The University of Miami (UM) Hurricanes college football program has won a total of five national championships. The five championships occurred in three different decades in the following years:
1983 1987 1989 1991 2001
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The first championship was for the 1983 football season and was sealed with an Orange Bowl victory over the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Hurricanes had a 10-1 record coming into the contest against then number one ranked University of Nebraska that brought an undefeated 12-0 record into the de facto national championship game. The Hurricanes had the benefit of playing in their home stadium of the Miami Orange Bowl and were able to squeeze out a 31-30 victory. Defeating the top ranked Cornhuskers vaulted the Miami team led by head coach Howard Schnellenberger to the number one position in both the Associated Press (AP) and Coaches end of the year football polls.
In 1987 Jimmy Johnson, who would later become a household name as the two time Super Bowl winning coach (1992 and 1993) of the Dallas Cowboys, brought a second championship to the city of Miami with an Orange Bowl win over the Oklahoma Sooners. The 20-14 victory over the University of Oklahoma on January 1, 1988 sealed an undefeated 12-0 season for the Hurricanes.
Dennis Erickson was the head coach at Miami for national championships three and four that occurred following the 1989 and 1991 seasons. A Sugar Bowl win in New Orleans over the University of Alabama gave the 11-1 Miami Hurricanes a national championship after the University of Colorado Buffaloes lost their January 1 bowl game to the University of Notre Dame. Prior to the Colorado bowl game loss the Buffaloes were ranked number one in the country and the University of Miami was ranked number two.
In 1991 UM shared the national championship with the University of Washington. Even though the Hurricanes finished the year with a perfect 12-0 record and an Orange Bowl win the University of Washington also finished the year with 12 wins and no losses. Consequently the two programs split national title awards with Washington garnering the Coaches Poll award while Miami accepted the AP national championship.
The most recent University of Miami football national championship occurred after the 2001 season. Former head coach Larry Coker finished off an unbeaten 12-0 season with a Rose Bowl victory in Pasadena, California on January 3, 2002. The Hurricanes left little doubt about their football dominance that season as they finished off the year with a sound 37-14 win over the University of Nebraska.
University of Miami (UM) Hurricanes College Football National Championships Won - 5 Victories
Kim, the author of this piece, grew up with a pair of soft and cozy UM slippers rooting for the orange and green in her youth. When Kim thinks about watching football with her father as a child she predominately thinks about watching the Miami Hurricanes while wearing her orange University of Miami slippers.
Readers interested in getting their own Canes slippers are encouraged to take a look at the links in the previous paragraph for more information about doing so.
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