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1995 Miami

8–⁠3 (6–⁠1 Big East), coached by Butch Davis, finished No. 20 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Miami in 1995, game by game: lost at No. 15 UCLA 8–31; won vs. Florida A&M 49–3; lost at Virginia Tech 7–13; lost at No. 1 Florida State 17–41; won vs. Rutgers 56–21; won at Pittsburgh 17–16; won vs. Temple 36–12; won vs. Baylor 35–14; won at Boston College 17–14; won vs. West Virginia 17–12; won vs. No. 22 Syracuse 35–24+46−24Lost 8–31 at No. 15 UCLA-23No. 15 UCLAWon 49–3 vs. Florida A&M+46Florida A&MLost 7–13 at Virginia Tech-6Virginia TechLost 17–41 at No. 1 Florida State-24No. 1 Florida StateWon 56–21 vs. Rutgers+35RutgersWon 17–16 at Pittsburgh+1PittsburghWon 36–12 vs. Temple+24TempleWon 35–14 vs. Baylor+21BaylorWon 17–14 at Boston College+3Boston CollegeWon 17–12 vs. West Virginia+5West VirginiaWon 35–24 vs. No. 22 Syracuse+11No. 22 Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2at15UCLAL 8–⁠3162%
Sep 9vsFlorida A&MW 49–⁠392%
Sep 23atVirginia TechL 7–⁠1364%
Oct 7at1Florida StateL 17–⁠4123%
Oct 14vsRutgersW 56–⁠2179%
Oct 21atPittsburghW 17–⁠1671%
Oct 28vsTempleW 36–⁠1289%
Nov 4vsBaylorW 35–⁠1468%
Nov 11atBoston CollegeW 17–⁠1465%
Nov 18vsWest VirginiaW 17–⁠1275%
Nov 25vs22SyracuseW 35–⁠2461%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Syracuse 35–⁠24; No. 20 in the final AP poll; Big East champions.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 96 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 19
  4. Wk 4: 19
  5. Wk 5: 17
  6. Wk 13: 25
  7. Wk 14: 25
  8. Wk 15: 22
  9. Wk 16: 22
  10. Final: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1995.

Big East champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Virginia Tech

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Big East
AP final
No. 20 peak No. 11
Points
294–⁠201
Coach
Butch Davis
Elo
1683 +3 this season
SP+ rating
12.8 No. 27 of 107; offense No. 44, defense No. 13
SRS
10.6 No. 23 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Larry Coker
Defensive coordinator
Bill Miller
Most valuable player
Ray Lewis

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 1Ray Lewis LBBaltimore Ravens
Rd 6Derrick Harris RBSt. Louis Rams

All-conference

8 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Danyell FergusonRB, All-Big East
  • Deland McCulloughRB, All-MACCoaches-1
  • Kenny HolmesDL, All-Big East
  • Ray LewisLB, All-Big East
  • Mike BirdOL, All-MACCoaches-1
  • Dee OsborneLB, All-MACCoaches-1
  • Kenyon HarperLB, All-MACCoaches-1
  • Johnnie WilliamsDB, All-MACCoaches-1

Second team

  • Tremayne BanksWR, All-MACCoaches-2
  • Gene GuidryOL, All-MACCoaches-2
  • Matt CravensOL, All-MACCoaches-2
  • Jason HolmesDL, All-MACCoaches-2
  • Jamie TaylorDB, All-MACCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team articles, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech6–⁠110–⁠210
Miami6–⁠18–⁠320
Syracuse5–⁠29–⁠319
West Virginia4–⁠35–⁠6
Boston College4–⁠34–⁠8
Rutgers2–⁠54–⁠7
Temple1–⁠61–⁠10
Pittsburgh0–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.