American college football season
The 1992 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season . It was the Hurricanes' 67th season of football and second as a member of the Big East Conference . The Hurricanes were led by fourth-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl . They finished the season 11–1 overall and 4–0 in the Big East while playing a partial conference schedule. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl , which served as the Bowl Coalition National Championship Game, where they lost to Alabama , 34–13.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 5 8:00 pm at No. 23 Iowa * No. 1 ABC W 24–770,397 September 19 4:00 pm Florida A&M * No. 1 W 38–074,292 September 26 4:00 pm Arizona * No. 1 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL W 8–747,049 October 3 12:00 pm No. 3 Florida State * No. 2 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry ) ABC W 19–16 77,338 [ 1] October 10 12:00 pm at No. 7 Penn State * No. 2 ABC W 17–1496,704 October 17 4:00 pm TCU * No. 2 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL W 45–1042,915 October 24 12:00 pm at Virginia Tech No. 1 BEN W 43–2351,423 October 31 7:30 pm West Virginia No. 1 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN W 35–2351,246 November 14 12:00 pm Temple No. 1 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL BEN W 48–041,212 [ 2] November 21 3:30 pm at No. 8 Syracuse No. 1 ABC W 16–1049,857 November 28 7:30 pm at San Diego State * No. 1 ESPN W 63–1752,108 8:30 pm vs. No. 2 Alabama * No. 1 ABC L 13–3476,789 [ 3] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 1 (40) 1 (43) 1 (45) 1 (47) 1 (43) 2 (12) 2 (16) 1 т (30 1 ⁄2 ) 1 т (31) 1 (32) 2 (27 1 ⁄2 ) 1 (61) 1 (61) 1 (61) 1 (61) 1 (61) 3 Coaches 1 (40) 1 (43) 1 (45) 1 (47) 1 (45) 2 (16) 2 (22) 1 (31) 1 (31) 1 (37) 1 (30) 1 (59) 1 (59) 1 (60) 1 (59) 1 (59) 3
#1 Miami (FL) at #23 Iowa 1 2 3 4 Total • Hurricanes 3 7 0 14 24 Hawkeyes 0 0 0 7 7
Scoring summary 1 UM Prewitt 27-yard field goal MIA 3–0 2 UM Williams 11-yard pass from Torretta (Prewitt kick) MIA 10–0 4 UM L. Jones 1-yard run (Prewitt kick) MIA 17–0 Iowa Jasper 31-yard pass from Hartlieb (Krieder kick) MIA 17–7 UM Spencer 17-yard pass from Torretta (Prewitt kick) MIA 24–7
#3 Florida State at #2 Miami (FL) 1 2 3 4 Total Seminoles 7 3 3 3 16 • Hurricanes 0 10 0 9 19
Scoring summary 1 FSU Tamarick Vanover 94-yard kickoff return (Mowrey kick)FSU 7–0 2 UM Dane Prewitt 24-yard field goal FSU 7–3 7:36 UM C. Bell 29-yard pass from G. Torretta (Prewitt kick) MIA 10–7 FSU Dan Mowrey 22-yard field goal Tied 10–10 3 FSU Dan Mowrey 38-yard field goal FSU 13–10 4 FSU Dan Mowrey 41-yard field goal FSU 16–10 UM L. Thomas 33-yard pass G. Torretta (Prewitt kick) MIA 17–16 UM Team safety MIA 19–16
Vs. Alabama (Sugar Bowl)[ edit ] #1 Miami (FL) vs. #2 Alabama 1 2 3 4 Total Hurricanes 3 3 0 7 13 • Crimson Tide 3 10 14 7 34
Scoring summary 1 10:56 BAMA Proctor 19-yard field goal BAMA 3–0 7:49 UM Dane Prewitt 49-yard field goal Tied 3–3 2 10:48 BAMA Proctor 23-yard field goal BAMA 6–3 6:09 BAMA Williams 2-yard run (Proctor kick) BAMA 13–3 0:00 UM Dane Prewitt 42-yard field goal BAMA 13–6 3 10:12 BAMA Lassic 1-yard run (Proctor kick) BAMA 20–6 9:56 BAMA Teague 31-yard interception return (Proctor kick)BAMA 27–6 4 12:08 UM Kevin Williams 78-yard punt return (Prewitt kick) BAMA 27–13 6:46 BAMA Lassic 4-yard run (Proctor kick) BAMA 34–13
1992 Miami Hurricanes football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 21 Maurice Washington
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
Gino Torretta, Davey O'Brien Award[ 4] Gino Torretta, Heisman Trophy[ 5] Gino Torretta, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[ 6] Gino Torretta, Maxwell Award Gino Torretta, Walter Camp Award[ 7] Michael Barrow, LB[ 8] Gino Torretta, QB[ 8] [ 9]
^ "No. 2 Miami escapes again" . Corpus Christi Caller-Times . October 4, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Canes put Virginia Tech away early 43–23" . Fort Myers News-Press . October 25, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Tide drowns Miami" . The Montgomery Advertiser . January 2, 1993. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Davey O'Brien Foundation – Home of the National Quarterback Award, High School Scholarship, Legends Award & Founder's Award" . ^ "Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy" . Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2007 . ^ "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN" . ESPN.com . ^ "Football" . Collegefootball.about.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2019 . ^ a b "History: Jack Harding MVP Award" . CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .[permanent dead link ] ^ "1993 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com .
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