The 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 66th season of football and first as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by third-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 12–0 overall and 2–0 in the Big East while playing a partial conference schedule. They were invited to the Orange Bowl where they defeated Nebraska, 22–0. The Hurricanes were named as national champions by the AP poll, the program's fourth national championship. Washington, who also finished 12–0 overall, were named as champions by the Coaches Poll.
Schedule
Rankings
Game summaries Arkansas
Gainesville Sun. 1991 Sep 01. Retrieved 2017-Jan-01.
Houston
Tulsa
Gino Torretta 20/33, 327 Yds Lamar Thomas 5 Rec, 106 Yds
"Miami shakes off rust, blasts Tulsa." Gainesville Sun. 1991 Sep 29. Retrieved 2017-Jan-07.
Oklahoma State
"Miami jumps on OSU early." Gainesville Sun. 1991 Oct 6. Retrieved 2017-Jan-08.
Penn State
First meeting between the two schools since 1987 Fiesta Bowl Fans watching on television outside of Florida missed two scores when the network switched to United States Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee Horace Copeland 5 Rec, 106 Yds
"With TV distracted, UM whips Penn St." Gainesville Sun. 1991 Oct 13. Retrieved 2017-Jan-14.
Long Beach State
Gainesville Sun. 1991 Oct 20. Retrieved 2017-Jan-15.
Arizona
West Virginia
Florida State
Boston College
San Diego State
Vs. Nebraska (Orange Bowl)
Personnel Coaching staff Name Position Seasons Alma mater Dennis Erickson Head coach 3rd Montana State (1969) Bob Bratkowski Offensive coordinator/wide receivers 3rd Washington State (1978) Sonny Lubick Defensive coordinator/defensive backs 3rd Western Montana (1960) Gregg Smith Offensive line 3rd Idaho (1969) Dave Arnold Special Teams/tight ends 3rd Bob Karmelowicz Defensive line 3rd Bridgeport (1972) Art Kehoe Assistant offensive line 7th Miami (1982) Ed Orgeron Defensive line 3rd Northwestern State (1984) Tommy Tuberville Linebackers 3rd Southern Arkansas (1976) Alex Wood Running backs 3rd Iowa (1978)
Roster
Depth chart
Awards and honors First Team All-Americans Leon Searcy, T Darrin Smith, LB Darryl Williams, FS Kevin Williams, KR/PR Carlos Huerta, K
Conference awards Darrin Smith, LB: Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year Gino Torretta, QB: Big East Offensive Player of the Year Kevin Williams, KR/PR: Big East Special Teams Player of the Year • Russell Sapp, RB/KR/PR: Big East Co-Special Teams Player of the Year
Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award Carlos Huerta, K
1992 NFL draft
Player Position Round Pick Team Leon Searcy Tackle 1 11 Pittsburgh Steelers Darryl WilliamsDefensive Back 128 Cincinnati Bengals Craig Erickson Quarterback4 86 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Anthony Hamlet Defensive end10 263 Seattle Seahawks Kelvin Harris Center12 312 Los Angeles Rams Carlos Huerta Kicker12 315 San Diego Chargers
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