You look back on it, and man, that was a great play by Mike, by me, by Ed. You go into the locker room and everybody is just elated. If you don't drive them, you're going to be in trouble. That's what you love about great leaders is they respect their teammates, they love their teammates, but they're going to hold their teammates accountable. If you didn't put in the work, there was somebody behind you ready to take over. At that point, euphoric adrenaline runs over you. 2001 Miami Hurricanes 1 of 20 Ronald Martinez/Getty Images One of the greatest college teams of all time also had one of the greatest draft pools of all time. The way we were able to play, come out firing on all cylinders, was huge. But nobody wanted to waste the opportunity in front of them, either: A shot at the school's first national championship in 10 years. We knew that was going to be a tough game. It was a bunch of these things that made us feel disrespected. It didn't matter who stood in the way, they didn't stand a chance against us. This team, who kept us out of the national championship, beat us our freshman year slammed the quarterback in the goal post that's what that was all about. Does that mean I didn't root for Vince? The one newspaper that I still love to this day is the New York Times because they picked us as national champions at the end of the season. McGahee single handedly beat the Florida Gators in 2002 rushing for over 200 yards in the contest. Less than 24 hours to renew your football tickets! University of Miami; UM Sports Hall of Fame; Tickets. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Coker A lot of people doubted if they should have made the championship. Davis With BC on the verge of a momentous upset, St. Pierre attempted to pass to receiver Ryan Read at the Miami 2-yard line. They beat us 47-0, and I remember walking off the field and everyone was celebrating and he said, "As long as I have something to do with it, I will never be embarrassed by Florida State again." After a Virginia Tech touchdown and two-point conversion cut Miami's lead to 2618, the Hokies blocked a Miami punt and returned it for another score, cutting Miami's lead to just two points. But that goes to the larger point: The focus was not on their talent, but on gaining the respect those players felt had been denied to them going back to high school. It didn't really hit me until afterward. Like you knew in your bones that we were going to pull it out. All rights reserved They hated to lose. Butch did a great job recruiting and developing and building the culture. Sponsorship Opportunities And as a coach, you almost never want that -- guys on the ground, just a couple days before the game. Instead, they played their backups and won 37-14, a score that does not reflect the sheer dominance of that game. Williams, Antrel Rolle, Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Chris Myers, Andre Johnson No other team is even in the conversation. The environment was pretty spectacular. The leaders on that team were their best representatives -- doing all interviews asked of them. So can 2016 Clemson, a team I covered throughout the season as an ACC reporter. When it came time for the 2001 Miami Hurricanes to do their summer workouts, they had one plan in mind: Make it as grueling as possible. We didn't know it was going to come down to a 2-point conversion, but the football Gods were with us on that day, and that kid dropped that ball. Brown, who played for the Hurricanes' baseball team from 1998-2001, is the No . That openness allowed us to truly get to know the players and coaches, and develop a rapport with them, so we could tell their stories in a deeper way -- and share a fair narrative as the season unfolded. It was a challenge to figure out how to get through the rest of that game. That gave us a chance. In my game story, headlined "UM-BELIEVABLE!" Let's go, man! And whenever you do stuff like that, you believe you're going to win. And I did that, and I was like, "Oh, man, that felt good." / Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Matt! Miami jumped on Virginia Tech early, leading 203 at halftime, and 2610 in the fourth quarter. Men's Sports . To win a national championship, you have to win some you're not supposed to win. Walters But I did have the feeling that we were going to win the national championship and we were going to do whatever it took to make it happen. 2001 Miami (FL) Hurricanes Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 12-0 (1st of 117) ( Schedule & Results ) Rank: 1st in the Final AP poll Conference: Big East Conference Record: 7-0 Coach: Larry Coker (12-0) Points For: 512 Points/G: 42.7 (3rd of 117) Points Against: 117 More Team Info Miami (FL) School History 2001 Miami (FL) Statistics As of 2013, they had earned a combined total of 43 trips to the Pro Bowl: Ed Reed (9), Andre Johnson (7), Frank Gore (5), Vince Wilfork (5), Jeremy Shockey (4), Jonathan Vilma (3), Willis McGahee (2), Chris Myers (2), Clinton Portis (2), Antrel Rolle (2), Sean Taylor (2), Bryant McKinnie (1), and Kellen Winslow II (1). Eventually producing a record 38 NFL Draft picks, the 2001 Hurricanes are considered by many to be the best college football team of all time.[1][2][3]. It was the Hurricanes' 76th season of football and 11th as a member of the Big East Conference. The loudest game. Head coach Larry Coker Davis We lost the year before, and it kept us out of the national championship game. I'd agreed to a contract before Thanksgiving and my plan was to stay at the University of Miami for decades. The 2001 roster was loaded from top to bottom all over the field with names like Bryant McKinnie, Andre Johnson, and Jeremy Shockey as just the tip of the ice berg. / OT Joaquin Gonzalez I think the next year, we had the mindset that, no matter what happens, we have to take care of business. The Hurricanes then defeated West Virginia, 453,[9] and Temple, 380,[10] before heading to Chestnut Hill to take on Boston College (BC). It was a somewhat natural transition because I knew the players. Every team has to go through that, because that's how you get calloused to know that no matter what happens, you're going to find a way to win. As a true freshman coming in, I'm all smiles. I'm talking about the energy, the heat. Vilma Sports. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Everybody's fired up. Greatest position rooms in Canes history: 2001 Running Backs. He was like, "You serious?" That's to win the national championship. Schumann returning to Georgia, 'It's the most talented team to ever play': An oral history of the 2001 Miami Hurricanes, Miami's turnover chain set a celebratory standard across the college football landscape. And we're in the buses going right through this wave of red, and it seemed like they all flipped us off in unison. I said to our athletic director Barbara Hodges, "Let's reschedule that game for another year," and she was like, "No, We have to go." Kenny didn't have the strongest arm in football, but he was just a tremendous leader and just a playmaker. (From 1937 to 2001, bowl games did not count towards season statistics). Little did I know that one line would take on a far more powerful meaning in the years to come. It was one of those games where the score just got run up. The University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame contributes in many ways to the University and its athletic programs. The team's first-, second- and third-string running backs all later became running backs with a start in the NFL, a feat only done at least five other times. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. Davis Gonzalez In 2002, Miami again played for a national title, losing in overtime to Ohio State. Gonzalez Employment Coach had taught me for four years to get my hands down, get on his helmet and push his head down on the ground so that he doesn't get to your legs. They were all self-directed. Fitzgerald Larry Coker knew that once that baton got handed off, he wasn't changing anything. For whatever reason, we always played them close in my four years there. We let the country know what this whole season was going to be about. Because we had that extra whatever. I'll never forget the year before, we beat Florida State and guys were celebrating, and Ed Reed told Dorsey to stand up and told everyone to start cheering for Ken Dorsey. Renew Now Close Topbar. 2001 Miami Hurricanes footballconsensus national champions, 2001 Big East Conference football standings, 2001 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, 2001 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, 2001 Florida State Seminoles football team, 2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, would cost nearly $120 million as an NFL team, "CFB 150: Top 10 teams in college football history - Sporting News", "The 150 greatest teams in college football's 150-year history - ESPN", "The 2001 Miami Hurricanes Would Beat Any Team, Any Time - FanBuzz", "Hurricanes Roll Past Penn State, 33-7:: Ken Dorsey throws three touchdown passes to lead Miami", University of Miami (FL) Athletic Department, "No. I had to make it tough tough. We saw a guy in the 55th row laying down with a camera, and we started pointing him out, and he gets up and runs to one of the exits. "It wasn't about elite, starters, pecking orders, all that other great stuff," center Brett Romberg said. Williams I wanted to play more. I'd been at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for years and we'd never beaten [Nebraska]. I have covered more national champions since 2001 Miami that could make their own claim, too. How good is that? ACC Network FAQs As much as the 2001 team has been glorified in the years since it won the national title, the Hurricanes opened the year ranked No. Coker When the team takes ownership of its success, you know you have a championship culture. It has been estimated that the 2001 Hurricanes would cost nearly $120 million as an NFL team as early as 2009. RBs coach Don Soldinger Anybody who could block kicks like that, he was a fan of. We had 31 scholarships lost. The dominance on the field and at the next level was unparalleled throughout the. They knew he was the straw that stirred the drink. Strength coach Andreu Swasey I wanted to be there. In 2000, Miami was shut out of the Orange Bowl BCS National Championship Game by the BCS computers. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Portis is now a member of the Miami Hurricanes Hall of Fame. We look at each other, like how the hell did we do this? The Hokies, ranked No. However, the ball ricocheted off the leg of Miami cornerback Mike Rumph, landing in the hands of defensive end Matt Walters. And so much more. Miami beat Florida State 49-27 to remain undefeated, but a bigger test awaited Nov. 10 on a cold day at Boston College. Given all the challenges associated with the 2020 season, the Crimson Tide could easily make their case. It really set the stage -- to not only win but be a dominant team like we were. They were a good team. Where . Rumph As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. Miami took a 34-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 37-14 victory, winning the school's fifth national championship. 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Johnson 44 yard pass from Mills (Kimball kick), Fitzgerald 5-yard blocked punt return (Sievers kick), Andre Johnson 27-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Sievers kick), Jeremy Shockey 1-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), A. Johnson 18-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Jonathan Vilma 36-yard fumble return (Sievers kick), Gardner 57-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick), Michael Boulware 73-yard fumble return (Beitia kick), Sean Ryan 9-yard pass from Brian St. Pierre (Kevin McMyler kick), Ed Reed 80-yard interception return (kick failed), Clinton Portis 4-yard run (Todd Sievers kick), Portis 5-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Sievers kick), Andre Johnson 25-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), McDougle 18-yard interception return (Sievers kick), Najeh Davenport 1-yard run (Sievers kick), A. Johnson 3-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Geathers 13-yard pass from Crudup (Sievers kick), Jeremy Shockey 14-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Todd Sievers kick), Manning 22-yard blocked punt return (pass failed), Andre Johnson 50-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Todd Sievers kick), Clinton Portis 39-yard run (Sievers kick), James Lewis 47-yard interception return (Sievers kick), Jeremy Shockey 21-yard pass from Dorsey (Kick failed), Andre Johnson 8-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Judd Davies 16-yard run (Josh Brown kick), DeJuan Groce 71-yard punt return (Brown kick), $ BCS representative as conference champion, This page was last edited on 19 November 2022, at 03:33. Our team was beat up and tired and the kids wanted to go home for Thanksgiving, and now we're having to go to Miami, a team that I knew was gonna want revenge. We knew when I was there, but in 2001, it became reality. We were mentally driven. We dominated those guys from start to finish, and Happy Valley wasn't so happy. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. A lot of people don't realize the rivalry between Miami and Virginia Tech. It was one of those things where it was kind of like inevitable for us, you know what I mean? My AC [joint] was sprained, and everybody came and asked me if I'm hurt. Schumann returning to Georgia, Adelson: 2001 Canes make case for college football's GOATs, Miami's turnover chain set a celebratory standard across the college football landscape. As I remember, the fans are standing right over the bench and they were yelling at our coaches, and they were throwing Skittles at us. All rights reserved Chudzinski ACC Network FAQs Less Than 24 Hours to Renew Your Tickets. Shannon I don't want to sound disrespectful, but we were five steps faster than them, 10 pounds hungrier, much more violent, which is a different style of football. RB Najeh Davenport Chudzinski Miami led 12-7 with under a minute to play, but BC had first-and-goal at the Miami 9-yard line. They embraced it, and that's when I learned the great ones want to be driven. Some felt that Miami got snubbed in a chance to compete for the BCS Championship game. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. But there were a few things in the contract we were having a difficult time agreeing on. When you've got guys that are doing workouts, even though it was hell on earth in July in 115 degrees, like you're breathing through a sock, and turn around and just do it again for a teammate because he needs help, that's remarkable. It was grit and toughness for him, and it was important he was in there the whole time. Williams You could feel the crowd; you could feel the anger that we had, and how bad we wanted to beat them. 13. Men's Basketball . In addition, Vilma, Shockey, Wilfork, Joseph, Rolle, McKinnie, and Reed have won the Super Bowl. (gofundme.com) When Miami needed to pick up a 3rd and short the bigger bodied Cobia was on the field to run iso from Miamis 21 personnel base offense at the time. I'm gonna run out of bounds." As the 2001 Miami Hurricanes celebrated a fifth national championship in the Rose Bowl locker room 20 years ago, not one person screamed, 'GOAT!' I was thinking in my mind, "There's not a lot of time left in this game. However, they had to do so under a new head coach, Larry Coker, who was named to the post after Butch Davis left to become head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns. Miami beat opponents by an average of 32.9 points per game, the largest margin in the school's history, and set the NCAA record for largest margin of victory over consecutive ranked teams (1247). One of the things that happened in practice, we caught a few guys in the stadium trying to record our practices, seeing how we were going to stop the triple option. Mark Richt - 171-64- (72.8%); Georgia (2001-15), Miami [FL] (2016-18) New Hurricanes transfers The Canes have secured pledges from two talented transfers in the past two days: Purdue defensive . Clinton Portis was the main ball carrier during the 2001 national championship run of the Miami Hurricanes. Three trades in a chaotic top five, The new law changing service academy football, and the coaches pushing back, Realignment chatter: How the Pac-12 holds the key to it all. We've got one goal in mind. Two weeks later, the game everybody in the locker room had circled on the calendar had finally arrived: Washington. Gore has been named to five Pro Bowl rosters and has ran for 14,028 yards over his career. We have the recipe, we have the tools, we have everything to be successful. I think they added extra bleachers so now they had the biggest stadium in college football. After that, there are issues like roster. But we were fruits of what they'd done. "We felt like we couldn't miss on anyone in recruiting," said Andreu Swasey, who was the strength and conditioning coach at Miami in 2001. Some of our most beloved Canes shared a meeting room in 2001. Romberg We spread the ball around to a lot of different guys because, at that time, Andre Johnson wasn't a proven commodity -- or Ethenic Sands or Kevin Beard. Rumph MIAMI, Fla. - Matthew Cleveland scored a last second three-pointer of the game to lead the Seminoles to an 85-84 victory over the top ranked Miami Hurricanes at the Watsco Center. Miami started with a 90 lead over the Boston College Eagles, but Miami's offense began to sputter as Dorsey struggled with the swirling winds, throwing four interceptions. Join our linker program. We watched that, perfected that. The University of Miami is known for producing excellent professional football players. I had to challenge them, because if not, they're looking at you like, "What is this?" Behind Portis were Gore, McGahee and Payton with Davenport blocking for. But a diving, game-saving interception by Ed Reed sealed the Miami victory, 2624. Led by quarterback Ken Dorsey, free safety Ed Reed, running back Clinton Portis, wide receiver Andre Johnson, tight end Jeremy Shockey, offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie, and linebacker Jonathan Vilma, Miami won the 2001 national championship. 2. I'd feel good about our team against anybody. The season began on the road against Penn State, a matchup Miami viewed as a "statement game.". Their roster was loaded with future first-round picks -- from Andre Johnson to Jeremy Shockey to Vince Wilfork and at least one NFL Hall of Famer in Ed Reed. Open Menu. Additional contributors included future stars Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor, Antrel Rolle, Vernon Carey, and Rocky McIntosh. Like it was a fairy tale.". When Butch left, we were kinda stuck, and I remember we all went upstairs to talk to Mr. Dee, myself, Bryant McKinnie, Ed Reed, Ken Dorsey and a couple more guys. They just accumulated so many good players that everybody was looking at them as like, 'How have they done this? I turned around, and the next thing you know, the ball is floating to me in slow motion. Shockey was diving for balls, Ed Reed was coming up full-speed, full-tackle. I had a front-row seat as the Miami beat writer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that season. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. But we were a great team. In interviews with players and coaches, here . Chudzinski I told Mike they ought to bronze your knee and put it in the Hall of Fame, because if that didn't happen, we wouldn't have played for a national championship. Johnson was a member of the Hurricanes' most recent national championship team in 2001. He didn't want it to be close. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Vilma got into a debate several years ago with former USC running back Reggie Bush when the two played for the New Orleans Saints. HURRICANES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: NAME: SCHOOL(S) POS: YEARS: INDUCTED: Bennie Blades: Miami: S: 1984-87 2006: Don Bosseler: Miami FB: 1953-56 1990: Andy . They pushed each other to the limit, and the one thing that separates that group, they were super, super competitive. The guys suffer their worst loss of the season, but can still win the ACC. #14. We sucked on offense. Hurricanes Can Finish With Best Regular Season in Program History. Coker The dominance on the field and at the next level was unparalleled throughout the century-plus existence of our version of the sport. But when you play a team like that, you can't turn the ball over, and I think we ended up throwing four interceptions. It seems like that every year. He didn't want it to be close at all. To solidify going to a national championship without having to worry about if somebody else was going to lose -- that was special. "We really had leaders on that team, and I don't think that can be matched," Reed said. Can the Lions fix their defense? It really gave the players and the coaching staff somebody to rally behind. That 2001 Miami team, led by head coach Larry Coker in his first season, went undefeated and had just two games finish within 20 points. Adversity hit shortly after the calendar turned to 2001, when coach Butch Davis left to become head coach with the Cleveland Browns. As I went to the NFL, we'd always find those Miami guys on the other team and you knew they were going to be the most competitive guys. The older guys took us under their wings and helped us. I knew we'd have a good team, but there were a lot of questions because of the coaching changes. It wasn't something given. The Hurricanes led 34-0 at halftime and could have easily won 59-0 had they decided to play their starters the majority of the second half. / How deep was the 2001 Miami Hurricane roster? Walters ran ten yards with the ball before teammate Ed Reed grabbed the ball out of his hands at around the Miami 20-yard line and raced the remaining 80-yards for a touchdown. Williams They remain the only team to have its first-, second-, third- and fourth-string running backs all later become running backs with a start in the NFL. / We just hope that this train just doesn't go off the track. The consensus among college football analysts is that the 2001 Hurricanes had the most talented roster in history. "I just think our mental toughness was just as impressive as our physical and athletic ability. The 2022-23 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represents the University of Miami during the 2022-23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. 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