Miami Hurricanes football
2026 Miami Hurricanes football team
First season	1926; 100 years ago
Athletic director	Dan Radakovich
Head coach	Mario Cristobal 5th season, 34–19 (.642)
Location	Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Stadium	Hard Rock Stadium (capacity: 65,326)
NCAA division	Division I FBS
Conference	ACC
Colors	Orange, green, and white[1]
All-time record	685–394–19 (.633)
CFP record	3–1 (.750)
Bowl record	22–24 (.478)
National championships
Claimed	1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001
Unclaimed	1986, 1988, 1990, 2000
National finalist
Poll era	1983, 1986, 1987
Bowl Coalition	1992, 1994
BCS	2001, 2002
CFP	2025
College Football Playoff appearances
2025
Conference championships
Big East: 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Conference division championships
ACC Coastal: 2017
Heisman winners	Vinny Testaverde – 1986 Gino Torretta – 1992
Consensus All-Americans	36
Rivalries	Florida (rivalry) Florida State (rivalry) Virginia Tech (rivalry) Louisville (rivalry) Nebraska (rivalry) Notre Dame (rivalry)
Uniforms
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 four power 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, Oklahoma, and Ohio State.^[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 2025 season, the Miami Hurricanes have a compiled record of 688–394–19 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 46 major bowl games.^[6]

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.^[7]

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