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unusual facts about Miami Hurricanes football



2003 NCAA Division I-A football season

The Orange Bowl game was noteworthy in that Miami and Florida State previously had scheduled to play each other on Labor Day in 2004.

2011 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Coming off a close loss in the 2010 Pinstripe Bowl, K-State's off-season is headlined by signing brothers Arthur and Bryce Brown, from Wichita East High School joining the team Arthur, a transfer from Miami is expected to start at middle linebacker while Bryce, a transfer from Tenneesee is expected to see time at running back.

Eric Crouch

Two weeks later, however, Crouch was announced as the recipient of the award, edging out Florida's Rex Grossman and Miami's Ken Dorsey in the closest Heisman ballot since 1985.

Jay Barker

In the final game of the 1992 season, Barker led the Crimson Tide to a National Championship by defeating the #1 Miami Hurricanes 34–13 in the 1993 Sugar Bowl.

Poly-Turf

The stadium was used for both college and professional football, primarily by the University of Miami Hurricanes and the Miami Dolphins of the NFL.

Willis McGahee

McGahee received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Miami, where he played for coach Butch Davis and coach Larry Coker's Miami Hurricanes football teams from 1999 to 2002.


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