2012 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 2012 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Hurricanes' 87th season of football and 9th as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Al Golden and played their home games at Sun Life Stadium. They finished the season 7–5 overall and 5–3 in the ACC to finish in a three-way tie for first place in the Coastal Division. The Hurricanes served a self-imposed bowl ban due to an ongoing NCAA investigation.

2012 Miami Hurricanes football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Record	7–5 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Al Golden (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jedd Fisch (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Mark D'Onofrio (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Sun Life Stadium

2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 10 Florida State xy$		7	–	1					12	–	2
No. 11 Clemson x		7	–	1					11	–	2
NC State		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					5	–	7
Maryland		2	–	6					4	–	8
Boston College		1	–	7					2	–	10
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech xy		5	–	3					7	–	7
North Carolina†		5	–	3					8	–	4
Miami (FL)‡		5	–	3					7	–	5
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Duke		3	–	5					6	–	7
Virginia		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 15
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant † North Carolina ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to NCAA sanctions. ‡ Miami ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to self-imposed sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 pm	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	W 41–32	39,362
September 8	12:00 pm	at No. 20 Kansas State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FX	L 13–52	48,843
September 15	12:00 pm	Bethune-Cookman*	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN3	W 38–10	39,435
September 22	3:00 pm	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	RSN	W 42–36 OT	50,390
September 29	12:00 pm	NC State	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPNU	W 44–37	38,510
October 6	7:30 pm	vs. No. 10 Notre Dame*	Soldier Field Chicago, IL (Shamrock Series) (rivalry)	NBC	L 3–41	62,871
October 13	2:30 pm	North Carolina	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPNU	L 14–18	58,954
October 20	8:00 pm	No. 10 Florida State	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–33	73,328
November 1	7:30 pm	Virginia Tech	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 30–12	37,219
November 10	12:00 pm	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 40–41	45,870
November 17	3:00 pm	South Florida*	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	RSN	W 40–9	38,869
November 24	12:30 pm	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	W 52–45	26,895
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

As of October 8, 2012

2012 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 18 Chad Barnes  Jr OT 79 Malcolm Bunche  So WR 81 Jontavious Carter Fr RB 23 Eduardo Clements Jr TE 82 Asante Cleveland Jr RB 25 Dallas Crawford  Fr QB 16 Gray Crow Fr QB 12 Preston Dewey Fr RB 32 Danny Dillard Fr WR 4 Phillip Dorsett So TE 49 Dyron Dye  Jr G 70 Jon Feliciano  So OT 74 Ereck Flowers Fr OT 76 Gadbois Taylor Fr FB 33 Maurice Hagans Jr FB/TE 43 Sean Harvey  So OT 77 Seantrel Henderson Jr RB 26 Darris Hughes So WR 1 Allen Hurns Jr WR 37 Alex Irastorza  Jr G 63 Danny Isidora Fr RB 5 Mike James Sr WR 24 Davon Johnson  Sr RB 8 Duke Johnson Fr OT 78 Jermaine Johnson  Jr OT 55 Ben Jones   Sr WR 15 D'Mauri Jones Fr LB 56 Joshua Flynn  Fr WR 87 Garrett Kidd  Fr RB 27 Jameson Labady Jr G 68 Jeremy Lewis  Sr WR 9 Malcolm Lewis  Fr G 65 Brandon Linder Jr WR 6 Robert Lockhart Jr. Fr G 69 Eduardo Lopez  Jr C 62 Shane McDermott  So WR 24 Joey McNeill  So QB 17 Stephen Morris Jr WR 28 Shawn O'Dare  Jr TE 85 David Perry  So WR 80 Rashawn Scott So WR 24 Stephen Sweeney  Fr WR 83 Kendal Thompkins  Sr QB 19 David Thompson  Fr TE 46 Clive Walford  So WR 86 Herb Waters Fr OT 64 Hunter Wells  Fr C 75 Jared Wheeler  Jr TE 84 Cory White  Jr QB 11 Ryan Williams  So RB 48 Brandon Yosha Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 34 Thurston Armbrister So LB 54 JaWand Blue Fr DT 87 Jacoby Briscoe Fr LB 45 Ramon Buchanan   Sr S 2 Deon Bush Fr DE 94 Kelvin Cain Jr DE 71 Anthony Chickillo So LB 31 Tyrone Cornileus Jr LB 47 Akil Craig  Jr CB 39 Antonio Crawford Fr CB 46 Hugo Delapenha Jr. Jr CB 35 Nate Dortch Fr DE 48 Chris Dunckel  Sr LB 57 Nantambu-Akil Fentress So CB 20 Thomas Finnie So LB 59 James Gaines Jr DE 51 Shayon Green  Jr DT 92 Jalen Grimble So CB 37 Ladarius Gunter  So DE 99 Jelani Hamilton Fr S 30 A.J. Highsmith  Jr DE 97 Dwayne Hoilett Fr CB 11 Larry Hope Fr CB 3 Tracy Howard Fr DT 66 Dequan Ivery Fr S 29 Rayshawn Jenkins Fr LB 44 Eddie Johnson  Fr DT 67 Corey King So LB 56 Raphael Kirby Fr DE 17 Tyriq McCord Fr CB 21 Brandon McGee Sr DT 72 Earl Moore Fr DE 95 Jake O'Donnell Fr LB 36 Gionni Paul So LB 52 Denzel Perryman So DT 91 Olsen Pierre So DT 96 Curtis Porter   Jr DT 93 Luther Robinson  Jr S 22 Kacy Rodgers Jr DT 98 Darius Smith  Sr S 28 Andrew Swasey  Sr S 7 Vaughn Telemaque  Sr LB 58 Gabriel Terry Fr CB 38 Jordan Tolson  So DE 90 Ricardo Williams  Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 13 Dalton Botts Sr P 15 Cameron Dean Sr P 27 Ricky Carroll Jr K/P 88 Zach Costa Fr K 18 Matt Goudis  Fr K 46 Ricky Perez Fr K 40 Jake Wieclaw  Sr LS 55 Frank Gabriel Fr LS 61 Paul Kelly  Sr LS 60 Sean McNally   Jr LS/TE 88 Ronald Regula  So H 38 Josiah Robins Fr	Head coach Al Golden (2nd year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Mark D'Onofrio – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Jedd Fisch – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Michael Barrow – Linebackers/Special Teams Brennan Carroll – Tight Ends/National Recruiting Coordinator Jethro Franklin – Senior Defensive Assistant/Defensive Line Art Kehoe – Offensive Line George McDonald – Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers Terry Richardson – Running Backs/Florida Recruiting Coordinator Paul Williams – Defensive Backs Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Depth chart

(Week 7 VS UNC October 13, 2012)

Defense
FS Deon Bush Kacy Rodgers II ⋅		WLB MLB SLB ⋅ Denzel Perryman ⋅ Thurston Armbrister Raphael Kirby ⋅ Gabriel Terry Jimmy Gaines ⋅					SS AJ Highsmith Vaughn Telemaque Rayshawn Jenkins
CB Brandon McGee Antonio Crawford ⋅		DE DT DT DE Anthony Chickillo Corey King Olsen Pierre Shayon Green Jelani Hamilton Earl Moore Luther Robinson Tyriq McCord ⋅ Dequan Ivery Darius Smith ⋅						CB Ladarius Gunter Tracy Howard Thomas Finnie
Offense
WR Rashawn Scott AND Allen Hurns Herb Waters Robert Lockhart Jr.		LT LG C RG RT Malcolm Bunche Jon Feliciano Shane McDermott Brandon Linder Ereck Flowers OR Hunter Wells Jeremy Lewis Jared Wheeler Danny Isidora Seantrel Henderson ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅					TE Clive Walford Dyron Dye Asante Cleveland	WR Philip Dorsett Davon Johnson Kendal Thompkins
				QB Stephen Morris Ryan Williams Preston Dewey
		RB Mike James/Duke Johnson Eduardo Clements ⋅			FB Maurice Hagens Sean Harvey ⋅		Special teams PK Jake Wieclaw PK Matt Goudis P Dalton Botts P Jake Wieclaw KR Phillip Dorsett/Duke Johnson PR Phillip Dorsett LS Paul Kelly H Dalton Botts

Season summary

NC State

See also: 2012 NC State Wolfpack football team

NC State Wolfpack (3–1) at Miami (FL) Hurricanes (3–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
NC State	7	7	7	16	37
Miami (FL)	23	0	7	14	44

at Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida

• Date: September 29
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: Partly cloudy • 87 °F (31 °C) • Wind SE 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)
• Game attendance: 38,510
• Referee: Pat Garvey
• Box Score

Game information
NC State Mike Glennon 24/42, 440 Yds, 4 TD, 2 INT Tony Creecy 19 Rush, 120 Yds, TD Tobais Palmer 5 Rec, 94 Yds Miami (FL) Stephen Morris 26/49, 566 Yds, 5 TD, INT Duke Johnson 12 Rush, 39 Yds, TD Phillip Dorsett 7 Rec, 191 Yds, 2 TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP NCST MIA 1 9:29 3 68 0:42 NC State Tony Creecy 1-yard touchdown run, Niklas Sade kick good 7 0 1 8:40 3 75 0:49 Miami (FL) Allen Hurns 14-yard touchdown reception from Stephen Morris, Jake Wieclaw kick good 7 7 2 8:28 Miami (FL) Mike Glennon tackled in end zone for a safety by Jelani Hamilton 7 9 1 6:52 5 74 1:36 Miami (FL) Phillip Dorsett 24-yard touchdown reception from Stephen Morris, Jake Wieclaw kick good 7 16 1 4:18 3 84 1:12 Miami (FL) Rashawn Scott 76-yard touchdown reception from Stephen Morris, Jake Wieclaw kick good 7 23 2 14:56 3 80 0:19 NC State Tony Creecy 7-yard touchdown reception from Mike Glennon, Niklas Sade kick good 14 23 3 8:14 13 74 6:46 NC State Bryan Underwood 4-yard touchdown reception from Mike Glennon, Niklas Sade kick good 21 23 3 0:54 10 90 3:24 Miami (FL) Duke Johnson 4-yard touchdown run, Jake Wieclaw kick good 21 30 4 10:23 13 97 5:31 NC State Bryan Underwood 28-yard touchdown reception from Mike Glennon, Niklas Sade kick no good 27 30 4 8:00 7 76 2:23 Miami (FL) Rashawn Scott 13-yard touchdown reception from Stephen Morris, Jake Wieclaw kick good 27 37 4 5:43 6 78 2:17 NC State Rashard Smith 6-yard touchdown reception from Mike Glennon, Niklas Sade kick good 34 37 4 1:58 8 41 2:10 NC State 50-yard field goal by Niklas Sade 37 37 4 0:19 3 61 0:29 Miami (FL) Phillip Dorsett 62-yard touchdown reception from Stephen Morris, Jake Wieclaw kick good 37 44 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 37 44