| The University of Miami (UM) Hurricanes college | | | | an undefeated 12-0 season for the Hurricanes. |
| football program has won a total of five national | | | | Dennis Erickson was the head coach at Miami for |
| championships. The five championships occurred in | | | | national championships three and four that |
| three different decades in the following years: | | | | occurred following the 1989 and 1991 seasons. A |
| - 1983 | | | | Sugar Bowl win in New Orleans over the |
| - 1987 | | | | University of Alabama gave the 11-1 Miami |
| - 1989 | | | | Hurricanes a national championship after the |
| - 1991 | | | | University of Colorado Buffaloes lost their January |
| - 2001 | | | | 1 bowl game to the University of Notre Dame. |
| The first championship was for the 1983 football | | | | Prior to the Colorado bowl game loss the |
| season and was sealed with an Orange Bowl | | | | Buffaloes were ranked number one in the country |
| victory over the University of Nebraska | | | | and the University of Miami was ranked number |
| Cornhuskers. The Hurricanes had a 10-1 record | | | | two. |
| coming into the contest against then number one | | | | In 1991 UM shared the national championship with |
| ranked University of Nebraska that brought an | | | | the University of Washington. Even though the |
| undefeated 12-0 record into the de facto national | | | | Hurricanes finished the year with a perfect 12-0 |
| championship game. The Hurricanes had the | | | | record and an Orange Bowl win the University of |
| benefit of playing in their home stadium of the | | | | Washington also finished the year with 12 wins |
| Miami Orange Bowl and were able to squeeze out | | | | and no losses. Consequently the two programs |
| a 31-30 victory. Defeating the top ranked | | | | split national title awards with Washington |
| Cornhuskers vaulted the Miami team led by head | | | | garnering the Coaches Poll award while Miami |
| coach Howard Schnellenberger to the number one | | | | accepted the AP national championship. |
| position in both the Associated Press (AP) and | | | | The most recent University of Miami football |
| Coaches end of the year football polls. | | | | national championship occurred after the 2001 |
| In 1987 Jimmy Johnson, who would later become | | | | season. Former head coach Larry Coker finished |
| a household name as the two time Super Bowl | | | | off an unbeaten 12-0 season with a Rose Bowl |
| winning coach (1992 and 1993) of the Dallas | | | | victory in Pasadena, California on January 3, 2002. |
| Cowboys, brought a second championship to the | | | | The Hurricanes left little doubt about their football |
| city of Miami with an Orange Bowl win over the | | | | dominance that season as they finished off the |
| Oklahoma Sooners. The 20-14 victory over the | | | | year with a sound 37-14 win over the University |
| University of Oklahoma on January 1, 1988 sealed | | | | of Nebraska. |
