It really gave the players and the coaching staff somebody to rally behind. We blocked a kick and a punt and blocked a field goal that day. RBs coach Don Soldinger Shannon From there, this iconic team started its journey toward greatness. Twenty years later, the 2001 Miami Hurricanes are widely regarded as one of the greatest college football teams of all time. It was so scary. We knew a kid could run and be athletic and we had the blueprint for that. 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 said, "Coach, they're slow as hell.". On Sept. 27, Miami returned to play at Pitt with a determination to press forward, resulting in a 43-21 win. The 2001 Miami Hurricanes have been called "the single most talented college roster" ever. We knew, we got them out here, with the weather, the physicality, they weren't going to be ready for that. Rumph 2 behind Florida -- the team they dismantled in the Sugar Bowl to close out the 2000 season. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. All rights reserved. We all felt that that Sugar Bowl game against Florida, we knew that we should have been playing for a national title. Download Our App. I remember the doctor saying he couldn't really throw the ball. The players coming to my backing was a big asset in me getting the job. The nearly hundred-year-old Hurricanes pennant once waved by a member of Miami's original freshman class. 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. We let the country know what this whole season was going to be about. Chudzinski "But it was crucial to never show how much pain we were in. Washington coach Rick Neuheisel "They were the hardest workouts we ever did," cornerback Mike Rumph said. To solidify going to a national championship without having to worry about if somebody else was going to lose -- that was special. "We really had leaders on that team, and I don't think that can be matched," Reed said. Adelson: 2001 Canes make case for college football's GOATs, Breaking down the latest in 2024 football recruiting, from top commits to March visits, The Turnover Luck Index: Rating every 2022 team, from USC to Rutgers, ACC boss: Rule changes backed by FBS leaders, Top draft prospect Carter charged in fatal crash, Stoops: QB Leary (pec) 'close to full go' for UK, Hall of Fame coach Ault named to CFP committee, New NCAA president readies for NIL, legal issues, Ex-Vols staffers agree to show-cause penalties, UNC hires ex-Browns HC Kitchens as assistant, Kiper's updated NFL mock draft: Who's moving up for a QB? I'd smile every time when I'd see them before the game and say, "Yeah, we're going to go at it. You had Phillip Buchanon and Mike Rumph, and you had Antrel Rolle behind them. But there was never any pressure on anybody because they always thought they were going to get it done. Truly perfected that.". I wanted to play more. It's almost like that life doesn't exist. It started as a joke first, but it just went to like, no matter what you put us through, we can't be hurt. And as a coach, you almost never want that -- guys on the ground, just a couple days before the game. (0:44). I turned around, and the next thing you know, the ball is floating to me in slow motion. DC Randy Shannon Read more about our data coverage. Miami had zero touchdowns. Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer We'd been through so much pain. Former Heisman Trophy Award winner Eric Crouch led the Nebraska Cornhuskers into the Rose Bowl to face the Miami Hurricanes in the 2001 national championship game.. That [last] interception was by Ed Reed. We've got one goal in mind. Rumph 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. We [were] truly a team. 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. I started running at an angle toward the sideline. A lot of us were going into our senior year, and we didn't want to have to risk playing a little slower, still trying to learn something. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. ", Rumph You could feel the crowd; you could feel the anger that we had, and how bad we wanted to beat them. 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. He almost had to come out of the game. Some of our most beloved Canes shared a meeting room in 2001. Romberg RB Najeh Davenport 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. Mission Statement Larry Coker knew that once that baton got handed off, he wasn't changing anything. After that, there are issues like roster. He basically announced to everybody, "This is our guy.". 1.". They were all self-directed. But when you play a team like that, you can't turn the ball over, and I think we ended up throwing four interceptions. Anybody who could block kicks like that, he was a fan of. These guys were special people. 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. 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. Clinton Portis was the main ball carrier during the 2001 national championship run of the Miami Hurricanes. I have covered more national champions since 2001 Miami that could make their own claim, too. 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 hated to lose. Employment / Miami started with a 90 lead over the Boston College Eagles, but Miami's offense began to sputter as Dorsey struggled with the swirling winds, throwing four interceptions. The same standings that kept Miami out of the 2000 national championship game. "Because you're trying to recruit the foundation of what's to come for the next four years. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. 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. / Reed Coker It was always tough. It was always like a family. It didn't really hit me until afterward. It was one of those games. We'd signed a great class. I'll never forget the speed and tempo and competitiveness. A jersey worn by late Hurricanes great Sean Taylor. At that point, euphoric adrenaline runs over you. That off-season, the team resolved to take the matter entirely out of the discretion of the computers by going a perfect 120. It was cold. You were getting into a street fight when you went and played those guys. The loudest game. But nobody wanted to waste the opportunity in front of them, either: A shot at the school's first national championship in 10 years. 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. That's how it goes in those games. Of course, Miami players are going to take up for their own team and scream from the rooftops that 2001 Miami is the GOAT. Additional contributors included future stars Kellen Winslow II, Sean Taylor, Antrel Rolle, Vernon Carey, and Rocky McIntosh. That game solidified our quest to dominate. "Dominate" had started the year before, breaking down the team before going into the locker room right before we came out for the game. Because when Jimmy [Johnson] left after winning two national championships, they really changed the whole program, and I didn't want that to happen to those kids. They just accumulated so many good players that everybody was looking at them as like, 'How have they done this? The University of Miami is known for producing excellent professional football players. It was intense. #14. We knew what route was coming on that play. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. And we went into the Hall of Fame together this past year. Dorsey and Johnson were named Rose Bowl co-Most Valuable Players. Reed How good is that? There were moments in that season that we felt we deserved to win those close games, because we outworked those teams in that offseason. As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. Being from California, playing in the Rose Bowl was special for me. Romberg OT Joaquin Gonzalez February 26, 2023 11:32 AM. 1 in both polls -- was sitting at No. I never expected it to be a blowout. Everyone knew [Clinton] Portis, but you had Willis McGahee and Frank Gore. 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 remember Ed coming up next to me. How deep was the 2001 Miami Hurricane roster? Head coach Larry Coker The final hurdle to the Rose Bowl BCS National Championship Game was at Virginia Tech. Like you knew in your bones that we were going to pull it out. Fitzgerald Davis 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. A stacked running back room, which featured Frank Gore as the No. When we recruited him in high school, when I actually went to see him in person it was at a basketball game. / It's Ed!". He was the perfect coach for our team, and his personality just meshed with us. And I've debated that, and it's like, 'Yeah, whatever, you can talk.' 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. You know I'm hurt, yet we let them score two touchdowns. Miami won 187.[11]. 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. But we were fruits of what they'd done. 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 was a bunch of these things that made us feel disrespected. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Romberg 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. [4] It was one of those games where the score just got run up. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. I don't know a single person that wasn't pissed headed into that game. As I went to the NFL, we'd always find those Miami guys on the other team and you knew they were going to be the most competitive guys. You're gonna to fight. He didn't care about scolding players if they didn't do their jobs. McGahee also was a consensus All-American in 2002. We knew what we had on paper, but to see how we were dominating, and the energy we produced in such a hostile environment, it was like, "OK, wow, we are who we think we are.". 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. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. / 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 knew that was going to be a tough game. I just remember on that play that the offensive lineman tried to cut my knees, and I remember finally getting it right. We were trying to showcase how tough we were. 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." That was it for Miami. The environment was pretty spectacular. The way Miami broke the will of Syracuse and Washington in back-to-back games, outscoring them by a combined 124-7. Walters We hadn't been there. McGahee played in the NFL from 2003-2013 including the year of rehab in 2003. The team's first-, second- and third-string running backs all later became running backs with a start in the NFL, a feat only done at least five other times. 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." They should have gone back to high school where they do the running clock. University of Miami; UM Sports Hall of Fame; Tickets. We just hope that this train just doesn't go off the track. We had it in us, and we knew we had it in us. Payton was on campus for five season and waiting his turn to be the starter which came after McGahees departure for the 2003 season. I put my heart in this (expletive) dog. Less than 24 hours to renew your football tickets! He made things happen. Williams Dorsey passed for 362 yards and 3 touchdowns, while wide receiver Andre Johnson caught 7 passes for 199 yards and 2 touchdowns. / 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 . Sponsorship Opportunities When Miami offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski wanted a more versatile player he went with Davenport. Find out more. Frank Gore was also on the 2001 national title Hurricanes roster. You had to work. 4 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. 1 Hurricanes Stomp West Virginia, 45-3", "No. Internships Dorsey Miami didn't have that edge. Can the Lions fix their defense? At the time, [Paterno] wasn't taking JUCO transfers, and that was one of the schools I would've went to, so when I got a chance to play against them I said, "I'm gonna show him. This endowed scholarship was created in 1992, in the memory of beloved Hurricanes' Hall of Fame player and coach Walter Kichefski. Chudzinski Sports. 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). We were mentally driven. Coker It took that extra X Factor. We look at each other, like how the hell did we do this? 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. CB Antrel Rolle They pushed each other to the limit, and the one thing that separates that group, they were super, super competitive. It wasn't a surprise. McGahee single handedly beat the Florida Gators in 2002 rushing for over 200 yards in the contest. And I did that, and I was like, "Oh, man, that felt good." That roster included 38 players who went on to . If you dominate your responsibility and enough guys do that, then we'll be OK. A lot of people don't understand the context. OL Joel Rodriguez The 2001 Hurricanes, who are . You may win one, but we're gonna win 20 of them, and it's not gonna stop.'". It is unreal how deep their roster was in 2001. We made a song like the Super Bowl Shuffle, letting them know, "We're going to whoop y'all." Everybody's fired up. He made good decisions and he made everyone around him better. Davis When I caught it, I wasn't thinking about running it back for a touchdown. Romberg It was a somewhat natural transition because I knew the players. We sucked on offense. They listened to us. The 26-point margin tied for Penn State's worst home loss under Joe Paterno. The Panthers had six first-round draft picks on its '01 roster while Miami's '01 team eventually Overall, 38 members of the team would be selected in the NFL Draft. Gambling problem? We all loved Dorsey, but we knew we had other skill sets and talent on that team. The same standings that kept Miami out of the 2000 national championship game. Larry wasn't a sexy hire at the time, and it's rare the players have that kind of influence over who gets hired. I was tired. ACC Network FAQs When he spoke, the team listened. Men's Basketball . [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. Dorsey We used to say that was the easiest workout and we would suck our fingers, like that was pie. Imagine that, a team with 38 future NFL picks feeling disrespected. We're intense, pulling up on the buses. One of the greatest safeties in college football history, Reed twice earned first-team All-America honors while guiding the Hurricanes to a national championship in 2001Led the Hurricanes to four consecutive bowl victories, ending career with perfect 12-0 record and 2001 national championship win over Nebraska2001 BIG EAST Defensive Co-Player 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. 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. However, the ball ricocheted off the leg of Miami cornerback Mike Rumph, landing in the hands of defensive end Matt Walters. Backing up the entire unit was football legacy Jarrett Payton. Gore finished his Miami career with 1,975 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. Cleveland scored . Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 12:48AM. As did what happened in October, when Miami -- ranked No. It was like, this is going to be outstanding for the next three, four, five years. But I remember a few days before the game we did a two-minute drill, our No. That's to win the national championship. 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. Soon, that entire mentality took hold across the entire team. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. In the NFL he ran for 8,474 yards and 65 touchdowns over his career. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Rumph The combined 1247 score is an NCAA record for largest margin of victory over consecutive ranked opponents. I'm talking about the energy, the heat. 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. What I remember most, though, is the sheer dominance. We all had our careers that take off from there, but from my eyes, I was like, "What now?" 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. 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. "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. Last edited by a moderator: Jan 7, 2009. If you weren't doing all the right things, if you weren't going to class, making your grades, if you weren't showing up to work out or something like that, you could easily be cast out. Despite Miami beating Florida State head-to-head that season and being higher ranked in both human polls, it was Florida State, and not Miami, that BCS computers selected to challenge the Oklahoma Sooners for the national championship (Oklahoma would win, 132). Williams I say five minutes into the game, they knew in their hearts that they were going to be outclassed and outmatched. He was right. Vince Wilfork, Frank Gore, Kellen Winslow, Sean Taylor -- they were all NFL first-rounders and they were all back-ups on that team. The first quarter, we'd always said, once we got the speed of the option down, we'd get it done. But I remain partial to 2001 Miami, and I will let former Miami linebacker Jon Vilma explain why. You're gonna communicate and you're gonna stay together, or you've got to go. Reed Fitzgerald Randy Shannon is giving us every way to run this option, and I was frankly frustrated because it was hard to process it all. There will be unsung heroes picking up blitzes. 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. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. No team past that's been here [at Miami]. I think it was kind of a weight off everybody's shoulders at the end. Jump inside of it. 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. Payton didnt enjoy the NFL success as the other running backs but did play for the Tennessee Titans in 2005. 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. They were big boys, all positions, not just the offensive line. The dominance of the team during its 2001 campaign combined with the legacy those players left -- both in college and the pros -- makes a strong argument that this is the best college football team ever assembled. Dorsey "I said, 'Our difference is, we were gonna try to outhit you.' 14, proved to be a formidable opponent. It's not the individual talent. LB D.J. They're driving to win, the whole stadium thought they were about to win. 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. Reed is seen shouting at his teammates, "I'm hurt dog! This was because Miami had lost to No. That served as motivation. 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 . 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Johnson 3-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Geathers 13-yard pass from Crudup (Sievers kick), Jeremy Shockey 14-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Todd Sievers kick), Manning 22-yard blocked punt return (pass failed), Andre Johnson 50-yard pass from Ken Dorsey (Todd Sievers kick), Clinton Portis 39-yard run (Sievers kick), James Lewis 47-yard interception return (Sievers kick), Jeremy Shockey 21-yard pass from Dorsey (Kick failed), Andre Johnson 8-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick), Judd Davies 16-yard run (Josh Brown kick), DeJuan Groce 71-yard punt return (Brown kick), $ BCS representative as conference champion, This page was last edited on 19 November 2022, at 03:33. Some felt that Miami got snubbed in a chance to compete for the BCS Championship game. [citation needed] NFL individual records [when?] That's what you love about great leaders is they respect their teammates, they love their teammates, but they're going to hold their teammates accountable. 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