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2015 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 2015 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represented the University of Miami during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Al Golden, who was fired following a 58–0 loss at home to Clemson, and replaced by Larry Scott, who acted as the interim coach.[1] They played their home games at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was the Hurricanes' 90th overall season and their 12th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in 3rd place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to Washington State.

2015 Miami Hurricanes football
Sun Bowl, L 14–20 vs. Washington State
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
Record8–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJames Coley (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple, Pro-style
Defensive coordinatorMark D'Onofrio (5th season)
Base defense4–3, multiple
Home stadiumSun Life Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson x$^   8 – 0     14 – 1  
No. 14 Florida State   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Louisville   5 – 3     8 – 5  
NC State   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Syracuse   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Wake Forest   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Boston College   0 – 8     3 – 9  
Coastal Division
No. 15 North Carolina x   8 – 0     11 – 3  
Pittsburgh   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Miami (FL)   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Duke   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Virginia Tech   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Virginia   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Georgia Tech   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Championship: Clemson 45, North Carolina 37
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

On December 4, 2015, the university announced Mark Richt as head coach, effective immediately.[2]

Personnel edit

Coaching staff edit

Name Position Seasons Alma mater
Al Golden Head coach 5th Penn State (1991)
Larry Scott Interim head coach/tight ends 3rd South Florida (2000)
Mark D'Onofrio Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator 5th Penn State (1991)
James Coley Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 3rd Florida State (1997)
Randy Melvin Defensive line 1st Eastern Illinois (1982)
Hurlie Brown Linebackers/recruiting coordinator 3rd Miami (1992)
Kevin Beard Wide receivers 1st Miami (2004)
Art Kehoe Offensive line 26th Miami (1982)
Paul Williams Defensive backs 5th Delaware (1996)
Tim Harris Running backs 5th Carthage

Support staff edit

Name Position Seasons Alma mater
Andreu Swasey Strength & conditioning 15th Baylor (1995)
Cole Pemberton Graduate assistant 2nd Colorado State (2009)
Mike Zuckerman Graduate assistant 1st Miami (2012)

[citation needed]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 pmBethune-Cookman*
ESPN3W 45–043,467
September 118:00 pmat Florida Atlantic*
FS1W 44–2030,321
September 193:30 pmNebraska*
  • Sun Life Stadium
  • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)
ABC/ESPN2W 36–33 OT53,580
October 17:30 pmat Cincinnati*
ESPNL 23–3440,101
October 108:00 pmat No. 12 Florida State
ABCL 24–2982,329
October 173:30 pmVirginia Tech
  • Sun Life Stadium
  • Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)
ESPNUW 30–2050,787
October 2412:00 pmNo. 6 Clemson
  • Sun Life Stadium
  • Miami Gardens, FL
ABCL 0–5845,211
October 317:00 pmat No. 22 Duke
ESPNUW 30–2730,143
November 73:00 pmVirginia 
  • Sun Life Stadium
  • Miami Gardens, FL
RSNW 27–2140,963
November 143:30 pmat No. 17 North Carolina
ESPNUL 21–5961,000
November 2112:30 pmGeorgia Tech
  • Sun Life Stadium
  • Miami Gardens, FL
ACCNW 38–2151,355
November 2712:00 pmat Pittsburgh
ESPN2W 29–2440,126
December 262:00 pmvs. Washington State*
CBSL 14–2041,180
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster edit

As of May 2015[3]

2015 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 22 Collin Alford   Jr
OL 61 Adam Arnaout So
WR 8 Braxton Berrios So
WR 82 Tyre Brady So
G 55 Joe Brown   Fr
WR Lawrence Cager Fr
CB 30 Quincy Casimir   Jr
WR 3 Stacy Coley Jr
QB 13 Gray Crow   Jr
OL 73 Trevor Darling So
TE 5 Standish Dobard Jr
RB 7 Gus Edwards Jr
RB 49 Joel Evans Fr
OT 76 Taylor Gadbois   Jr
G 67 Alex Gall Jr
OT Tyler Gauthier Fr
OL 59 Justin Goldberg So
WR 84 Greg Golden   So
FB 40 Matt Golden So
RB 32 Trayone Gray So
OL 69 Tyler Grimsley   Fr
TE 23 Chris Herndon So
QB 25 Isaac Hoza   So
G 63 Danny Isidora   Jr
OL 65 Sterling Jackson   Fr
WR 17 D'Mauri Jones   Jr
OT 77 Jahair Jones Fr
QB 15 Brad Kaaya So
C/OG 54 Hunter Knighton   So
WR 81 Darrell Langham   Fr
WR 9 Malcolm Lewis   Jr
C 68 Nick Linder So
OT Brendan Loftus Fr
TE 46 Marcus Lugo Fr
OT Hayden Mahoney Fr
OT 52 K. C. McDermott So
OT Bar Milo Fr
TE 86 David Njoku   Fr
TE 88 Jake O'Donnell   Jr
FB 43 Tyler Odems Jr
OT 66 Sunny Odogwu   So
OT 60 Patrick Petrillo So
WR 35 Austin Pfenninger   So
TE 38 Joseph Rodgers Sr
QB 12 Malik Rosier   Fr
WR 11 Rashawn Scott   Sr
QB Evan Shirreffs Fr
OT Tyree St. Louis Fr
TE 85 Michael Tashman Fr
QB 14 Vincent Testaverde So
FB 44 Walter Tucker Jr
WR 19 Clayton Turner   So
RB Mark Walton Fr
TE 87 Jerome Washington   Fr
WR 6 Herb Waters Sr
QB 20 Michael Welch   So
G 64 Hunter Wells   Sr
RB 2 Joseph Yearby So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 1 Artie Burns Jr
S 2 Deon Bush Sr
S 6 Jamal Carter Jr
LB 41 Wyatt Chickillo   So
S 25 Dallas Crawford   Sr
CB 29 Corn Elder Jr
DT Ryan Fines Fr
LB 55 Frank Gabriel   Jr
OLB 13 Marques Gayot So
ILB 53 Jared Goldenberg   Fr
LB Jamie Gordinier Fr
OLB 5 Jermaine Grace So
DE/DT 99 Jelani Hamilton   Jr
DE/OLB 33 Trent Harris So
CB Terrance Henley Fr
DT 93 Calvin Heurtelou Sr
CB 3 Tracy Howard Sr
DE/OLB 31 Demetrius Jackson   Fr
CB Michael Jackson Fr
DT 92 Courtel Jenkins So
S 26 Rayshawn Jenkins   Jr
S 4 Jaquan Johnson Fr
CB 24 Josh Johnson   So
DE/DT 47 Ufomba Kamalu   Sr
DT 90 Corey King   Sr
OLB James King Fr
ILB 56 Raphael Kirby Sr
S Robert Knowles Fr
CB 27 Ryan Mayes   Fr
DE/OLB 17 Tyriq McCord Sr
ILB 23 Terry McCray   Fr
LB 59 Michael McGinnis So
DE R. J. McIntosh Fr
DT 97 Earl Moore   Jr
DT/DE 95 Anthony Moten So
DE/OLB 8 Al-Quadin Muhammad   So
DT Kendrick Norton Fr
OLB 58 Darrion Owens So
DE 19 Scott Patchan Fr
ILB 34 Charles Perry Fr
CB Sheldrick Redwine Fr
OLB 57 Mike Smith   Fr
LB 36 Teddy Stavetski   Fr
FS 22 Christian Gonzalez-Santos   Fr
DE 9 Chad Thomas So
DT 11 Michael Wyche Sr
ILB 51 Juwon Young So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 48 Josh Bacon   So
K/P 15 Michael Badgley So
P/K 40 Grant Coffman   So
K/P 97 JC Contorakes So
P/K 45 Ryan Holowesko Sr
K 43 Jon Semerene So
P/K 16 Justin Vogel   Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Mark D'Onofrio – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
  • James Coley – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
  • Kevin Beard – Wide Receivers
  • Hurlie Brown – Linebackers
  • Tim Harris – Running Backs
  • Art Kehoe – Offensive Line
  • Paul Williams – Defensive Backs
  • Brandon Lumish – Quality Control Offense
  • Kareem Brown – Grad. Asst. Defensive Line
  • Cole Pemberton – Grad. Asst. Offensive Line
  • Mike Zuckerman – Grad. Asst. Outside Linebackers
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries edit

Bethune-Cookman edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Hurricanes 7 24 7 7 45
See also: 2015 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team

At Florida Atlantic edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 14 6 17 7 44
Owls 10 7 3 0 20
See also: 2015 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Nebraska edit

1 2 3 4OT Total
Cornhuskers 0 3 7 230 33
Hurricanes 17 3 10 33 36
See also: 2015 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Miami–Nebraska football rivalry

At Cincinnati edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 13 7 0 3 23
Bearcats 14 13 0 7 34
See also: 2015 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

At Florida State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 3 7 7 7 24
#12 Seminoles 14 6 0 9 29
See also: 2015 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida Cup

Virginia Tech edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 10 3 0 7 20
Hurricanes 10 10 3 7 30
See also: 2015 Virginia Tech Hokies football team and Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry

Clemson edit

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Tigers 21 21 3 13 58
Hurricanes 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2015 Clemson Tigers football team

At Duke edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 0 14 0 16 30
#22 Blue Devils 0 3 9 15 27
See also: 2015 Duke Blue Devils football team

Virginia edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Cavaliers 0 8 7 6 21
Hurricanes 0 14 3 10 27
See also: 2015 Virginia Cavaliers football team

At North Carolina edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 0 0 7 14 21
#17 Tar Heels 7 24 21 7 59
See also: 2015 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Georgia Tech edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Yellow Jackets 7 0 0 14 21
Hurricanes 7 17 7 7 38
See also: 2015 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

At Pittsburgh edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 17 6 0 6 29
Panthers 0 3 7 14 24
See also: 2015 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Vs. Washington State–Sun Bowl edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 7 0 0 7 14
Cougars 7 13 0 0 20
See also: 2015 Washington State Cougars football team and 2015 Sun Bowl

2016 NFL Draft edit

Main article: 2016 NFL Draft
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Artie Burns Cornerback 1 25 Pittsburgh Steelers
Deon Bush Safety 4 124 Chicago Bears

References edit

  1. ^ Miller–Degnan, Susan (October 25, 2015). "University of Miami Fires Head Coach Al Golden". The Miami Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "University of Miami Hires Mark Richt". Hurricanesports.com. December 4, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "2014 Football Roster". Retrieved May 9, 2014.
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