The Florida-Miami football competition is an American college football competition between the Florida Gators football team from the University of Florida and the Miami Hurricanes football team from the University of Miami. This game is played every year from 1944 to 1987, and is now played intermittently. The previous winning team was awarded the Seminole War Canoe Trophy . Today, round robin winners from the three largest schools in the state of Florida (either Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles or Miami Hurricanes) receive the Florida Cup to beat two other schools in the same season. Miami leads the 29-26 series, and has won seven of the last eight games including a 21-16 win in the last game played in 2013.
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Series history
The Gator and Hurricanes played yearly â € Å"pick-goâ € until the end of the 1987 season, when the requirements of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) for member schools to play eight conference games encouraged the University of Florida to fill out the non-conference section of its schedule with teams that did not requires home and home arrangements (except for the State of Florida). Since then, Gators and Hurricanes have met on green field just six times (Miami won five and Florida wins one) without a match schedule in the future.
Before the annual series was canceled, the competition used to be considered by many as the largest in the state of Florida. Competition begins ten years before the future Florida State University fielded its first soccer team. Given the explanation at the time of the cancellation, many Canes fans remained skeptical, accusing the Gators of fear of losing, although at the time, the two teams split the last six games and Miami's only loss in their 1983 national title season was for Florida. Current University of Florida athletics director Jeremy Foley has reaffirmed the financial problems and expansion of the SEC as an excuse not to renew the series.
The Seminole War Canoe Trophy is hand-carved by Indian Seminole from a 200-year-old cypress tree struck by lightning. Donated in the name of Hollywood, Florida in 1950, this is an award given to the winner of an inter-school football game. The boat was meant to be a representation of the fighting spirit of the Seminoles. The trophy stopped being passed from school to school in the early 1970s; both schools have difficulty featuring large wooden trophies. After the last game in the "home and home" series in 1987, the Seminole War Canoe Trophy was permanently displayed at the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame. In 2011, the University of Florida Student Government approved a resolution, sent to UM student chairman Christina Farmer, ESPN and head coach of football in each school, requesting the return of War Canoe to UF as they had won the 2008 contest. In response, Brandon Mitchell, head of the University spirit club Category 5 Miami, replied: "The Kano War is aimed at annual competition and... Miami won the last game of the annual competition." Miami keeps the trophy and remains at the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame. The teams shared a 19-19 record during the 38-game War-Canoe Trophy stretch from 1950 to 1987.
Florida won the annual competition series from 1938 to 1987 with 25 wins to Miami 24. Miami leads the 29-26 series. Florida holds its longest winning streak with seven straight wins. Miami holds a 12-9 advantage at Florida Field and Florida holds a 14-13 advantage in the former Orange Bowl. The team shared 3-3 notes in the neutral field in Jacksonville (2), Tampa (1), New Orleans (1), Atlanta (1) and Orlando (1). Miami won the last game between two schools, 21-16 on 7 September 2013 at Sun Life Stadium at Miami Gardens. Of 55 total meetings, 26 have been decided by touchdown or less. Florida holds the biggest margin of victory with a 46-6 victory on November 16, 1940. Florida and Miami play each other three times over eight combined championship seasons. Florida gave Miami its only defeat on the way to Miami's first national title on September 3, 1983. Miami defeated Florida 31-4 on 5 September 1987 on the way to Miami's second national championship. Florida beat Miami 26-3 on 6 September 2008 on Florida road to a third national championship.
Maps Florida-Miami football rivalry
Game results
A 2001 Sugar Bowl
B 2004 Peach Bowl
Source: Gators 2011 Florida Football Media Guide , HurricaneSports.com, and College Football Data Warehouse.
Important game
1971: The Gator Flop
The end of the 1971 game that made the Hurricanes fan ratings for many years come in the series. Florida quarterback John Reaves entered the game looking to break NCAA Jim Plunkett's record for all time past shaving in his last regular season match. Gators led the game throughout, and rose 45-8 when Reaves threw an interception into the Miami defense with little time left in the game and 14 yards separating Reaves from the record. After a timeout call to prevent the Storm running out of hours, almost the entire defense came down simultaneously and allowed Hurricane back John Hornibrook to score. Nicknamed "Gator Flop", the drama allows the Gators to get the ball back so Reaves can break the record. On the next trip Reaves will find Carlos Alvarez to get 15-yard to break the record, and after the game, the entire Gators team jumps to a fountain in the Miami Orange Bowl previously used for the Miami Dolphins direct mascot. Hurricanes coach Fran Curci refused to shake hands of Gators coach Doug Dickey after the game to pull the "bush league action", though Dickey denied the knowledge of the failure came.
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By the end of the 1980 game, which had turned into a win, Miami players began to celebrate on the sideline. Florida fans responded by pelting them with oranges. Their behavior was so encouraging to Coach UM Schnellenberger, then in his second year, that he asked for time to tackle on 25-yard field goals in the final game game in a 31-7 win. Schnellenberger said, "I did that because I wanted the press to come and ask me why I kicked the field goal."
"How you should like someone when they sit in the stands and you're on the field and they throw oranges at you," said Miami player Don Bailey. "The crowd is beyond anything I've ever seen.
1983: Gators defeat the eventual national champion
Miami entered the 1983 game as a three-and-a-half-point underdog to Florida. Gators beat Miami 28-3 in Gainesville, to give Canes their only defeat during their 1983 national championship season.
1984: Game One of 1 CFB Telecasts ESPN
The 1984 game at Tampa Stadium was broadcast live by ESPN on the first day of live broadcast of a college football game. (The first game broadcast by the network was Pitt-BYU match earlier that day). Trailing 20-19 after Florida scored with 41 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Bernie Kosar led Downfield Hurricanes to the touchdown with six seconds remaining in the game. With a score of 26-20, Miami kicks into the Gators; having only one second on the clock, Florida's last pass was intercepted by Tolbert Bain and returned for another touchdown as time ended, giving Miami a 32-20 win, and miraculously covering the Canes spread of -6.5 points.
1985: Gators beat the Wand at the Orange Bowl
Florida entered the game as a rare favorite road in the Orange Bowl, above the young Canes team. The Gators give 5.5 points in Las Vegas. The Gators played an inspired football in a 35-23 victory over Miami on 7 September. The Canes did not lose at home again until September 24, 1994 (38-20 to Washington), a winning record of 58 NCAA matches.
2003: Ex-Gator directs the Staff to win
Most of the main storyline revolves around Brock Berlin quarterback storm. Berlin, committed to playing for Steve Spurrier as part of Florida's recruitment class in 2000, was transferred to Miami in the spring of 2002 after Ron Zook took over as head coach. Berlin stumbled at the beginning and threw two expensive interceptions, and Florida capitalized for a 33-10 lead in the mid third quarter. Berlin was even scorned by the Miami people after his bad game. Gators looked ready to win their first game against Hurricanes since 1985. However, Berlin rebounded to finish 18 of the next 20 runs with two goal baits, making Miami's four touchdowns in the last and half rounds. After the game, Berlin then did a mocking version of Gator Chomp to the fans, who swore revenge. The Hurricanes won 38-33.
2008: Again, why is the goal?
In 2008 renewal of competition, Florida entered the game as a favorite of 22 points. But Florida's broad recipient Louis Murphy created controversy by pointing out that the University of Florida is the "new U", sparking a storm off both teams and their fans. It handed the stick some bulletin board material to the game.
With 25 seconds remaining on the game clock, and leading 23-3, Florida kicked the fourth goal field down to make it 26-3 instead of taking the knee and turning the ball upside down. Many Miami fans are still accusing Meyer of kicking the field goal to allow Gators to beat 22 points. In the post-match handshake, Randy Shannon Miami barely touches his hand to Florida Urban Meyer coach without looking at it.
Shannon did not speak directly about Meyer by name. He also hinted that Gates who are trying to score goals will help Miami recruit. Florida threw a deep breakthrough pass at the end of the game to try to score, only to be undone by a Gators penalty. Jonathan Phillips kicked a 29-yard field ball with 25 seconds to play.
"I will only say one statement," Shannon said on Sunday. "Sometimes when you do something, and people see what type of person you really are, you change a lot of people.Now, whatever you want to get out of it, I will not say it again but it helps us. from what you know. "
Meyer did not take a shot back to the Hurricanes coach.
"It was a great football game," Meyer said. "Why do not we talk about players who play hard and stubborn soccer games and stop measuring up to worrying about Florida.I learned long ago just to train your team and take care of yourself.A special team, attack and defense occupy all our time.So I'm good , we must continue. "
Future games
On April 27, 2016, Florida and Miami announced that both schools will resume operations by 2019 in Orlando. The game is scheduled to be played on Labor Day weekend at Orlando's Camping World Stadium, and will serve as the Kickoff World 2016 Camping Game.
See also
- Florida Cup
- Florida-Florida State football
- Florida Gators
- Florida-Georgia football competition
- Florida-LSU football competition
- Florida-Tennessee football competition
- The History of the University of Florida
- Miami Hurricanes
- Florida State-Miami football competition
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