1986 Miami Hurricanes football team

American college football season

1986 Miami Hurricanes football

Fiesta Bowl, L 10–14 vs. Penn State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	11–1
Head coach	Jimmy Johnson (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Stevens (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Dave Wannstedt (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Orange Bowl
Seasons← 1985 1987 →

1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–		12	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Miami (FL)		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Virginia Tech		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
No. 19 Boston College		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Tulsa		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		–		7	–	4	–	1
Army		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers		–		–		5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		3	–	6	–	2
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Wichita State		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 61st season of football. The Hurricanes were led by third year head coach Jimmy Johnson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. Miami outscored their opponents 420–136, including a 28–16 victory against the Oklahoma Sooners, who were the defending national champions and ranked No. 1 at the time. At 11–0, it was Miami's first undefeated regular season, which they finished ranked No. 1. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl, which also served as the National Championship Game. Miami lost 14–10 to No. 2 Penn State, who were also undefeated.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	at South Carolina	No. 3	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	W 34–14	73,500
September 6	at No. 13 Florida	No. 3	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 23–15	74,875
September 13	Texas Tech	No. 2	Orange Bowl Miami, FL	KJTV	W 61–11	41,925
September 27	No. 1 Oklahoma	No. 2	Orange Bowl Miami, FL	CBS	W 28–16	71,451
October 4	Northern Illinois	No. 1	Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 34–0	33,905
October 11	at West Virginia	No. 1	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ABC	W 58–14	63,500
October 18	at Cincinnati	No. 1	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	Raycom	W 45–13	29,546
November 1	No. 20 Florida State	No. 1	Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 41–23	62,834
November 8	at Pittsburgh	No. 1	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	W 37–10	55,338
November 15	Tulsa	No. 1	Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 23–10	51,110
November 27	East Carolina	No. 1	Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 36–10	30,202
January 2	vs. No. 2 Penn State	No. 1	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 10–14	73,098
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Personnel

1986 Miami Hurricanes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
G	`73`	David Alekna	Sr
OT	`56`	Chris Bell	Fr
WR	`9`	Brian Blades	Jr
RB	`5`	Melvin Bratton	Jr
WR	`83`	Andre Brown	So
OT	`53`	Rob Canei	Jr
TE	`84`	Rob Chudzinski	Fr
OL	`59`	Luis Cristabol	Fr
OT	`70`	Ed Davis	Sr
C	`50`	Bobby Garcia	Fr
FB	`26`	Cleveland Gary	So
FB	`41`	Eric Ham	Jr
TE	`82`	Charles Henry	Jr
FB	`30`	Alonzo Highsmith	Sr
WR	`17`	Rodney Hill	So
C	`64`	Roderick Holder	Fr
TE	`80`	John Hunt	Fr
WR	`47`	Michael Irvin	So
QB	`8`	Greg Jones	Fr
OT	`72`	Marcus Kinlaw	Fr
Sr	`11`	David Kintigh	Sr
G	`61`	Maurice Maddox	Jr
OL	`52`	Jose Montalvo	So
G	`77`	Paul O'Connor	Sr
OT	`37`	Darryl Oliver	Sr
FB	`75`	John O'Neill	So
G	`68`	Barry Panfil	Fr
OT	`71`	Matt Patchan	Jr
RB	`21`	J.C. Penny	Jr
WR	`33`	Brett Perrriman	Jr
OT	`69`	Mike Pigza	So
G	`76`	Scott Provin	Jr
C	`74`	Gregg Rakoczy	Sr
TE	`87`	Alfredo Roberts	Jr
G	`65`	Steve Rosinski	Fr
OT	`78`	Bill Schaefer
TE	`81`	Brian Smith	So
RB	`44`	Steve Staffier	Jr
OL	`67`	Mike Sullivan	Fr
QB	`14`	Vinny Testaverde	Sr
RB	`16`	Robert Thomas	So
QB	`13`	Geoff Torretta	Sr
QB	`7`	Bill Turkowski	Fr
FB	`34`	Tracy Waiters	So
QB	`1`	Steve Walsh	Fr
RB	`24`	Warren Williams	Jr
WR	`23`	Percy Wilson	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`18`	Tolbert Bain	Jr
DB	`6`	Kenny Berry	Fr
S	`36`	Bennie Blades	Jr
DT	`98`	Jerome Brown	Sr
S	`32`	Selwyn Brown	Jr
LB	`91`	Rod Carter	So
LB	`57`	Bernard Clark	Fr
DB	`29`	Don Ellis	So
CB	`19`	Darrell Fullington	Jr
DL	`60`	David Guest	Fr
DL	`49`	Darren Handy	Fr
DB	`39`	Bobby Harden	Fr
LB	`85`	Kevin Harris	Fr
DE	`54`	Bill Hawkins	So
DB	`15`	Jason Hicks	Fr
LB	`31`	Freddy Highsmith	So
DE	`99`	Jeff Howard	Fr
LB	`40`	Sandy Jack	Fr
DB	`27`	Michael Johnson	Fr
DT	`86`	Derwin Jones	Jr
DE	`63`	Jimmie Jones	Fr
LB	`51`	Bukasa Kalombo	Fr
DE	`88`	Dennis Kelleher	Fr
DT	`62`	Gary Mahon	So
LB	`55`	Danny Mariscal	So
DE	`94`	Greg Mark	Fr
DL	`79`	Russell Maryland	Fr
DB	`28`	Kevin McCutcheon	Sr
DB	`48`	Bubba McDowell	So
CB	`43`	Doug McFadden	Sr
LB	`45`	George Mira Jr.	Jr
LB	`90`	Victor Morris	Sr
LB	`92`	Winston Moss	Sr
DT	`97`	Ernie Parish	So
LB	`58`	Willis Peguese	Fr
S	`2`	Basil Proctor	Fr
LB	`22`	Randy Shannon	So
DT	`93`	Dan Sileo	Jr
CB	`35`	Tim Sims	Sr
DE	`96`	Dan Stubbs	Jr
DT	`95`	Brad Stunkel	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`25`	Greg Cox	Jr
P	`38`	Jeff Feagles	Jr
P	`20`	Steve Kazdin	Sr
P	`12`	Kirk Sandifer	So
K	`3`	Mark Seelig	Sr
P	`17`	David Lewis	Jr

Head coach

Jimmy Johnson

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Hubbard Alexander (WR)
Joe Brodsky (RB)
Butch Davis (DL)
Bill Foran (Str+Cond)
John Fontes (Volunteer)
Steve Hoffman (GA)
Art Kehoe (OL)
Carlos Mainord (DB)
Ron Meeks (GA)
Chuck Pagano (GA)
Stewart Rogers (GA)
Don Soldinger (TE)
Gary Stevens (OC/QB)
Tommy Tuberville (GA)
Dave Wannstedt (DC/LB)
Tony Wise (OL)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-10-05

Season summary

At South Carolina

Miami (FL) at South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 3 Hurricanes	14	3	17	0	34
Gamecocks	0	0	0	14	14

Date: August 30
Location: Williams–Brice Stadium

Scoring summary

Q1	MIA	Bratton 34-yard run (Seelig kick)	MIA 7–0

Q1	MIA	Bratton 12-yard run (Seelig kick)	MIA 14–0

Q2	MIA	Seelig 45-yard field goal	MIA 17–0

Q3	MIA	Bratton 2-yard run (Seelig kick)	MIA 24–0

Q3	MIA	Seelig 49-yard field goal	MIA 27–0

Q3	MIA	A. Highsmith 17-yard pass from Testaverde (Seelig kick)	MIA 34–0

Q4	SCAR	H. Brown 4-yard pass from Ellis (Hagler kick)	MIA 34–7

Q4	SCAR	Sharpe 29-yard pass from Ellis (Hagler kick)	MIA 34–14

Melvin Bratton 10 Rush, 105 Yds
Michael Irvin 6 Rec, 101 Yds

At Florida

Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 3 Hurricanes	7	0	9	7	23
Gators	0	9	0	6	15

Date: September 6
Location: Florida Field

Scoring summary

Q1	MIA	Bratton 24-yard run (Seelig kick)	MIA 7–0

Q2	FLA	Dawson 32-yard field goal	MIA 7–3

Q2	FLA	Dawson 38-yard field goal	MIA 7–6

Q2	FLA	Dawson 41-yard field goal	FLA 9–7

Q3	MIA	Bratton 20-yard run (pass failed)	MIA 13–9

Q3	MIA	Seelig 35-yard field goal	MIA 16–9

Q4	MIA	Irvin 15-yard pass from Testaverde (Seelig kick)	MIA 23–9

Q4	FLA	Jones 1-yard pass from Bell (pass failed)	MIA 23–15

Texas Tech

Oklahoma

Oklahoma at Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Sooners	0	3	7	6	16
• No. 2 Hurricanes	0	7	21	0	28

Date: September 27
Location: Orange Bowl

Northern Illinois

At West Virginia

At Cincinnati

Florida State

Florida State at Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Seminoles	14	3	6	0	23
• No. 1 Hurricanes	14	0	7	20	41

Date: November 1
Location: Orange Bowl
Game attendance: 62,834

Vs. Penn State (Fiesta Bowl)

Miami (FL) vs. Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Hurricanes	0	7	0	3	10
• No. 2 Nittany Lions	0	7	0	7	14

Date: January 2
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
Game attendance: 73,098
Referee: Jimmy Harper
TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones, Bob Griese, and Jimmy Cefalo

Main article: 1987 Fiesta Bowl See also: 1986 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and Game of the Century (college football)

1987 NFL Draft

Main article: 1987 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Vinny Testaverde	Quarterback	1	1	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Alonzo Highsmith	Running back	1	3	Houston Oilers
Jerome Brown	Defensive tackle	1	9	Philadelphia Eagles
Gregg Rakoczy	Center	2	32	Cleveland Browns
Winston Moss	Linebacker	2	50	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Paul O'Connor	Guard	5	140	New York Giants
Darryl Oliver	Running back	11	297	Seattle Seahawks

References

"It's a breeze for Hurricanes in 34–14 win". The Miami Herald. August 31, 1986. Retrieved January 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"'Canes clean Gators' house". The Tampa Tribune. September 7, 1986. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"'Canes barely break a sweat, 58–14". The Palm Beach Post. October 12, 1986. Retrieved January 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"1986 Football Schedule". University of Miami Athletic Department. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
Gainesville Sun. 1986 Aug 31. Retrieved 2018-Jan-15.
Gainesville Sun. 1986 Sep 7. Retrieved 2018-Jan-15.
"MIAMI BLOWS AWAY OKLAHOMA". Chicago Tribune. September 28, 1986. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
"Hurricanes handle Huskies 34-0 at Orange Bowl". Daily Chronicle (Illinois) via newspapers.com. October 5, 1986. p. 11. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
"Testaverde Rallies No.1 Miami Past Florida State, 41-23". The Washington Post. November 2, 1986. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
"Penn State Picks Off Miami, 14-10". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1987. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
"1987 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2019.

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