Miami–Florida State football rivalry

Miami–Florida State football rivalry
Miami–Florida State rivalry

Miami athletics logo
Florida State athletics logo
Teams Miami Hurricanes
Florida State Seminoles
Originated 1951
Series Miami leads, 31–25
Last winner FSU
Trophy None

Miami (31)
1951 1953 1955 1956
1957 1959 1960 1962
1973 1975 1976 1977
1980 1981 1983 1985
1986 1987 1988 1990
1991 1992 1994 2000
2001 2002 2003 2003*
2004 2007 2009
Florida State (25)
1958 1963 1964 1966
1969 1970 1971 1972
1974 1978 1979 1982
1984 1989 1993 1995
1996 1997 1998 1999
2005 2006 2008 2010
2011
Did not play (6)
1952, 1954, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1968
*Orange Bowl

The Miami–Florida State rivalry is an athletic rivalry between two universities in the state of Florida: the University of Miami and Florida State University. Although both schools participate in a range of intercollegiate sports, the competition between the Miami Hurricanes and Florida State Seminoles has tended to focus on football.

The Hurricanes currently lead the football series 31–24, with Florida State having won the most recent matchup.[1] Since the late 1980s, one or both squads have often been highly ranked coming into the game, adding national championship implications to an already heated rivalry. Kicks have played an important role in the series with many wide right, wide left, blocks and other mistakes that would have won the game for the fallen.

The series has consistently drawn very high television ratings with the 2006 Miami–Florida State game being the most-watched college football game—regular-season or postseason—in ESPN history, and the 2009 and 1994 meetings being the second- and fifth-most watched regular season games, respectively.[2]

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Series history

Going for the win instead of a tie

1987: FSU and Miami played an epic game in 1987. Both teams were ranked in the top 4. This game featured more NFL talent on the field than any college football game in history. FSU jumped out to a 19-3 lead. FSU held the lead until Miami came back in the 4th quarter to take a 26-19 lead. FSU scored a touchdown with 42 seconds left in the game. FSU could tie with the extra point, but Bowden decided to go for the win. The 2 point conversion fell incomplete and the Noles lose 25-26 to the Canes.

Wide Right I

1991: After being labeled a "key persona" by Keith Jackson for hitting his third field goal of the game, Florida State kicker Gerry Thomas missed a field goal to the right with less than a minute remaining, and the top-ranked Seminoles lost in Doak Campbell Stadium to the second-ranked Hurricanes, 17-16. Miami went on to split the national championship with the University of Washington, and Florida State finished the season 11-2, ending it by winning the Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas A&M University.

Wide Right II

1992: Seminole kicker Dan Mowrey missed a field goal to the right, and the Seminoles lost to the Hurricanes in Miami, 19-16. Miami took an undefeated record to the Sugar Bowl and lost the national championship to Alabama. Florida State did not lose again, and finished the season ranked second.

Wide Right III

2000: Miami took a 27-24 lead after a Ken Dorsey touchdown pass to Jeremy Shockey, but Seminole quarterback and 2000 Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke moved the Seminoles into field goal range during a last minute drive in Miami's Orange Bowl stadium. Florida State kicker Matt Munyon missed a field goal attempt again to the right to seal the Hurricanes' victory. Controversy erupted later in the season when the Seminoles were ranked higher by the BCS and picked to play in the Orange Bowl against Oklahoma for the national championship despite Miami being ranked higher in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll. The Seminoles lost to the Sooners 13-2, while the Hurricanes defeated Florida 37-20 in the Sugar Bowl. Miami would finish #2 in the polls that year.

Wide Left I

2002: The defending champion Hurricanes staged a comeback against the underdog Seminoles to take a 28-27 lead with only minutes remaining in the game in Miami. The Seminoles drove down the field to give kicker Xavier Beitia a chance to win the game with a last second field goal. Beitia missed the kick to the left, giving Miami the victory. FSU went on to win the Atlantic Coast Conference title with a 9-5 overall record, but lost in the Sugar Bowl to Georgia. Miami would finish the regular season undefeated and then lose in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, to Ohio State, in what is considered to be one of the greatest games in college football history.

Wide Right IV

2003: This contest, a rematch of the regular season game won by Miami, took place in the 2004 Orange Bowl. In this contest, Beitia missed a field goal—wide right—that could have given the Seminoles the lead with about 5 minutes remaining in the game. This game was of lesser importance on a national scale compared to the other Wide Right games, but continued the streak of Florida State losses determined by a single kick. With the win, Miami would finish #5 in the polls that year. It was the first and only bowl meeting between the rivals, as Miami's move to the ACC the next season would make the schools intra-conference rivals and, for all practical purposes, eliminate the possibility of the teams ever meeting in a bowl game again.

2005 - The Miami Muff

In 2005, the Florida State Seminoles finally gained some redemption for the past Wide Right heartbreaks. Trailing 10-7, the Hurricanes drove down the field to set up a game-tying field goal with 2:16 left. When the ball was snapped, it was mishandled by holder Brian Monroe and the ball never reached the kicker's foot. This ultimately led to a Florida State victory.

2009 Labor Day showdown

2009: The lead changed seven times in a nationally-televised Labor Day night game before a crowd of 81,077 at Doak Campbell Stadium. Trailing 34-31 late in the fourth quarter, Miami took a 38-34 lead after a 40-yard pass from Jacory Harris to Travis Benjamin set up a 3-yard touchdown run by Graig Cooper. Florida State answered by promptly driving down to the Miami 2-yard line, where the Hurricane defense made a goal-line stand. Following two straight incompletions from Christian Ponder to Jarmon Fortson, the game ended when Ponder's third-down pass short-hopped Fortson in the end zone with no time remaining. Harris finished with 386 yards passing, setting the record for most passing yards by a Miami quarterback against Florida State.[3]

The game was watched 8,406,000 viewers and received a 5.9 Nielsen rating, making it the second-most watched regular season college football game in the history of ESPN, trailing only the 2006 Miami – Florida State matchup.[2] It was rebroadcast the following night on ESPN Classic as an "Instant Classic"[3] and was deemed by Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden to be the third best game in which he's taken part (after the 1987 Miami – Florida State game and the 1993 Florida State – Notre Dame game).[4]

Game-by-game results

Date Winner MIA Site Notes
Oct. 15, 1951 Miami 35 13 Orange Bowl
Sept. 25, 1953 Miami 27 0 Orange Bowl
Sept. 30, 1955 Miami 34 0 Orange Bowl
Nov. 2, 1956 Miami 20 7 Orange Bowl
Nov. 8, 1957 Miami 40 13 Doak Campbell Stadium
Nov. 7, 1958 Florida State 6 17 Orange Bowl
Oct. 3, 1959 Miami 7 6 Doak Campbell Stadium
Nov. 4, 1960 Miami 25 7 Orange Bowl
Oct. 5, 1962 Miami 7 6 Orange Bowl
Sept. 30, 1963 Florida State 0 24 Orange Bowl
Sept. 19, 1964 Florida State 0 14 Orange Bowl
Sept. 24, 1966 Florida State 20 23 Orange Bowl
Sept. 26, 1969 Florida State 14 16 Orange Bowl
Oct. 30, 1970 Florida State 3 27 Orange Bowl
Sept. 18, 1971 Florida State 17 20 Orange Bowl
Sept. 16, 1972 Florida State 14 37 Orange Bowl
Sept. 29, 1973 Miami 14 10 Doak Campbell Stadium
Nov. 8, 1974 Florida State 14 21 Orange Bowl
Nov. 15, 1975 Miami 24 22 Doak Campbell Stadium
Sept. 18, 1976 Miami 47 0 Orange Bowl
Sept. 24, 1977 Miami 23 17 Doak Campbell Stadium
Sept. 23, 1978 Florida State 21 31 Orange Bowl
Sept. 22, 1979 Florida State 23 40 Doak Campbell Stadium
Sept. 27, 1980 Miami 10 9 Orange Bowl
Nov. 7, 1981 Miami 27 19 Doak Campbell Stadium
Oct. 30, 1982 Florida State 7 24 Orange Bowl
Nov. 12, 1983 Miami 17 16 Doak Campbell Stadium
Sept. 22, 1984 Florida State 3 38 Orange Bowl
Nov. 2, 1985 Miami 35 27 Doak Campbell Stadium
Nov. 1, 1986 Miami 41 23 Orange Bowl
Oct. 3, 1987 Miami 26 25 Doak Campbell Stadium FSU goes for and fails a 2pt conversion instead of a tie
Sept. 3, 1988 Miami 31 0 Orange Bowl
Oct. 28, 1989 Florida State 10 24 Doak Campbell Stadium
Oct. 6, 1990 Miami 31 22 Orange Bowl
Nov. 16, 1991 Miami 17 16 Doak Campbell Stadium Wide Right I
Oct. 3, 1992 Miami 19 16 Orange Bowl Wide Right II
Oct. 9, 1993 Florida State 10 28 Doak Campbell Stadium
Oct. 8, 1994 Miami 34 20 Orange Bowl
Oct. 7, 1995 Florida State 17 41 Doak Campbell Stadium
Oct. 12, 1996 Florida State 16 34 Orange Bowl
Oct. 4, 1997 Florida State 0 47 Doak Campbell Stadium
Oct. 10, 1998 Florida State 14 26 Orange Bowl
Oct. 9, 1999 Florida State 21 31 Doak Campbell Stadium
Oct. 7, 2000 Miami 27 24 Orange Bowl Wide Right III
Oct. 13, 2001 Miami 49 27 Doak Campbell Stadium Miami win snaps FSU's 54-game home unbeaten streak
Oct. 12, 2002 Miami 28 27 Orange Bowl Wide Left
Oct. 11, 2003 Miami 22 14 Doak Campbell Stadium
Jan. 1, 2004 Miami 16 14 Dolphin Stadium 2004 Orange Bowl (first and only bowl meeting), Wide Right IV
Sept. 10, 2004* Miami 16 10 Orange Bowl First overtime game; first game as ACC rivals
Sept. 5, 2005 Florida State 7 10 Doak Campbell Stadium Miami muffs hold on potential game-tying FG attempt
Sept. 4, 2006 Florida State 10 13 Orange Bowl Final meeting at the Orange Bowl
Oct. 20, 2007 Miami 37 29 Doak Campbell Stadium Randy Shannon's first win over FSU
Oct. 4, 2008 Florida State 39 41 Dolphin Stadium First regular season meeting at UM's new home field
Sept. 7, 2009 Miami 38 34 Doak Campbell Stadium Last-second FSU pass bounces incomplete in end zone
Oct. 9, 2010 Florida State 17 45 Sun Life Stadium Jimbo Fisher's first win over UM
Nov. 12, 2011 Florida State 19 23 Doak Campbell Stadium
Overall Miami, 31-25

* denotes overtime

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