Miami Hurricanes football
2025 Miami Hurricanes football team
First season	1926; 99 years ago
Athletic director	Dan Radakovich
Head coach	Mario Cristobal 4th season, 27–16 (.628)
Stadium	Hard Rock Stadium (capacity: 65,326)
Year built	1987
Field surface	Grass
Location	Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S.
NCAA division	Division I FBS
Conference	ACC
Past conferences	Big East Conference
All-time record	678–391–19 (.632)
Bowl record	19–24 (.442)
Claimed national titles	5 (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001)
Unclaimed national titles	4 (1986, 1988, 1990, 2000)
National finalist	4 (1992, 1994, 2001, 2002)
Division titles	1
Rivalries	Florida (rivalry) Florida State (rivalry) Louisville (rivalry) Nebraska (rivalry) Notre Dame (rivalry) Virginia Tech (rivalry) Miami University (rivalry)
Heisman winners	Vinny Testaverde – 1986 Gino Torretta – 1992
Consensus All-Americans	36
Current uniform
Colors	Orange, green, and white[1]
Fight song	Miami U How-Dee-Do[2]
Mascot	Sebastian the Ibis
Marching band	Band of the Hour
Outfitter	Adidas
Website	hurricanesports.com

The Miami Hurricanes football team represents the University of Miami in college football. The Hurricanes compete in the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), one of the Power Four conferences in college football. The program began in 1926 and joined the ACC in 2004, competing in the conference's Coastal Division from 2005 until the ACC eliminated divisions in 2023.^[a]

The Miami Hurricanes are among the most storied and decorated football programs in NCAA history. Miami has won five AP national championships in 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 2001.^[3] Miami is ranked fifth on the list of all-time Associated Press National Poll Championships, tied with USC and behind Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Oklahoma.^[4] Two Hurricanes, Vinny Testaverde in 1986 and Gino Toretta in 1992, have won the Heisman Trophy. As of 2023, eight University of Miami players and four coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Among players, Bennie Blades, Don Bosseler, Ted Hendricks, Russell Maryland, Ed Reed, Vinny Testaverde, Gino Torretta, and Arnold Tucker have been inducted. Coaches inducted include Dennis Erickson, Andy Gustafson, Jack Harding, and Jimmy Johnson.^[5]

As of the end of the 2023 season, the Miami Hurricanes have a compiled record of 663–388–19 since the program's 1926 founding. In addition to its five national championships, the University of Miami has won nine conference championships and appeared in 42 major bowl games.^[6]

The University of Miami also holds a number of NFL draft records, including most first-round selections in a single draft and most consecutive drafts with at least one first-round selection.^[7] As of 2024, at least one University of Miami player has been selected in 49 consecutive NFL drafts, dating back to 1975,^[8] and 358 Miami Hurricanes have been selected in the NFL Draft overall, the 13th-most among all college football programs.^[9]

Among all colleges and universities, as of 2022, the University of Miami holds the all-time record for the most defensive linemen (49) and is tied with USC for the most wide receivers (40) to go on to play in the NFL.^[10]

As of 2024, eleven Miami Hurricanes have been inducted into the NFL's Pro Football Hall of Fame: Jim Otto in 1980, Ted Hendricks in 1990, Jim Kelly in 2002, Michael Irvin in 2007, Cortez Kennedy in 2012, Warren Sapp in 2013, Ray Lewis in 2018, Ed Reed in 2019, Edgerrin James in 2020, and Devin Hester and Andre Johnson in 2024.

Since 2008, the University of Miami has played its home games at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, roughly 22 miles (35 km) north of the university's primary campus in Coral Gables. Prior to 2008, from 1937 until 2007, Miami played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in the Little Havana section of Miami, which was demolished in 2008 after 71 years of use by the NFL's Miami Dolphins, the Hurricanes, and for other athletic and entertainment purposes.

In December 2021, the University of Miami announced the appointment of Mario Cristobal as the team's new coach. Cristobal signed a 10-year, $80 million contract with the Hurricanes.^[11]

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