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's how it goes in those games. However, the ball ricocheted off the leg of Miami cornerback Mike Rumph, landing in the hands of defensive end Matt Walters. Romberg Anybody who could block kicks like that, he was a fan of. At fullback the Canes used two starters in Najeh Davenport and Kyle Cobia. Yea I've been hurt. From there, this iconic team started its journey toward greatness. Chudzinski, Shannon and defensive backs coach Mark Stoops all went on to head-coaching jobs. It's a fun debate, but at the same time, the competitor in you has no doubt about where we stood. Nevertheless, Miami was left with a bitter sense of disappointment, believing they had been deprived of a shot at a potential national championship. Fitzgerald We were just too big, strong and fast, and way too physical. It didn't really hit me until afterward. Butch did a great job recruiting and developing and building the culture. I think it was kind of a weight off everybody's shoulders at the end. 2001 Miami (FL) Hurricanes Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 12-0 (1st of 117) ( Schedule & Results ) Rank: 1st in the Final AP poll Conference: Big East Conference Record: 7-0 Coach: Larry Coker (12-0) Points For: 512 Points/G: 42.7 (3rd of 117) Points Against: 117 More Team Info Miami (FL) School History 2001 Miami (FL) Statistics Coker McGahee played in the NFL from 2003-2013 including the year of rehab in 2003. The Hokies, ranked No. But the number of great players, first-round draft choices and players who got drafted, it's amazing really. But we were fruits of what they'd done. Romberg 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. In doing so, Portis ran for 1,200 and 10 touchdowns with a 5.5 yards per carry average for the Canes. Mission Statement ET on Feb. 10. Like it was a fairy tale.". 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. Reed is seen shouting at his teammates, "I'm hurt dog! The 2001 Hurricanes, who are . I'd agreed to a contract before Thanksgiving and my plan was to stay at the University of Miami for decades. S Ed Reed Then there was the first half against Nebraska in the BCS national championship game, in which Miami made the Cornhuskers look like a slow backyard team with no business being on the big stage. Our communication wasn't good. Not a lot needed to be said. Less Than 24 Hours to Renew Your Tickets. Beamer Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Vilma After that, there are issues like roster. This team, who kept us out of the national championship, beat us our freshman year slammed the quarterback in the goal post that's what that was all about. But when you play a team like that, you can't turn the ball over, and I think we ended up throwing four interceptions. It took that extra X Factor. C Brett Romberg That was it for Miami. And I'll never forget seeing the wave of red of Nebraska fans pulling up that seemed like it went for miles. Men's Basketball . / 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. We'd been through so much pain. The intelligence he had. In 2000, Miami was shut out of the Orange Bowl BCS National Championship Game by the BCS computers. To me, it was special, and I knew it was going to be a tough game. When he dropped the two-point conversion, I was like, I need some prayer right now. 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. It wasn't a surprise. [6] [7] The Hurricanes have had at least one former player make the Pro Bowl every season since 1985, 31 years in a row. There's going to be some tremendous 3- or 4-yard runs. He made things happen. It was like, this is going to be outstanding for the next three, four, five years. (From 1937 to 2001, bowl games did not count towards season statistics). 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. 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. 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. He didn't care about scolding players if they didn't do their jobs. Maybe Alabama last year. And whenever you do stuff like that, you believe you're going to win. Women's Basketball. Oh, absolutely I was scared. Renew Now Close Topbar. It was a competitive culture and accountability was huge and he built a family environment. Miami followed up the victory with wins over Rutgers,[5] Pitt,[6] and Troy State.[7]. They just accumulated so many good players that everybody was looking at them as like, 'How have they done this? Additional contributors included future stars Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor, Antrel Rolle, Vernon Carey, and Rocky McIntosh. You may win one, but we're gonna win 20 of them, and it's not gonna stop.'". We didn't do anything right. Rumph "I said, 'Our difference is, we were gonna try to outhit you.' Williams; and defensive backs Ed Reed, Mike Rumph, and Phillip Buchanon. 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. Does that mean I didn't root for Vince? Walters We wanted to beat them for two reasons, right? The players and coaches, first and foremost, were accessible. In interviews with players and coaches, here . I remember four or five guys jumped on me and next thing you know I'm looking at the ground and by the time I roll over and look up, I see Ed going. 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. We didn't want to have to change and have to learn a new offense, defense, or anything. Dorsey Walters They've never seen an atmosphere like that. So I continue to stick with Miami as the greatest team of all time. [citation needed] NFL individual records [when?] RBs coach Don Soldinger / Renew Now , University of Miami 2023. Overall, 38 members of the team would be selected in the NFL Draft. For whatever reason, we always played them close in my four years there. This 2001 Miami team crushed Nebraska for the title in the Rose Bowl. 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. I grew up in South Florida, and watched the previous four Miami national champions closely. If I slacked off at all, I wasn't going to play as much because Vince Wilfork is my backup. A total of 38 . Instead, they played their backups and won 37-14, a score that does not reflect the sheer dominance of that game. Greatest position rooms in Canes history: 2001 Running Backs. Former Miami Dolphin and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jason Taylor and defensive ends coach Rod Wright talk on the field during practice at Greentree . 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. February 26, 2023 11:32 AM. 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. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Gore then injured his knee, which would become a tragic and common theme for one of the most universally loved Hurricanes in program history. I had so many friends from high school who were there to support me, guys I grew up with and loved and had always been there for me. 13. That's to win the national championship. 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. They were invited to the Rose Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game, and defeated Nebraska, 3714, to win the school's 5th national championship. The Pro Football Hall of Fame class will be inducted during NFL Honors, which airs on ABC at 9 p.m. Matt! On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. We had 31 scholarships lost. They were All-Pro NFL players," said Rick Neuheisel, who was Washington coach at the time. Nobody was too "big time" for anything. But I remember a few days before the game we did a two-minute drill, our No. Walters I had a front-row seat as the Miami beat writer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that season. Payton didnt enjoy the NFL success as the other running backs but did play for the Tennessee Titans in 2005. So I think that describes how good they were.". A stacked defensive line room, with Vince Wilfork as a backup, too. Vilma Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer Years later in the NFL, I'm hearing people like, "Man, I listened to that song.". Joaquin said dominate, and we're not doing it! After a blocked punt returned for a touchdown cut Miami's lead to 26-24, Virginia Tech lined up for a 2-point conversion to tie the game. I played with Richie Incognito with the Rams, and he told me when they saw us get off the bus at Disney [during the week], they started laughing. I didn't know at the time that this would be talked about as one of the best teams in college football. The leadership. Former coach Butch Davis A lot of people don't know how close that was, but he was a huge leader for us, and he wasn't coming out of that game. Miami may have cost themselves an ACC title with their first home loss of the season. It was the other intangibles we were looking for.". Roster includes most starters and key reserves. including 17 first-rounders and at least one Hall of Famer in Ed Reed. The Panthers had six first-round draft picks on its '01 roster while Miami's '01 team eventually We'd just beaten Florida in the Sugar Bowl and gone 11-1. Portis was an even bigger weapon in the NFL over his nine year career. You go into the locker room and everybody is just elated. They hated to lose. Barry Jackson. Shockey was diving for balls, Ed Reed was coming up full-speed, full-tackle. I think they added extra bleachers so now they had the biggest stadium in college football. As a coach and players, you don't want to talk about it too much, but it's hard not to. 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. Most people think that UM must have been losing, but no. Chudzinski The 2001 Miami Hurricanes have been called "the single most talented college roster" ever. 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. 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. Do you have a sports website? 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. #14. We let them drive right before the half and Ed Reed wasn't in that drive because he had dinged up his shoulder. Coker Dorsey passed for 362 yards and 3 touchdowns, while wide receiver Andre Johnson caught 7 passes for 199 yards and 2 touchdowns. 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. I wanted to be there. There were moments in that season that we felt we deserved to win those close games, because we outworked those teams in that offseason. Dorsey and Johnson were named Rose Bowl co-Most Valuable Players. 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. Coker 1 offense against the No. In the NFL he ran for 8,474 yards and 65 touchdowns over his career. I was thinking in my mind, "There's not a lot of time left in this game. I'll never forget the year before, we beat Florida State and guys were celebrating, and Ed Reed told Dorsey to stand up and told everyone to start cheering for Ken Dorsey. We win, and we're in that locker room, and when you work for something for so long, and you achieve it, there's a certain sadness. It was grit and toughness for him, and it was important he was in there the whole time. It is only now, with the perspective of history and time that those who suited up in 2001 understand -- and brag about -- what they accomplished in one magical season. When the team takes ownership of its success, you know you have a championship culture. Soon, that entire mentality took hold across the entire team. We spread the ball around to a lot of different guys because, at that time, Andre Johnson wasn't a proven commodity -- or Ethenic Sands or Kevin Beard. He had the respect of those players. Ed was definitely yelling my name, "Matt! Download Our App. I think also, what rattled them was how much fun we had while being violent and being intense. I went to a JUCO in Scranton, Penn. 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). "It wasn't about elite, starters, pecking orders, all that other great stuff," center Brett Romberg said. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? We were confident. Buy Now. 1 Hurricanes Stomp West Virginia, 45-3", "No. After a Virginia Tech touchdown and two-point conversion cut Miami's lead to 2618, the Hokies blocked a Miami punt and returned it for another score, cutting Miami's lead to just two points. While the 2001 squad only won a single national championship; they had NFL legends, All-Americans and Pro Bowlers in their film sessions. Gore finished his Miami career with 1,975 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. It got a lot of attention. Romberg They thought that we looked like a high school team. How good is that? Call 1-800-GAMBLER. 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. It's not the individual talent. Dorsey was also a Heisman finalist, finishing third. There was a rumor that we were going to get that coach from Wisconsin, Barry Alvarez, and we were like, "We don't want him. University of Miami 2023. And I'll never forget, everybody's fired up, and Larry gets up in front of the bus, and said, "Men, don't worry about that. It wasn't something given. 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. 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. The season began on the road against Penn State, a matchup Miami viewed as a "statement game.". It didn't matter who stood in the way, they didn't stand a chance against us. "But it was crucial to never show how much pain we were in. We saw a guy in the 55th row laying down with a camera, and we started pointing him out, and he gets up and runs to one of the exits. These guys were special people. 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. 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. [17] Additionally, the Hurricane defense scored eight touchdowns of its own. Romberg . Walters We have the recipe, we have the tools, we have everything to be successful. I'd been at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for years and we'd never beaten [Nebraska]. As cliche as it sounds, Miami wanted revenge. All rights reserved We dominated those guys from start to finish, and Happy Valley wasn't so happy. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The individual's put on the back burner for your brothers. You're gonna communicate and you're gonna stay together, or you've got to go. 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. Portis is now a member of the Miami Hurricanes Hall of Fame. Two weeks later, the game everybody in the locker room had circled on the calendar had finally arrived: Washington. Williams, Antrel Rolle, Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Chris Myers, Andre Johnson No other team is even in the conversation. 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. I tried to display that my senior year, 'cause I could have left my junior year. 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. Rumph We knew that was going to be a tough game. / They're just telling us we're No. Its game at Florida State on Oct. 13 took on even greater meaning after what happened in 2000. Not only that, they were honoring one of their past players who got paralyzed, he was able to walk again so they were going to have him run out. People were literally afraid to let the person next to them down. We weren't trying to sit here and showcase how fast and athletic we were. I don't know how General Custer felt, but I felt like General Custer. (gofundme.com) 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. 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. 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. 3 back. Imagine that, a team with 38 future NFL picks feeling disrespected. It was always tough. 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. In my mind, I didn't know if I'd get the job. 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. He didn't want it to be close at all. We watched that, perfected that. It goes beyond the talent, which speaks for itself: 38 NFL draft picks, including 17 first-rounders and at least one Hall of Famer in Ed Reed. The toughness, the mental toughness. It is unreal how deep their roster was in 2001. At the very end of January, [my family and I] ended up making the decision to leave. 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. And that kind of stuck with me. The offense was terrible. Fitzgerald "Dominate" had started the year before, breaking down the team before going into the locker room right before we came out for the game. And I've debated that, and it's like, 'Yeah, whatever, you can talk.' Clinton Portis was one of the many future NFL stars who led the Hurricanes to the 2001 title -- and a place in football lore. Chudzinski The ability to handle situations and adversity. 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. We want somebody from in-house who knows us, and that's Coach Coker." / Of course, Miami players are going to take up for their own team and scream from the rooftops that 2001 Miami is the GOAT. They should have gone back to high school where they do the running clock. Read more about our data coverage. 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. It was cold. Single Game Season Group. With BC on the verge of a momentous upset, St. Pierre attempted to pass to receiver Ryan Read at the Miami 2-yard line. Chudzinski As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. The atmosphere was too much for them. If we needed to win it on defense, let's go win it on defense. We were trying to showcase how tough we were. / It's almost like that life doesn't exist. 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." Sometimes the practices in the bowl games get a little stale or tired. Find out more. They were driven by the snub they all felt the previous year, after Florida State got into the BCS national title game instead of Miami -- even though the Hurricanes won their regular-season matchup. 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. Rumph The deck was loaded. "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. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered to be the greatest collection of players in college football history, at least as measured by the NFL Draft. 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. If you didn't put in the work, there was somebody behind you ready to take over. We lost the year before, and it kept us out of the national championship game. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? We knew when I was there, but in 2001, it became reality. The way we were able to play, come out firing on all cylinders, was huge. Our freshman year, we redshirted, but we would go on road trips and have our jerseys on with sweatpants on the sideline. That served as motivation. 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. Ed Reed, Kenny Dorsey -- they took ownership of everything: Lifting, the workouts in the summer, coming in to watch film. We just hope that this train just doesn't go off the track. Like you knew in your bones that we were going to pull it out. They pushed each other to the limit, and the one thing that separates that group, they were super, super competitive. The intangibles he had. Don't ask me if I'm alright. As the 2001 Miami Hurricanes celebrated a fifth national championship in the . And when he spoke, the coaches listened. MIAMI, Fla. - Matthew Cleveland scored a last second three-pointer of the game to lead the Seminoles to an 85-84 victory over the top ranked Miami Hurricanes at the Watsco Center. And I felt like I was a chess piece to that. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. But we were a great team. If you don't drive them, you're going to be in trouble. To win a national championship, you have to win some you're not supposed to win. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 12:48AM. He didn't want it to be close. We were bad that day. The scholarship recipient is chosen each year by the football coaches . You were getting into a street fight when you went and played those guys. / There are vivid moments that stand out to me that season. A lot of people doubted if they should have made the championship. $400,000 was initially raised to endow the scholarship, the only undergraduate award presented by the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame. No. Davis "They were the hardest workouts we ever did," cornerback Mike Rumph said. And we're in the buses going right through this wave of red, and it seemed like they all flipped us off in unison. Record: 12-0 (1st of 117) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Won Rose Bowl 37-14 versus Nebraska. Can the Lions fix their defense? 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. When Miami offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski wanted a more versatile player he went with Davenport. I had to make it tough tough. Less than 24 hours to renew your football tickets! Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. What I remember most, though, is the sheer dominance. / When it came time for the 2001 Miami Hurricanes to do their summer workouts, they had one plan in mind: Make it as grueling as possible. (0:44). I'll never forget the speed and tempo and competitiveness. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes are considered the greatest college football team in college football history. QB Ken Dorsey We liked what we had already, and we really wanted to just keep what we had. 2 behind Florida -- the team they dismantled in the Sugar Bowl to close out the 2000 season. [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. I started running at an angle toward the sideline. Strength coach Andreu Swasey Odds & lines subject to change. They were big boys, all positions, not just the offensive line. 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. It seems like that every year. After building up a 40 record, Miami won over Florida State in Doak Campbell Stadium, 4927,[8] ending the Seminoles' 47-game home unbeaten streak. Where . Open Menu. "I just think our mental toughness was just as impressive as our physical and athletic ability. Miami beat Florida State 49-27 to remain undefeated, but a bigger test awaited Nov. 10 on a cold day at Boston College. It was so scary. McKinnie It's one of those weird ones you can't explain, but you've got to get through. Whats taking Mario so long to find Coaches? The 2001 Miami Hurricanes were the only team picked by fans to defeat the '05 Trojan squad, reflecting the esteem with which the 2001 Hurricanes are held in the college football world.[18]. The guys before us set an expectation of how hard you had to work and what that standard was, and we knew we had to live up to that. Ed Reed, a free safety, is in the Hall of Fame (elected in 2019), and his backup was Sean Taylor, arguably the greatest safety who ever played the game. Everybody's fired up. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. My knee went between my hands, and hit the tip of the ball and it flipped to Matt Walters. Media Requests On Sept. 27, Miami returned to play at Pitt with a determination to press forward, resulting in a 43-21 win. 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