Rumph In the NFL he only ran for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns over his one year career. There will be unsung heroes picking up blitzes. 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. 2. People were literally afraid to let the person next to them down. He was probably the most hated guy in all of Blacksburg that night, but at the same time thank you so much, because you just kind of saved us some heartache. This endowed scholarship was created in 1992, in the memory of beloved Hurricanes' Hall of Fame player and coach Walter Kichefski. Romberg Williams It was grit and toughness for him, and it was important he was in there the whole time. University of Miami 2023. Dorsey threw four interceptions. / Ask Reed about that 2001 team, and he starts not with the championship but with the leadership that drive created. Walters Then in 2002, with Frank Gore out, exploded on the scene with 1,753 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns on 6.2 yard per carry. We knew we were good, and when we got out there and played on Saturdays, the people we went against were not as good as the guys we had on our scout team. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. This 2001 Miami team crushed Nebraska for the title in the Rose Bowl. A stacked running back room, which featured Frank Gore as the No. We were pissed. This Week in Miami Hurricanes Basketball: 2/27 Edition. He didn't want it to be close at all. The loudest game. We knew what route was coming on that play. Walters They've never seen an atmosphere like that. . Of course, Miami players are going to take up for their own team and scream from the rooftops that 2001 Miami is the GOAT. 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. Our physicality wasn't good. The deck was loaded. Internships If I slacked off at all, I wasn't going to play as much because Vince Wilfork is my backup. It happened twice in the Coliseum. How many Miami Hurricanes are in the NFL Hall of Fame? Players lobbied then-athletic director Paul Dee to elevate offensive coordinator Larry Coker to become head coach. DC Randy Shannon It has been achieved by the 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football teams and the 2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team. 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. Not a lot needed to be said. He was right. They dominated nearly everyone on their schedule, culminating in a resounding 37-14 win over Nebraska in the BCS National Championship Game in the Rose Bowl. 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. Williams Whats taking Mario so long to find Coaches? [6] [7] The Hurricanes have had at least one former player make the Pro Bowl every season since 1985, 31 years in a row. How deep was the 2001 Miami Hurricane roster? Like Portis, McGahee was a two-time Pro Bowl player and a national champion in 2001. Women's Basketball. Oh, absolutely I was scared. 1 offense against the No. Privacy Policy It didn't really hit me until afterward. We all loved Dorsey, but we knew we had other skill sets and talent on that team. The Pro Football Hall of Fame class will be inducted during NFL Honors, which airs on ABC at 9 p.m. Buy Now. The Houston Texas took him third overall in the 2003 NFL draft. I turned around, and the next thing you know, the ball is floating to me in slow motion. I started running at an angle toward the sideline. It was one of those games. I'm talking about the energy, the heat. Reed is seen shouting at his teammates, "I'm hurt dog! Back then, we had availabilities three times a week with players, an open locker room after games and access to practice, too. At the very end of January, [my family and I] ended up making the decision to leave. / The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. Williams Shockey had been there and done that, but we had new guys stepping in who weren't first-round draft picks yet. Coker 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. We never got worried. In 2002, Miami again played for a national title, losing in overtime to Ohio State. As a true freshman coming in, I'm all smiles. It didn't matter who stood in the way, they didn't stand a chance against us. Gore finished his Miami career with 1,975 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. It's a really tight locker room, we're getting ready to go out, and I absolutely remember it like it was yesterday, and I remember getting chills from hearing his battle cry, just like coming out in the second half, we're putting this away. McKinnie "I just think our mental toughness was just as impressive as our physical and athletic ability. (From 1937 to 2001, bowl games did not count towards season statistics). That's how it goes in those games. Jump inside of it. Additional contributors included future stars Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor, Antrel Rolle, Vernon Carey, and Rocky McIntosh. They were big boys, all positions, not just the offensive line. Fitzgerald In the 2002 Rose Bowl against Nebraska, Portis ran for 104 yards and a touchdown with another long touchdown run called back for a phantom holding. I wanted to win the national championship -- we wanted to win the national championship. 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. But I remain partial to 2001 Miami, and I will let former Miami linebacker Jon Vilma explain why. Dorsey They were All-Pro NFL players," said Rick Neuheisel, who was Washington coach at the time. Williams, Antrel Rolle, Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Chris Myers, Andre Johnson No other team is even in the conversation. So the following year was definitely a salt-in-the-wound, chip-on-the-shoulder type of season where we wanted to obviously take no prisoners and rectify what happened the year before. Everything in Ed wanted to destroy Florida State for so many reasons. We dominated those guys from start to finish, and Happy Valley wasn't so happy. He basically announced to everybody, "This is our guy.". They pushed each other to the limit, and the one thing that separates that group, they were super, super competitive. Reed As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. And obviously you can point out all the talented guys on the team, but at the time, they weren't the biggest recruits and the five-star guys. The year before, Miami lost at Washington 34-29 -- and that loss ultimately kept the Hurricanes out of the national title game they felt they deserved. It has been estimated that the 2001 Hurricanes would cost nearly $120 million as an NFL team as early as 2009. All rights reserved But Ernest Wilford dropped it. Gonzalez No. Some felt that Miami got snubbed in a chance to compete for the BCS Championship game. Butch did a great job recruiting and developing and building the culture. The debate over the greatest team in college football history will never end, and that is one of things we love so much about sports. Hurricanes Can Finish With Best Regular Season in Program History. That off-season, the team resolved to take the matter entirely out of the discretion of the computers by going a perfect 120. Record: 12-0 (1st of 117) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Won Rose Bowl 37-14 versus Nebraska. Prior to the 2006 Rose Bowl, ESPN's SportsCenter ran a special in which the 2005 USC Trojans, led by stars Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, and LenDale White, were compared with the greatest college teams of the past 50 years, as picked by sports fans voting on ESPN.com, to determine their place in history. My knee went between my hands, and hit the tip of the ball and it flipped to Matt Walters. But Larry was a perfect fit for that team. QB Ken Dorsey You're gonna to fight. Purchase Tickets. C Brett Romberg I never experienced that, just to sit there and say, "I'm the best, and that was a product of all our work." It was always tough. 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. / 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. Truthfully, the players and coaches felt relief that they had reached the goal they set for themselves 12 months earlier. We gave up the bowl in 1995. But the number of great players, first-round draft choices and players who got drafted, it's amazing really. 15 Washington 3429 on the road, while the Seminoles' lone loss was on the road to the #7 team in the country by 3. As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. It is unreal how deep their roster was in 2001. I think the next year, we had the mindset that, no matter what happens, we have to take care of business. The offense was terrible. "Those guys were not just NFL players. 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." Portis is now a member of the Miami Hurricanes Hall of Fame. Nebraska proved to be no competition for Miami, which opened up a 340 halftime lead en route to a 3714 final score. Everyone knew [Clinton] Portis, but you had Willis McGahee and Frank Gore. LB D.J. Does that mean I didn't root for Vince? The motivation of being upset and disappointed, that played a huge role in going to the Sugar Bowl and what we did against Florida to make a statement that we probably should've been the champs. Six players were drafted in the. Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes; Bush played for the 2004 Trojans, widely regarded as two of the most talented teams ever assembled. Two Hurricanes have won the Heisman Trophy and nine have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Led by twelfth-year head coach Jim Larraaga, they play their home games at the Watsco Center on the university's campus in Coral Gables, Florida as members of the Atlantic . The 26-point margin tied for Penn State's worst home loss under Joe Paterno. Soon, that entire mentality took hold across the entire team. Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes . It was so scary. / [14] Defeating Virginia Tech earned the top-ranked Hurricanes an invitation to the Rose Bowl to take on BCS #2 Nebraska for the national championship. Chudzinski 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. Vilma got into a debate several years ago with former USC running back Reggie Bush when the two played for the New Orleans Saints. 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. They finished the season 120 overall and 70 in the Big East to finish as conference champion. Among the numerous stars on the 2001 Miami squad were: quarterback Ken Dorsey; running backs Clinton Portis, Willis McGahee, Najeh Davenport, and Frank Gore; tight end Jeremy Shockey; wide receiver Andre Johnson; offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie; defensive linemen Jerome McDougle, William Joseph, and Vince Wilfork; linebackers Jonathan Vilma and D.J. I remember Ed coming up next to me. I knew this. 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. Terms of Service They were cracking jokes at us, and they thought that they were gonna just drag us all over the football field and just pound us. 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. Miami also holds a number of NFL Draft records, including most first-round selections in a single draft and most consecutive drafts with at least one first-round selection. 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). Instead, they played their backups and won 37-14, a score that does not reflect the sheer dominance of that game. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? That was it for Miami. McGahee played in the NFL from 2003-2013 including the year of rehab in 2003. I went to the University of Florida, where as a freshman in 1995, the Nebraska Cornhuskers staked their claim to the greatest-of-all-time throne after dismantling the Gators in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl. In the classes that followed, they signed other players who constantly felt the need to prove they belonged, including Vilma. As one of the younger players on the team, that competition only made me better. Privacy Policy The events of 9/11 caused a pause in college football, with games that weekend either being canceled or postponed, and Miami's game against Washington would be rescheduled for later that season. Employment Do you have a blog? In doing so, Portis ran for 1,200 and 10 touchdowns with a 5.5 yards per carry average for the Canes. I had a front-row seat as the Miami beat writer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that season. Randy Shannon told me, "If you come back to school, I'm not going to promise you or guarantee it, but there's a good chance you will never lose another college football game.". They would challenge each other to sprints, or whatever it was, and they held each other accountable and would not accept mediocrity. The scholarship recipient is chosen each year by the football coaches . / We were mentally driven. We go to the sideline, and Randy Shannon, after the first series he's like, "Hey, how do they look?" OT Joaquin Gonzalez But these guys wanted to win that two-minute drill as bad as they wanted to win the Rose Bowl. In all, 17 players from the team became first-round draft picks, and 38 players would be drafted, with stars like Vilma, Reed, Shockey, Wilfork and Portis earning multiple Pro Bowl bids. The leaders on that team were their best representatives -- doing all interviews asked of them. Single Game Season Group. He was the perfect coach for our team, and his personality just meshed with us. Miami took a 34-0 halftime lead before cruising to a 37-14 victory, winning the school's fifth national championship. In addition, Vilma, Shockey, Wilfork, Joseph, Rolle, McKinnie, and Reed have won the Super Bowl. I wanted to play more. But we were a great team. Head coach Larry Coker The same standings that kept Miami out of the 2000 national championship game. 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. I helped cover that team, too. Because that whole season, our mind was set on one goal, and you really don't understand how exhausting something can be when you're in pursuit of it. Ed was definitely yelling my name, "Matt! 1 defense. "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. / .mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}. Chudzinski I was hurt before this game. So I continue to stick with Miami as the greatest team of all time. 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. Walters Because we had that extra whatever. 1.". "Dominate" had started the year before, breaking down the team before going into the locker room right before we came out for the game. Dorsey We had 31 scholarships lost. I think they added extra bleachers so now they had the biggest stadium in college football. I don't know if this ever got released to the media, but Kenny [Dorsey] got hit and took a hard shot to the ribs. Wayne and Moss were Seniors on that . And I'll never forget seeing the wave of red of Nebraska fans pulling up that seemed like it went for miles. In interviews with more than two dozen players, coaches and opposing coaches, here is the story of the 2001 season, told in their own words. 3 back. Gonzalez The Canes Collapse Against The Noles, Lose 85-84. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. "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. 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." Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. But when you play a team like that, you can't turn the ball over, and I think we ended up throwing four interceptions. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). A lot of people don't realize the rivalry between Miami and Virginia Tech. 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 . "We had that mentality of, 'You may get a run, but I promise you for the next 60 minutes, we're gonna kick your ass. I went to a JUCO in Scranton, Penn. 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. If you don't drive them, you're going to be in trouble. Jan 7, 2009. We were exhausted. Larry wasn't a sexy hire at the time, and it's rare the players have that kind of influence over who gets hired. Joaquin said dominate, and we're not doing it! As a coach and players, you don't want to talk about it too much, but it's hard not to. For whatever reason, we always played them close in my four years there. That's how much we've been around each other. 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 . They were all self-directed. Football. To go and win the game was quite an experience. I have covered more national champions since 2001 Miami that could make their own claim, too. Vilma Coker 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. The combined 1247 score is an NCAA record for largest margin of victory over consecutive ranked opponents. Ed was somebody that would really talk to players. 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. 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. The guys suffer their worst loss of the season, but can still win the ACC. Fitzgerald The 2001 team featured six All-Americans, and Dorsey was a Heisman Trophy finalist. 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