1990 Miami Hurricanes football team

1990 Miami Hurricanes football
National champion (ERS, NYT)
National co-champion (Billingsley, Sagarin, Rothman)
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record10–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Bratkowski (2nd season)
Offensive schemeOne-back spread
Defensive coordinatorSonny Lubick (2nd season)
MVPRussell Maryland
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
1990 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Louisville    10 1 1
No. 3 Miami (FL)    10 2 0
No. 4 Florida State    10 2 0
No. 6 Notre Dame    9 3 0
No. 11 Penn State    9 3 0
Louisiana Tech    8 3 1
Southern Miss    8 4 0
Temple    7 4 0
Syracuse    7 4 2
Army    6 5 0
Northern Illinois    6 5 0
South Carolina    6 5 0
Virginia Tech    6 5 0
East Carolina    5 6 0
Southwestern Louisiana    5 6 0
Navy    5 6 0
Memphis State    4 6 1
Boston College    4 7 0
Tulane    4 7 0
West Virginia    4 7 0
Akron    3 7 1
Pittsburgh    3 7 1
Rutgers    3 8 0
Tulsa    3 8 0
Cincinnati    1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 65th season of football. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. Coming off the school's third national championship in six years in 1989, Miami came in to the 1990 season favored by most experts to repeat as national champions. However, a season opening loss to BYU and a later defeat by Notre Dame dashed those chances and the Canes finished the season 10–2 overall. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl where they defeated Texas, 46–3.