After a blocked punt returned for a touchdown cut Miami's lead to 26-24, Virginia Tech lined up for a 2-point conversion to tie the game. Davis We all felt that that Sugar Bowl game against Florida, we knew that we should have been playing for a national title. Of course, Miami players are going to take up for their own team and scream from the rooftops that 2001 Miami is the GOAT. You're sweating, you're bleeding, you're laying everything on the line for the guy next to you, and there was no envy." The deck was loaded. I remember when I recruited him, his coach told me, "You don't really know what you're getting." This 2001 Miami team crushed Nebraska for the title in the Rose Bowl. All rights reserved. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. It didn't matter who stood in the way, they didn't stand a chance against us. Terms of Service That drive starts with where this team started: in 1997, when Miami was at its lowest point as a football program, in the midst of NCAA sanctions that reduced its scholarship total to 15 in that signing class. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). It was like, this is going to be outstanding for the next three, four, five years. / Nebraska proved to be no competition for Miami, which opened up a 340 halftime lead en route to a 3714 final score. We [were] truly a team. QB Ken Dorsey there was no mention of GOATs or legacies, just one line at the bottom that noted: "This UM team has joined elite company.". He almost had to come out of the game. Soon, that entire mentality took hold across the entire team. Because when Jimmy [Johnson] left after winning two national championships, they really changed the whole program, and I didn't want that to happen to those kids. I wanted to win the national championship -- we wanted to win the national championship. Everyone knew [Clinton] Portis, but you had Willis McGahee and Frank Gore. We sucked on offense. When I look back at our workouts, and the pressure that we put on each other of not letting each other down, there was so much pressure that I would think twice about skipping a workout, I would think twice about skipping a rep, I would think twice about letting my brother down because there was so much invested into it. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. It's a fun debate, but at the same time, the competitor in you has no doubt about where we stood. And he comes to me when we're in Pasadena, he's like, "Look, don't worry, it's gonna be easier in the game. CB Markese Fitzgerald That game solidified our quest to dominate. Rumph We've got one goal in mind. We probably could have scored 80 points. Happy to be here, want to high-five everybody, and from the moment I walked into the locker room, it was you're gonna work. I got you over the top." That's how it goes in those games. A lot of us came back just for this game. He was like, "You serious?" The guys suffer their worst loss of the season, but can still win the ACC. Davis The combined 1247 score is an NCAA record for largest margin of victory over consecutive ranked opponents. 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 blocked a kick and a punt and blocked a field goal that day. 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. 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). A total of 38 . 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. Their closest test came on road against the Boston College Eagles in an 18-7 victory, that included a late Ed Reed-Matt Walters pick-six. "This was happening in the BCS era, so no one really had an edge from a College Football Playoff perspective that all the great talent is going to go to those participants, which is kind of what's going on with Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State right now. Ohio State beat Miami in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl (2002 BCS Championship Game). / It didn't really hit me until afterward. To me, it was special, and I knew it was going to be a tough game. They signed players such as two-star safety Ed Reed, out of Louisiana, and Joaquin Gonzalez, an under-the-radar offensive lineman from Miami, and overlooked junior college transfers such as Jeremy Shockey and Bryant McKinnie. How about 2013 Florida State, a team so loaded with talent all 22 of its offensive and defensive starters that year ended up on an NFL roster? When I caught it, I wasn't thinking about running it back for a touchdown. They're wearing hoodies and sweatshirts and jackets all up underneath their shoulder pads and the coaches were like, "How are you going to function and play football?" As a true freshman coming in, I'm all smiles. ", Reed AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. I'm gonna run out of bounds." Walters You had to work. It pushes you through those workouts and the offseason, and it was a huge motivator for me, because guys like Reggie Wayne and Santana Moss put their heart and soul into the program, to not be able to give them a national championship when you thought you could've -- it's one of those things that sticks with you. But a diving, game-saving interception by Ed Reed sealed the Miami victory, 2624. 1. He made things happen. Renew Now Close Topbar. The final hurdle to the Rose Bowl BCS National Championship Game was at Virginia Tech. Take Ed Reed. He was right. You look back on it, and man, that was a great play by Mike, by me, by Ed. The Canes became arguably the greatest team in CFB history 20 years ago, finishing 12-0, winning the national title and producing 38 NFL draft picks. We hadn't been there. Romberg We'd been through so much pain. Romberg Coker In 2000, Miami was shut out of the Orange Bowl BCS National Championship Game by the BCS computers. He didn't want it to be close. They listened to us. (From 1937 to 2001, bowl games did not count towards season statistics). / I tried to display that my senior year, 'cause I could have left my junior year. Romberg Coker It was always tough. Miami won 187.[11]. It took that extra X Factor. I don't know how General Custer felt, but I felt like General Custer. I was thinking in my mind, "There's not a lot of time left in this game. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. We had it in us, and we knew we had it in us. A lot of what we did, Butch should get credit for. That served as motivation. or thought they had just unlocked legendary status. That felt good for all of us. Williams ", Flashback Friday pic.twitter.com/qCE9gnzI5E. Chudzinski Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. I was like, "Coach, call whatever you want, we're gonna win." A stacked running back room, which featured Frank Gore as the No. Though Miami dominated nearly every team it played, it had to survive a close one at Boston College in November. This Week in Miami Hurricanes Basketball: 2/27 Edition. 14, proved to be a formidable opponent. Most people think that UM must have been losing, but no. Some felt that Miami got snubbed in a chance to compete for the BCS Championship game. I turned around, and the next thing you know, the ball is floating to me in slow motion. 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. Gambling problem? They just accumulated so many good players that everybody was looking at them as like, 'How have they done this? Shannon [1] The Hurricanes scored 512 (42.6 points per game) points while yielding only 117 (9.75 points allowed per game). 3 back. He was that father figure we were all afraid to disappoint. Do you have a sports website? In doing so, Portis ran for 1,200 and 10 touchdowns with a 5.5 yards per carry average for the Canes. 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. The consensus among college football analysts is that the 2001 Hurricanes had the most talented roster in history. This endowed scholarship was created in 1992, in the memory of beloved Hurricanes' Hall of Fame player and coach Walter Kichefski. We were winning, but we left a lot of points on the field. Joaquin said dominate, and we're not doing it! In 2002, Miami again played for a national title, losing in overtime to Ohio State. Ed Reed, Kenny Dorsey -- they took ownership of everything: Lifting, the workouts in the summer, coming in to watch film. All rights reserved It was unreal, just to see the trophy come out. 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. Dorsey We'd signed a great class. The Hurricanes then defeated West Virginia, 453,[9] and Temple, 380,[10] before heading to Chestnut Hill to take on Boston College (BC). If you look at the film, at the last second as he's falling to the ground, he looks up to see if it's Ed, and he lets the ball go. 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I have covered more national champions since 2001 Miami that could make their own claim, too. It is through the support of Hurricane fans and alumni that we are able to make a difference. We're dead. / ACC Network FAQs Portis ran for 9.923 career yards and 75 touchdowns for Washington and the Denver Broncos while making two Pro Bowl rosters. To win a national championship, you have to win some you're not supposed to win. Miami (2001) Michigan (1947) Notre Dame (1947) Oklahoma (1956) How many NFL players came from Miami? Chudzinski . Ed Reed, a free safety, is in the Hall of Fame (elected in 2019), and his backup was Sean Taylor, arguably the greatest safety who ever played the game. Rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: Top prospects at every position from Kiper, McShay, Miller, Reid, Kiper's new Big Board rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: Top 25 prospects, Syracuse QB Shrader to miss spring practice, Sources: Asst. Does that mean I didn't root for Vince? Twenty years later, the 2001 Miami Hurricanes are widely regarded as one of the greatest college football teams of all time. He had the respect of those players. The environment was pretty spectacular. They finished the season 120 overall and 70 in the Big East to finish as conference champion. "They were really good, but I told Reggie, 'Yeah, you guys were fast and athletic, and we were equally fast and athletic," Vilma recalled recently. They could have scored a touchdown or kicked a field goal and that season has an asterisk next to it. Dorsey And to stand up at the podium with guys like Andre Johnson, who was my suite mate since my freshman year, and hold up that trophy -- that was special. Truly perfected that.". Despite Miami beating Florida State head-to-head that season and being higher ranked in both human polls, it was Florida State, and not Miami, that BCS computers selected to challenge the Oklahoma Sooners for the national championship (Oklahoma would win, 132). . The eccentric Portis is said to have played mind games with his backups in order to hold them down and keep the football in his hands. Payton was on campus for five season and waiting his turn to be the starter which came after McGahees departure for the 2003 season. Open Menu. But these guys wanted to win that two-minute drill as bad as they wanted to win the Rose Bowl. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? Johnson was a member of the Hurricanes' most recent national championship team in 2001. Gore has added another 77 rushing touchdowns on his way into the NFL record books. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. 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. Coker Last edited by a moderator: Jan 7, 2009. Privacy Policy The scholarship recipient is chosen each year by the football coaches . Payton spent time in NFL Europe as well as the Canadian Football League. They would challenge each other to sprints, or whatever it was, and they held each other accountable and would not accept mediocrity. Nobody really wanted to work out at 1 p.m. in the scorching heat and high humidity in South Florida. Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes; Bush played for the 2004 Trojans, widely regarded as two of the most talented teams ever assembled. Media Requests Washington had beaten Miami the year before, but in 2001, it looked as if the Huskies wanted to be anywhere but playing in prime time in the Orange Bowl as the Hurricanes gleefully kept their foot on the gas to prove a point. All rights reserved Greatest position rooms in Canes history: 2001 Running Backs. To solidify going to a national championship without having to worry about if somebody else was going to lose -- that was special. Its hard to say in the case of Willis McGahee. It was the Hurricanes' 76th season of football and 11th as a member of the Big East Conference. The Pro Football Hall of Fame class will be inducted during NFL Honors, which airs on ABC at 9 p.m. 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. Chudzinski One of the greatest safeties in college football history, Reed twice earned first-team All-America honors while guiding the Hurricanes to a national championship in 2001Led the Hurricanes to four consecutive bowl victories, ending career with perfect 12-0 record and 2001 national championship win over Nebraska2001 BIG EAST Defensive Co-Player Vilma got into a debate several years ago with former USC running back Reggie Bush when the two played for the New Orleans Saints. I'm talking about the energy, the heat. As one of the younger players on the team, that competition only made me better. We're intense, pulling up on the buses. McGahee played in the NFL from 2003-2013 including the year of rehab in 2003. We all had our careers that take off from there, but from my eyes, I was like, "What now?" Davenport went on to a seven year NFL career with the Packers, Steelers, and Colts, while averaging 4.6 yards per rush and scoring 13 touchdowns as a pro. "I just think our mental toughness was just as impressive as our physical and athletic ability. I think they added extra bleachers so now they had the biggest stadium in college football. If I slacked off at all, I wasn't going to play as much because Vince Wilfork is my backup. OT Joaquin Gonzalez We want somebody from in-house who knows us, and that's Coach Coker." 2001 Miami Hurricanes Record: 12-0, national champions Players: Bryant McKinnie, Jeremy Shockey, Ed Reed, Clinton Portis, Phillip Buchanon, Sean Taylor, Jonathan Vilma, D.J. They've never seen an atmosphere like that. I never expected it to be a blowout. I remember thinking that it was going to be such a difficult game, and we over prepared ourselves so much that the game came easy. Williams College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. The dominance of the team during its 2001 campaign combined with the legacy those players left -- both in college and the pros -- makes a strong argument that this is the best college football team ever assembled. As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Dorsey was also a Heisman finalist, finishing third. The way we were able to play, come out firing on all cylinders, was huge. From the 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team alone, 42 players went on to be drafted into the NFL from (2002-2006), including 17 1st round picks. He was leading stuff, telling guys what to do, up and down the court with the ball in his hands, and you could just see this guy had that magical feel for how to play team games. The leaders on that team were their best representatives -- doing all interviews asked of them. I put my heart in this (expletive) dog. A lot of people don't realize the rivalry between Miami and Virginia Tech. Little did I know that one line would take on a far more powerful meaning in the years to come. Kenny was the perfect guy. So can 2016 Clemson, a team I covered throughout the season as an ACC reporter. Guess what: He's still not finished . That 2001 season, it was like the season was already written. We could see with our own eyes what made that team go. I wanted to play more. And they had a great defense. The fourth quarter was fun for us, because at that point, the game was kind of in hand, and everybody got to enjoy and be part of it: first, second, third string guys, everybody was getting in and getting to play. Imagine that, a team with 38 future NFL picks feeling disrespected. 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. It never seemed like Davenport recovered all of his speed after the knee injury, but he did run for 5.3 yards per carry and 13 touchdowns in his Miami career. There's something about a night game in the Orange Bowl, there's something about that mystique. And I did that, and I was like, "Oh, man, that felt good." The individual's put on the back burner for your brothers. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. That's always what Miami had been about, and what set it apart in my mind. So a lot of times when I hear his voice, I can sense that disappointment that he felt with that being his last go around. And I'll never forget seeing the wave of red of Nebraska fans pulling up that seemed like it went for miles. McGahee ran for 4.7 yards per carry and three touchdowns in reserve duty behind Clinton Portis in 2001. Miami beat Florida State 49-27 to remain undefeated, but a bigger test awaited Nov. 10 on a cold day at Boston College. They knew he was the straw that stirred the drink. And that kind of stuck with me. 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. Coker The Hurricanes began the season with a nationally televised primetime win over Penn State in Beaver Stadium. Williams As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered to be the greatest collection of players in college football history, at least as measured by the NFL Draft. Payton ran for 985 yards and 7 touchdowns as a senior and averaged 5 yards per carry over his career. It's Ed!". Fitzgerald 2 behind Florida -- the team they dismantled in the Sugar Bowl to close out the 2000 season. 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. Find out more. I remember four or five guys jumped on me and next thing you know I'm looking at the ground and by the time I roll over and look up, I see Ed going. $400,000 was initially raised to endow the scholarship, the only undergraduate award presented by the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame. We lost the year before, and it kept us out of the national championship game. Two weeks later, the game everybody in the locker room had circled on the calendar had finally arrived: Washington. Let's go, man! / There was a rumor that we were going to get that coach from Wisconsin, Barry Alvarez, and we were like, "We don't want him. The Panthers had six first-round draft picks on its '01 roster while Miami's '01 team eventually That's how comical it became. When he dropped the two-point conversion, I was like, I need some prayer right now. 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 Miami had zero touchdowns. Being from California, playing in the Rose Bowl was special for me. Our communication wasn't good. [15] Miami won its fifth national championship in the last 18 years, and put the finishing touches on a perfect 120 season. He basically announced to everybody, "This is our guy.". 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 There are currently 44 players in the NFL who were brought up at the "U." One NFL team has quite a collection of Miami alumni. But the defense came through, as Mike Rumph, Matt Walters and Reed combined to save the day with one of the most iconic plays in Miami history -- a Walters interception, deflected off Rumph's knee, that ended up in Reed's hands for the defensive score. They hated to lose. Davis I knew we'd have a good team, but there were a lot of questions because of the coaching changes. And I am a firm believer in that team, too. Our physicality wasn't good. It was a competitive culture and accountability was huge and he built a family environment. Sponsorship Opportunities Oh, absolutely I was scared. Miami clinched a spot in the national title game against Nebraska at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., and felt confident this game would be its crowning achievement. If Greg Schiano had not left and gone to Rutgers it would've been a potential for him to get the job, but I was glad for the staff and players that there wouldn't be a blow-up. Or write about sports? Chudzinski Employment Washington coach Rick Neuheisel We didn't do anything right. And whenever you do stuff like that, you believe you're going to win. There are vivid moments that stand out to me that season. For whatever reason, we always played them close in my four years there. Less than 24 hours to renew your football tickets! Dorsey Miami didn't have that edge. LB Jonathan Vilma Former Miami Dolphin and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jason Taylor and defensive ends coach Rod Wright talk on the field during practice at Greentree . 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. But we were fruits of what they'd done. Williams, Antrel Rolle, Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Chris Myers, Andre Johnson No other team is even in the conversation. The players and coaches, first and foremost, were accessible. 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