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From 1983-92 the Miami football program was the most dominant in college football with four National Championships. Spurred by that run the Hurricanes are one of the top 10 programs in college football over the last 50 years.
The Miami football program dominated college football from 1983-1992 with a 117-14 record and four National Championships. Five of those losses came in Jimmy Johnson’s first season in 1984 when the Hurricanes finished 8-5. Losses in their bowl games squandered four other National Championship opportunities in that era.
Miami regressed in the mid-1990s before a reassurance in the early 2000s.