All I could think as I looked on from the press box was, "I can't believe they're about to blow this," knowing full well a trip to the national championship and the Rose Bowl was on the line. 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. And as a coach, you almost never want that -- guys on the ground, just a couple days before the game. When he spoke, the team listened. In addition, Vilma, Shockey, Wilfork, Joseph, Rolle, McKinnie, and Reed have won the Super Bowl. We hadn't been there. I remember Ed coming up next to me. Some felt that Miami got snubbed in a chance to compete for the BCS Championship game. 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. When we recruited him in high school, when I actually went to see him in person it was at a basketball game. A lot of us came back just for this game. He made good decisions and he made everyone around him better. We made a song like the Super Bowl Shuffle, letting them know, "We're going to whoop y'all." They could have scored a touchdown or kicked a field goal and that season has an asterisk next to it. We watched that, perfected that. And if you're not on board with this, you got to go. He didn't care about scolding players if they didn't do their jobs. Reed has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But there was never any pressure on anybody because they always thought they were going to get it done. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Walters OL Joel Rodriguez If you dominate your responsibility and enough guys do that, then we'll be OK. A lot of people don't understand the context. [17] The offense set the school scoring record, while the defense led the nation in scoring defense (fewest points allowed), pass defense, and turnover margin. With Coker in place as head coach and key players like Reed and McKinnie returning for their senior seasons, the Hurricanes knew what was in front of them. I just remember on that play that the offensive lineman tried to cut my knees, and I remember finally getting it right. Ed was definitely yelling my name, "Matt! Dorsey passed for 362 yards and 3 touchdowns, while wide receiver Andre Johnson caught 7 passes for 199 yards and 2 touchdowns. At that point, it was like, all right, the last game then we're going to ship. Sure enough, they run a slant, I go in to pick it off, and I spread my fingertips, and had my hands below my knee. We were just too big, strong and fast, and way too physical. But I feel like if you look at the history, every team that's won a national title has had a game like that, where it comes down to the last minute and if you lose, your season's over. 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. 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. I had a front-row seat as the Miami beat writer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that season. The first series, we line up, they run their option, and for as fast as it went for us in practice, it was like they were in sand. They thought that we looked like a high school team. They kept telling us don't listen to our coaches, because we're getting our butts kicked. Gore has added another 77 rushing touchdowns on his way into the NFL record books. I still have visions of Tommie Frazier leaving Gator defenders in his wake. Hell, nah. It gives us extra incentive to go out and perform well every week.". Everything that we put into this, everything lined up when it needed to. ET on Feb. 10. That goes for everybody. When he dropped the two-point conversion, I was like, I need some prayer right now. / This past January, I sat in the press box at Hard Rock Stadium in the most bizarre setting for a national championship game, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. I remember the doctor saying he couldn't really throw the ball. In the NFL he ran for 8,474 yards and 65 touchdowns over his career. I helped cover that team, too. 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. 2001 Football Rosters. They finished the season 120 overall and 70 in the Big East to finish as conference champion. It is unreal how deep their roster was in 2001. LB Jonathan Vilma You had to work. We all had our careers that take off from there, but from my eyes, I was like, "What now?" Clinton Portis was one of the many future NFL stars who led the Hurricanes to the 2001 title -- and a place in football lore. Like it was a fairy tale.". Romberg OC Rob Chudzinski That's to win the national championship. That game solidified our quest to dominate. 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. We were confident. The environment was pretty spectacular. It's almost like that life doesn't exist. Ed was somebody that would really talk to players. Hurricanes Can Finish With Best Regular Season in Program History. That openness allowed us to truly get to know the players and coaches, and develop a rapport with them, so we could tell their stories in a deeper way -- and share a fair narrative as the season unfolded. Miami hasn't won a title since 2001, although the Hurricanes have cause for debate about the next season's Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio State. Buy Now. Schumann returning to Georgia, Adelson: 2001 Canes make case for college football's GOATs, Miami's turnover chain set a celebratory standard across the college football landscape. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Ask Reed about that 2001 team, and he starts not with the championship but with the leadership that drive created. The loudest game. We let them drive right before the half and Ed Reed wasn't in that drive because he had dinged up his shoulder. Schumann returning to Georgia, 'It's the most talented team to ever play': An oral history of the 2001 Miami Hurricanes, Miami's turnover chain set a celebratory standard across the college football landscape. The combined 1247 score is an NCAA record for largest margin of victory over consecutive ranked opponents. 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 12:48AM. Miami won 187.[11]. It was my first game ever to be a head coach and it was against Joe Paterno. One of the things that happened in practice, we caught a few guys in the stadium trying to record our practices, seeing how we were going to stop the triple option. I was chasing Ed, and Ed did some little backyard football by running zig zags in order not to get caught, and then he spikes the ball to put the emphasis on that play. Download Our App, Achong, Harden & Hedley Earn ACC Postgraduate Scholarships, Newport News, Virginia/Hampton Roads Academy, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada/Vanier Academy, Windsor, Ontario, Canada/Belle River District. Gonzalez He didn't want it to be close. Its game at Florida State on Oct. 13 took on even greater meaning after what happened in 2000. The Hokies, ranked No. Do you have a blog? Rumph It was one of those games where the score just got run up. But a diving, game-saving interception by Ed Reed sealed the Miami victory, 2624. He was right. That's how much we've been around each other. Frank Gore was also on the 2001 national title Hurricanes roster. [4] It was one of those games. In interviews with players and coaches, here . I went to a JUCO in Scranton, Penn. Coker The guys suffer their worst loss of the season, but can still win the ACC. Chudzinski It was cold. Coker Years later in the NFL, I'm hearing people like, "Man, I listened to that song.". Anybody who could block kicks like that, he was a fan of. That was the first time, for a portion of the game at least, we let our gaze get to the horizon and not on the task at hand. 3 back. The knee injuries couldnt hold Gore back as hes still running the rock in the NFL today. With BC on the verge of a momentous upset, St. Pierre attempted to pass to receiver Ryan Read at the Miami 2-yard line. Vilma played for the 2001 Hurricanes . But in the moment, as I wrote my recap of that game in January 2002, I was very much like the players. They beat us 59-0 and we finished that season with 10 wins. There will be unsung heroes picking up blitzes. Syracuse and Washington were not exactly nobodies. We sucked on offense. The 2001 Hurricanes, who are . Guess what: He's still not finished . Twenty years later, the 2001 Miami Hurricanes are widely regarded as one of the greatest college football teams of all time. We blocked a kick and a punt and blocked a field goal that day. Miami led 12-7 with under a minute to play, but BC had first-and-goal at the Miami 9-yard line. It was a somewhat natural transition because I knew the players. But I wasn't leaving these guys. Miami didn't have that edge. Incognito told me at halftime, their coach basically said, "Guys let's just try to keep this thing close," and he said that right in front of the athletic director. 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. Williams Back at Miami, where he was named to the university's Hall of Fame back in 2011, Wayne helped The U to the 2001 national championship as a four-year starter, registering 173 catches for 2,510 . At halftime, Reed delivered his now famous, "I'm hurt, dog" speech and it was captured by a documentary film crew that was working on an all-access show for ESPN. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? 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. And we're in the buses going right through this wave of red, and it seemed like they all flipped us off in unison. McGahee didnt have the most prolific career, but the two years he suited up in his orange and green gear were exciting. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? You had Sean Taylor behind him. The season began on the road against Penn State, a matchup Miami viewed as a "statement game.". Barry Jackson. However, in the final minute of the fourth quarter, with Miami clinging to a 127 lead, BC quarterback Brian St. Pierre led the Eagles from their own 30-yard line all the way down to the Hurricanes' 9-yard line. Fundraiser : The UM Sports Hall of Fame Needs U! Media Requests I got you over the top." LB D.J. Most people think that UM must have been losing, but no. Every team has to go through that, because that's how you get calloused to know that no matter what happens, you're going to find a way to win. 1 defense. Chudzinski We knew, we got them out here, with the weather, the physicality, they weren't going to be ready for that. A jersey worn by late Hurricanes great Sean Taylor. 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. The ability to handle situations and adversity. In the NFL he only ran for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns over his one year career. I started running at an angle toward the sideline. Shockey had been there and done that, but we had new guys stepping in who weren't first-round draft picks yet. It took that extra X Factor. They were so dialed in on winning a national championship, so focused on leadership, accountability and -- as ridiculous as it sounds now -- proving themselves that it became impossible in the moment to assign this team a place in college football lore. After an interception, Ed Reed strips the ball from his teammate and takes it for a touchdown to seal Miami's win vs. Boston College during the 2001 season. The Hurricane defense picked up the slack by limiting BC to just seven points. Rumph The same standings that kept Miami out of the 2000 national championship game. We're intense, pulling up on the buses. Randy Shannon is giving us every way to run this option, and I was frankly frustrated because it was hard to process it all. Washington coach Rick Neuheisel We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Like Portis, McGahee was a two-time Pro Bowl player and a national champion in 2001. 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. 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 . "They were the hardest workouts we ever did," cornerback Mike Rumph said. That atmosphere was crazy. 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. 14, proved to be a formidable opponent. It started as a joke first, but it just went to like, no matter what you put us through, we can't be hurt. QB Ken Dorsey Some of our most beloved Canes shared a meeting room in 2001. We look at each other, like how the hell did we do this? We dominated those guys from start to finish, and Happy Valley wasn't so happy. Two weeks later, the game everybody in the locker room had circled on the calendar had finally arrived: Washington. It's Ed!". 15 Washington 3429 on the road, while the Seminoles' lone loss was on the road to the #7 team in the country by 3. They hated to lose. Does that mean I didn't root for Vince? Shockey was diving for balls, Ed Reed was coming up full-speed, full-tackle. Open Menu. The atmosphere was too much for them. You may win one, but we're gonna win 20 of them, and it's not gonna stop.'". 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. He made things happen. There are vivid moments that stand out to me that season. Gore has been named to five Pro Bowl rosters and has ran for 14,028 yards over his career. 2. 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. That felt good for all of us. ACC Network FAQs College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. But I did have the feeling that we were going to win the national championship and we were going to do whatever it took to make it happen. / 1 Hurricanes Stomp West Virginia, 45-3", "No. Miami has two games remaining before the postseason begins and winning out has big implications for their place in the programs best all-time regular seasons. Download Our App. But the number of great players, first-round draft choices and players who got drafted, it's amazing really. Purchase Tickets. They should have gone back to high school where they do the running clock. We knew when I was there, but in 2001, it became reality. 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?" You know I'm hurt, yet we let them score two touchdowns. Williams; and defensive backs Ed Reed, Mike Rumph, and Phillip Buchanon. I'm gonna run out of bounds." What set those guys apart was what was inside of them -- in their heads and in their hearts, how they competed and how they prepared and how they loved and how they were passionate about playing the game. 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. 1 Miami Flattens No. [17] Additionally, the Hurricane defense scored eight touchdowns of its own. There is history in nearly every corner of the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame and the Tom Kearns Sports Hall of Fame Building. Little did I know that one line would take on a far more powerful meaning in the years to come. They were All-Pro NFL players," said Rick Neuheisel, who was Washington coach at the time. We were really dialed in on character, on personality traits, do they love football? We've got one goal in mind. Gore finished his Miami career with 1,975 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. Players lobbied then-athletic director Paul Dee to elevate offensive coordinator Larry Coker to become head coach. When you've got guys that are doing workouts, even though it was hell on earth in July in 115 degrees, like you're breathing through a sock, and turn around and just do it again for a teammate because he needs help, that's remarkable. We didn't do anything right. Romberg OT Bryant McKinnie 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 . It was the Hurricanes' 76th season of football and 11th as a member of the Big East Conference. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. So I think that describes how good they were.". 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. They always had a good running back and good offensive line, and that is a hostile environment. I was hurt before this game. Find out more. Chudzinski Led by quarterback Ken Dorsey, free safety Ed Reed, running back Clinton Portis, wide receiver Andre Johnson, tight end Jeremy Shockey, offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie, and linebacker Jonathan Vilma, Miami won the 2001 national championship. The Houston Texas took him third overall in the 2003 NFL draft. Chudzinski, Shannon and defensive backs coach Mark Stoops all went on to head-coaching jobs. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). These guys were special people. 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. 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. Gore was a true freshman that got Hurricanes fans excited for the future as he averaged 9.1 yards per carry with 5 touchdowns in his first year on-campus. [1] The Hurricanes scored 512 (42.6 points per game) points while yielding only 117 (9.75 points allowed per game). Dorsey Do you have a sports website? This Week in Miami Hurricanes Basketball: 2/27 Edition. 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. As a coach and players, you don't want to talk about it too much, but it's hard not to. As the 2001 Miami Hurricanes celebrated a fifth national championship in the . Davis left Miami after coaching the Hurricanes to an 11-1 season in 2000. 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. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. I say five minutes into the game, they knew in their hearts that they were going to be outclassed and outmatched. We let the country know what this whole season was going to be about. In 2000, Miami was shut out of the Orange Bowl BCS National Championship Game by the BCS computers. People were literally afraid to let the person next to them down. I'd been at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for years and we'd never beaten [Nebraska]. It wasn't a surprise. Six players earned All-American status and six players were finalists for national awards, including Maxwell Award winner, Ken Dorsey, and Outland Trophy winner, Bryant McKinnie. Payton was on campus for five season and waiting his turn to be the starter which came after McGahees departure for the 2003 season. 14 Syracuse, 59-0", "No. / Mission Statement Johnson was a member of the Hurricanes' most recent national championship team in 2001. As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. 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. He didn't want it to be close at all. We had it in us, and we knew we had it in us. . McKinnie All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. . 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. As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. Maybe Alabama last year. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? [15] Miami won its fifth national championship in the last 18 years, and put the finishing touches on a perfect 120 season. Let's go, man! Ed Reed, Kenny Dorsey -- they took ownership of everything: Lifting, the workouts in the summer, coming in to watch film. We were exhausted. "I said, 'Our difference is, we were gonna try to outhit you.' Overall, 38 members of the team would be selected in the NFL Draft. But when you play a team like that, you can't turn the ball over, and I think we ended up throwing four interceptions. / After the close win over Boston College, Miami went on to win over #14 Syracuse, 590,[12] and #12 Washington, 657,[13] in consecutive weeks in the Orange Bowl. I'll never forget the speed and tempo and competitiveness. You were getting into a street fight when you went and played those guys. Odds & lines subject to change. He was the perfect coach for our team, and his personality just meshed with us. We gave up the bowl in 1995. My knee went between my hands, and hit the tip of the ball and it flipped to Matt Walters. 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. There's something about a night game in the Orange Bowl, there's something about that mystique. Of course, Miami players are going to take up for their own team and scream from the rooftops that 2001 Miami is the GOAT. As the 2001 Miami Hurricanes celebrated a fifth national championship in the Rose Bowl locker room 20 years ago, not one person screamed, 'GOAT!' That 2001 season, it was like the season was already written. OT Joaquin Gonzalez 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." I was like, "Coach, call whatever you want, we're gonna win." Dorsey We were all each other's biggest fans, but we all knew that if you went into the week, and you slacked or you wanted to hang out late on a Tuesday night, and didn't bust your ass in practice, you ain't going to be getting the reps. 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