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 10-0

1		MIA	Greg Cox 47-yard field goal	MIA 13-0

2		MIA	Bennie Blades 61-yard interception return (Cox kick)	MIA 20-0

2		ND	Allen Pinkett 3-yard run (John Carney kick)	MIA 20-7

2		MIA	Melvin Bratton 7-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Cox kick)	MIA 27-7

3		MIA	Greg Cox 48-yard field goal	MIA 30-7

3		MIA	Michael Irvin 15-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 37-7

4		MIA	Vinny Testaverde 1-yard run (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 44-7

4		MIA	Andre Brown 17-yard pass from Geoff Torretta (Seelig kick)	MIA 51-7

4	4:44	MIA	Bill Hawkins recovered blocked punt in end zone (Greg Cox kick)	MIA 58-7

Miami scored the most points in a game since 1967. The Hurricanes scored on their first four possessions, the fifth was ended when time ran out of halftime and then they proceeded to score the first four times they got the ball in the second half.

Recruits

Jimmy Johnson and his staff had several key recruits in the 1985 class including QB Steve Walsh and RB Eric Metcalf. Jimmy also continued collecting talent from Florida, "Ten of the 19 signees are from Florida. Last year, 18 of the 25 high school players who signed letters were from Florida (11 from Dade and Broward), and 19 of 26 who signed in 1983 were from Florida (nine from Dade and Broward)."^[2]

Roster

Player	Pos	Summary
Vinny Testaverde*	QB	216 Cmp, 352 Att, 3238 Yds, 21 TD
Geoff Torretta	QB	11 Cmp, 16 Att, 263 Yds, 3 TD
Alonzo Highsmith*	RB	117 Att, 451 Yds, 3.9 Avg
Warren Williams*	RB	89 Att, 522 Yds, 5.9 Avg
Melvin Bratton	RB	67 Att, 285 Yds, 4.3 Avg
Darryl Oliver	RB	66 Att, 264 Yds, 4.0 Avg
J.C. Penny	RB	21 Att, 181 Yds, 8.6 Avg
Todd Stanish	RB	11 Att, 31 Yds, 2.8 Avg
Steve Staffier	RB	2 Att, 8 Yds, 4.0 Avg
Michael Irvin*	WR	46 Rec, 840 Yds, 18.3 Avg
Brian Blades*	WR	30 Rec, 657 Yds, 21.9 Avg
Brett Perriman	WR	14 Rec, 263 Yds, 18.8 Avg
Kenny Oliver	WR	5 Rec, 125 Yds, 25.0 Avg
Andre Brown	WR	2 Rec, 23 Yds, 11.5 Avg
Willie Smith*	TE	48 Rec, 669 Yds, 13.9 Avg
Charles Henry	TE	4 Rec, 48 Yds, 12.0 Avg
Alfredo Roberts	TE	1 Rec, 4 Yds, 4.0 Avg
Dave Alekna*	OL
Paul Bertucelli*	OL
Ed Davis*	OL
Paul O'Connor*	OL
Greg Rakoczy*	OL
John O'Neill	OL
Matt Patchan	OL
Jerome Brown*	DL
Kevin Fagan*	DL
Derwin Jones*	DL
John McVeigh*	DL
Victor Morris	DL
Daniel Stubbs	DL
Rod Carter*	LB
Bruce Fleming*	LB
Randy Shannon*	LB
Winston Moss	LB
Tolbert Bain*	DB
Selwyn Brown*	DB
Donald Ellis*	DB
Darrell Fullington*	DB
Bennie Blades	DB
Jeff Feagles	P

References

↑ 2011 Miami football record book.
↑ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-02-14/sports/8501050814_1_corey-johnson-broward-dade

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