1986 Miami Hurricanes football team

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. They finished the season 11–1 overall. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they lost to Penn State, 14-10. They are listed among the 7 most hated college football teams by Sporting News [1]

1986 Miami Hurricanes football
Fiesta Bowl, L 10–14 vs. Penn State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
1986 record	11–1
Head coach	Jimmy Johnson (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Stevens (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Dave Wannstedt (1st season)
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl

1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	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

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 Florida	No. 3	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 23–15	74,875
September 13	Texas Tech	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	KJTV	W 61–11	41,925
September 27	No. 1 Oklahoma	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	CBS	W 28–16	71,451
October 4	Northern Illinois	No. 1	Miami 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	Miami 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	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 23–10	51,110
November 27	East Carolina	No. 1	Miami 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

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Rankings

Personnel

1986 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OG 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 Deez Nutz 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 OG 61 Maurice Maddox Jr OL 52 Jose Montalvo So OG 77 Paul O'Connor Sr OT 37 Darryl Oliver Sr FB 75 John O'Neill So OG 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 OG 76 Scott Provin Jr C 74 Gregg Rakoczy Sr TE 87 Alfredo Roberts Jr OG 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

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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

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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

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Northern Illinois

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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

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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

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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	Center	2	50	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Paul O'Connor	Guard	5	140	New York Giants
Darryl Oliver	Running back	11	297	Seattle Seahawks

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References

1. "Seven most hated college football teams". Retrieved 2018-01-10.
2. "1986 Football Schedule". University of Miami Athletic Department. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
3. Gainesville Sun. 1986 Aug 31. Retrieved 2018-Jan-15.
4. Gainesville Sun. 1986 Sep 7. Retrieved 2018-Jan-15.
5. "MIAMI BLOWS AWAY OKLAHOMA". Chicago Tribune. September 28, 1986. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
6. "Hurricanes handle Huskies 34-0 at Orange Bowl". Daily Chronicle (Illinois) via newspapers.com. October 5, 1986. p. 11. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
7. "Testaverde Rallies No.1 Miami Past Florida State, 41-23". The Washington Post. November 2, 1986. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
8. "Penn State Picks Off Miami, 14-10". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1987. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
9. "1987 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.