1988-89

1988-89: What may have been one of the greatest college football teams of all-time did not even win the National Championship. The 1988 Canes were as good and arguably better than the Championship team of a year ago. Steve Walsh (pictured right) was back and had a tremendous year. The season began with a 31-0 humiliation of then #1 Florida State and Deion Sanders in the Orange Bowl on prime time national television. Two weeks later, Miami rallied from a 30-14 defecit with 17 straight points and a 31-30 victory at Ann Arbor over the Michigan Wolverines.(pictured bottom) Steve Walsh led the comeback with over 350 yards passing, along with great play from tight-end, Rob Chudzinski and half-back, Cleveland Gary. Freshman kicker, Carlos Huerta's field goal ended up winning it for the Canes. The very next week, the Canes visited QB Tony Rice and #4 Notre Dame. Coach Johnson decided to go for 2 points and the victory with 43 seconds left. For the game, Walsh threw for over 400 yards and 4 touchdowns, but it wasn't enough as the luck of the Irish prevailed, 31-30. That proved to be Miami's only loss of the year as the Canes went on to beat undefeated Arkansas, and then pummel Nebraska 23-3 in the Orange Bowl. The 11-1 season ended up being Jimmy Johnson's last on the Canes' sidelines as he moved on to have great success with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.

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