The 1996 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 71st season of football and sixth as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Butch Davis and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 9–3 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish as conference co-champion. They were invited to the Carquest Bowl where they defeated Virginia, 31–21.
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Rankings
Personnel Coaching staff Name Position Seasons Alma mater Butch Davis Head coach 2nd Arkansas (1973) Larry Coker Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 2nd Northeastern State (OK) (1970) Bill Miller Defensive coordinator 2nd Texas-Arlington (1978) Rob Chudzinski Tight ends 1st Miami (1990) Chuck Pagano Defensive backs 2nd Wyoming (1984) Greg Mark Defensive line 1st Miami (1991) Art Kehoe offensive line 12th Miami (1982) Don Soldinger Running backs 7th Memphis (1967) Randy Shannon Linebackers 5th Miami (1989) Curtis Johnson Wide receivers 1st Idaho (1985)
Support staff Name Position Seasons Alma mater Dale Hulett Strength & Conditioning 2nd SUNY-Cortland (1978) Bobby Harden Graduate Assistant 1st Miami (1989) Howie DeCristofaro Graduate Assistant 1st Florida (1980)
Roster
Statistics Passing Player Cmp Att Pct Yards TD INT Ryan Clement 164 272 60.3 2,257 19 8 Scott Covington 73 125 58.4 919 4 4
Rushing Player Att Yards Avg TD Dyral McMillan 111 565 5.1 4 Danyell Ferguson 81 385 4.4 3 Trent Jones 86 374 4.3 5 Edgerrin James 71 446 6.3 2 Ryan Clement 36 -142 -3.9 1 Nick Williams 17 67 3.9 1 Scott Covington 13 -30 -2.3 1 Carlo Joseph 12 47 3.9 1 James Jackson 8 22 2.8 0 Magic Benton 1 22 22.0 0 Bryan Bippen 1 2 2.0 0 Tony Gaiter 1 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving Player Rec Yards Avg TD Yatil Green 44 746 17.0 4 Magic Benton 38 574 14.4 4 Tony Gaiter 30 671 22.4 7 Gerard Daphnis 19 173 9.1 0 Trent Jones 17 94 5.5 0 Jermaine Chambers 14 188 13.4 1 Nick Williams 12 149 12.4 1 Chris C. Jones 12 159 13.3 4 Mondriel Fulcher 12 149 12.4 2 Danyell Ferguson 11 52 4.7 0 Carlo Joseph 11 87 7.9 0 Dyral McMillan 8 44 5.5 0 Edgerrin James 6 90 15.0 0 James Jackson 1 7 7.0 0 Andy Atrio 1 12 12.0 0 Jeff Popovich 1 8 8.0 0
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