FINAL FOUR PREVIEW - 2001 Miami

2001 MIAMI (12-0)

BCS National Champions
#4 overall seed - JoePa Region Winner


Head Coach: Larry Coker

Notable Assistant Coaches:
Off. Coord.: Rob Chudzinski
Def. Coord.: Randy Shannon
O-Line Coach: Art Kehoe
DB Coach: Mark Stoops

2001 Schedule            Result
@ Penn State             W 33-7
Rutgers                  W 61-0
@ Pittsburgh             W 43-21
Troy                     W 38-7
@ Florida State (#15)    W 49-27
West Virginia            W 45-3
Temple                   W 38-0
@ Boston College (#21)   W 18-7
Syracuse (#14)           W 59-0
Washington (#19)         W 65-7
@ Virginia Tech (#18)    W 26-24
ROSE BOWL
(BCS National Championship Game)
vs Nebraska (#8)         W 37-14

Average Score:        42.7 - 9.8
Against Top 25:           6-0
Against Top 10:           1-0

Tournament               Results
1984 Wyoming             W 49-10
1988 Colorado            W 35-10
1996 Syracuse (#21)      W 35-16
1995 Notre Dame (#11)    W 35-17
1977 Kentucky (#6)       W 28-13
1980 Florida State (#5)  W 24-17
2008 Florida (#1)        W 27-19
2001 Florida (#3)        W 31-16
1991 Washington (#2)     W 27-17
NEXT UP:
1993 Florida State (#1)

Average Score:          32.2 - 15.0
Top 10 Teams Defeated:       5
National Champs Defeated:    2

*NOTE: Final AP Rankings in parenthesis

STARTING LINEUP

(BOLD = All American)
(NFL Draft selection in parenthesis)

OFFENSE     
QB Ken Dorsey (7th Rd, 2003)
HB Clinton Portis (2nd Rd, 2002)
FB Najeh Davenport (4th Rd, 2002)
WR Andre Johnson (1st Rd, 2003)
WR Daryl Jones (7th Rd, 2002)
TE JEREMY SHOCKEY (1st Rd, 2002)
LT BRYANT MCKINNIE (1st Rd, 2002)
LG Sherko Haji-Rasouli
C Brett Romberg
RG Martin Bibla (4th Rd, 2002)
RT JOAQUIN GONZALEZ (7th Rd, 2002)

Key Backups:
RB Frank Gore (3rd Rd, 2006)
RB Willis McGahee (1st Rd, 2003)
WR Kevin Beard
WR Ethenic Sands
WR Jason Geathers
RB Jarrett Payton

DEFENSE
DE Jerome McDougle (1st Rd, 2003)
DT Matt Walters (5th Rd, 2003)
DT William Joseph (1st Rd, 2003)
DE Andrew Williams (3rd Rd, 2003)
OLB D.J. Williams (1st Rd, 2004)
MLB Jonathan Vilma (1st Rd, 2004)
OLB Chris Campbell
CB Mike Rumph (1st Rd, 2002)
FS James Lewis (6th Rd, 2002)
SS ED REED (1st Rd, 2002)
CB Phillip Buchanon (1st Rd, 2002)

Key Backups:
DE Jamaal Green (4th Rd, 2003)
DT Vince Wilfork (1st Rd, 2004)
CB Markese Fitzgerald
LB Howard Clark
DE John Square
CB Alfonso Marshall (7th Rd, 2004)
FS Sean Taylor (1st Rd, 2004)
FS Maurice Sikes

SPECIAL TEAMS
K TODD SIEVERS
P Freddie Capshaw
KR Andre Johnson
PR PHILLIP BUCHANON (1st Rd, 2002)

AWARD WINNERS

Larry Coker - Bear Bryant Award
Ken Dorsey - Maxwell, Big East Offensive POY
Joaquin Gonzalez - Academic Heisman
Bryant McKinnie - Outland Trophy


Miami in the Tournament
Overall Record: 89-27 (76.7%)
# of Teams in the Tournament: 28
# of Teams in Bracket of Champions: 7
Against Florida State: 1-4
Against Nebraska: 3-4
Against Texas: 2-3

Larry Coker in the Tournament
Overall Record: 19-5
# of Teams in the Tournament: 6 (All with Miami)
# of Teams in Bracket of Champions: 1