Hurricanes Unlikely To Get Rattled By FAMU

Quick, riddle me this: Has "The U" ever lost to FAMU?

OK, your time is up...If you said no, you would be dead wrong! 

 
In 1979 when Howard Schnellenberger (seen above with his famous pipe) arrived at the University of Miami to revive the almost comatose UM football program and just four years before he coached the Hurricanes to the National Championship against Nebraska (seen below), the Rattlers beat the Hurricanes 16-13 at FSU's Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee.

Here is a summary of that season and game from the FAMU web site:

1979 – 7-4-0 • Upset University of Miami, 16-13
  
In 1979, injuries spoiled a potential championship season, as the defending national champs bolted to a 5-0 start before finishing 7-4.
  
FAMU came into the season armed with a boatload of veterans off their 1978 team, including future College Hall of Fame guard Tyrone McGriff, a three-time All-American (1977, 1978, 1979), and were ranked No. 1 for most of the first month of the season.
   
However, the singular highlight of this campaign came in week four, when the University of Miami came into Doak Campbell Stadium thinking the Rattlers would be an easy mark.  Instead, the Hurricanes found themselves in a battle as the Rattlers dueled them toe-to-toe for four quarters, using a hard-hitting defense and the option ground game to keep the Boys from Coral Gables off balance all day.

Vince Coleman’s 34-yard field goal with 3:49 left staked FAMU to a 16-13 lead, but the defense saved the day, slamming the door on UM after the ‘Canes had driven inside the 10-yard line, forcing a game-tying field goal try on fourth down which missed, igniting a celebration for the ages.

Here is the all-time FAMU vs UM series scorecard:

1979 - FAMU 16, Miami 13
1980 - Miami 49, FAMU 0
1992 - Miami 38, FAMU 0
1995 - Miami 49, FAMU 3
1999 - Miami 57, FAMU 3
2002 - Miami 63, FAMU 17
2006 - Miami 51, FAMU 10

The two teams met again in October of 2009 and before that game this was posted on the Rattlers' web site:

The anniversary of 1979 upset looms this week Despite the fact that Miami has won the last six games in the series with FAMU, Rattler fans still cherish the moment of rarified air they enjoyed in October of 1979, when FAMU stunned the 'Canes, 16-13 in Tallahassee's Doak Campbell Stadium.

In 2009 FAMU lost to UM by the score of 48-16. 

So, if you add it all up, since 1980 the Rattlers have scored 49 points against  the Hurricanes while Miami has scored 368 points against FAMU. 

Can you say "mismatch"?  Yeah, I thought you could!

But at least FAMU does have the best marching band in the Country:

Like I said, FAMU does have an awesome marching band!

Game Prediction: Miami hangs half a hundred on the Rattlers as the Hurricanes' defense shuts down the Rattlers offense and Miami's third (Lamar Miller) and fourth (Storm Johnson) string running backs break long runs for two additional scores late in the game.

Score: UM 55, FAMU 10

Comments

[1canesfan]

C-A-N-E-S CANES!!!

[SuperCooper]

Just get out of the game with no injuries and I'm good

[roachcane77]

Totally agree... tune up and STAY HEALTHY!

[nemo2002]

Agreed!

[BahamaCane]

Is almost that time of year bitches!

[86Cane]

Just finished watching Hurricane Gameday with Randy Shannon on CSS.

WOW have they upgraded this show... it was awesome!

LOTS of practice footage and great interviews with Randy... WAY better than the "old" show of years gone by. (Which was basically commercials with a few interviews tossed in.)

Kudos to whomever is responsible!

Posted by: roachcane77 | August 26, 2010 at 07:53 PM

That would be UM AD Kirby Hocutt and UM Director of Communications Chris Freet.

These men are REALLY sharp and know what they are doing. It's only going to get better.

Trust me there have been several emails between us and these guys have it going on!

[roachcane77]

ONE WEEK CANES FANS... ONE WEEK!

[roachcane77]

Hey Soup,

Check your email.

[SuperCooper]

UNC just kicked two of it's CB off the team, Brown and Burney

Wow

[Caniak aka true cane]

I just won tickets to the Florida states game, too bad I already have season tickets

[RATTLERS!!!]

GO RATTLERS!!! THE TRUE ORIGINATOR of ORANGE AND GREEN!!!

[nemo2002]

My shirt arrived today. THANKS!

[86Cane]

My shirt arrived today. THANKS!

Posted by: nemo2002 | August 26, 2010 at 09:05 PM

NICE!

[UMike]

86..check ur email

[canezilla]

rattler trust me dog,u dont want it with us!!!!!

[elliott]

anybody know where I can get one of those Sean Taylor tribute shirts? Also with all of this talk about the game not being televised, what are the chances someone posts the game on justin.tv? I am interested to know how much a typical DV HDMI cable cost and what else I would need to watch the game on my t.v?

[Canez1]

http://allcanes.com/shop/resize.php?image=http://allcanes.com/shop/images/501354.jpg&width=500

GO CANEZ!!!!!

[SOUP]

rattler trust me dog,u dont want it with us!!!!!

Posted by: canezilla | August 26, 2010 at 09:34 PM

Handle it Zilla...heh, heh, heh.

[1canesfan]

Hey elliott, I usually get my hdmi's off of amazon. They cost pennies on the dollar compared to getting one from the store.
Are U able to get espn3 on your compy?
http://espn.go.com/espn3/index#

86, do I send U my shirt info?

Thanks for all that U do!

C-A-N-E-S CANES!!

[elliott]

No I can not get espn3 I have TWC which sucks.

[1canesfan]

U can try www.channelsurfing.net

[solarcane]

CoCane back in the house, glad to see you around brudda!!

mattinNY was around, DTX, moonbat, yea I'd say the season is here!

[solarcane]

Vegas just took the UNC LSU marquee game off the board

Now its up to maybe 9 defensive players that may be ineligible

I think the Chick-fil-a people might deep fry Davis before this is over

[Drtycane]

what up spacers..

[Drtycane]

so i was banned from a buckeye website..it was hersheycane's fault...he made me do it!! he made me do it!!

also urbie took a shot on the canes:

"We want this to be one place that everybody wants to be. We don't want to be like some of the schools in the state where half the stadium is empty..."

[8th Man in the Box]

Elliott, you can got to monoprice.com. They make good cables. CNET recommended they a while back.....very cheap

[solarcane]

Does this look like a coach just bursting at the seams to get the season started?

From todays news conference

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/gallery/enlargePhoto?id=5501914

[Drtycane]

LOL Solar...that a pic of 1000 words

[solarcane]

drty
i think hes gonna cry

[Drtycane]

i think so..i heard a nasty rumor about him when ST died...at the funeral he was telling U freshman that if randy has a losing season, then they will fire him...and they should transfer to unc...

[solarcane]

Six's Flyin Hawaiians are hanging in there in the LL World Series

[Drtycane]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2004/12/01/sports/01browns.jpg

[Hurri']

55-13.......UM

But its gonna take some non-offensive TD's. Doubt the ball will be in the air often enough to do without a couple.

[solarcane]

If we are shutting FAMU out in the 4th qtr and one of the 3ed team defenders gives up a td it will have been worth the price of gold cables to see C-mac's helmet blow right off his head.

[Hurri']

Well, I guess we can forgive Butch for everything, seeing as how its 2010 and he would've left this year anyways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_woEHL3xqbg

[SuperCooper]

Shouldn't Urban be worrying about his players boycotting practice?

[Drtycane]

Super...he is the epitome of scumbags in the NCAA....Saban, Kiffin and Miles are right behind....the NCAA Hammer is coming down soon on the UFelons

[solarcane]

hurri

sweet!

that was a nice catch on Davis lying about staying until 2010

[solarcane]

UNC has an Honor System

If the NCAA doesn't shyt can the players, the School probably will

http://honor.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=65&limitstart=3

[solarcane]

I'm thinking John Lovett is about one happy azz coach right now

[Hurri']

Solar,
If Butch stays...........

Are we d!ck-deep in rings right now?

[SJMPARMAN]

Check out this picture. That is one stressed out Butch.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/08/26/648977/unc-to-hold-news-conference-on.html?tab=gallery&gallery=/2010/08/26/649567/unc-football-investigation-082610.html&gid_index=1

[solarcane]

hurri
yea we would.
But something like the UNC mess would surface sooner or later, cause.. well Butch is a sneak.

I'll take Randy's way anytime.

[solarcane]

SJM
I posted a very simalar one earlier

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/gallery/enlargePhoto?id=550191

he looks like he's is starting to cry

[solarcane]

sorry, try this one

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/gallery/enlargePhoto?id=5501914

[Nashvillecane]

Does this look like a coach just bursting at the seams to get the season started?

From todays news conference

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/gallery/enlargePhoto?id=5501914

Posted by: solarcane | August 26, 2010 at 10:21 PM

Lol...looks like a coach who wants to quit and hide under the nearest rock he can find...he more than likely begged all those players to come back for their last year now he prob wishes he wudda chassed them off with a 12 guage shot gun

[SJMPARMAN]

I saw your picture earlier, I just thought this one was even worse. He is totally screwed and he knows it. You have to wonder if he knew. I mean, it was his nanny, that makes it twenty times worse for him. When FSU got caught a few years ago, Bowden could deny it and people said okay. But when it is his nanny, someone he was paying to clean the house, pick up (and apparently write) papers, it is hard to see how he survives this.

[SJMPARMAN]

Why would he even have a nanny? He was known as a clean freak, a guy who organized his closet, and color coded his socks. He don't have young kids that I know of, so why a nanny? He married his second wife in 1984 and they have one child. Oh this really is interesting.

[solarcane]

You gotta be really really stupid to be a UNC football player tweeting today with your friend at Virginia Tech about not knowing your Professor's name

How the hell does UNC let their football players use Twitter during an investigation??????????????????????

http://www.statefansnation.com/index.php/archives/2010/08/26/a-glimpse-at-the-academic-focus-of-a-unc-ch-football-player/

[solarcane]

SJM,

He looks like a guy about to have an anxiety attack, or a guy about to lose a cush job.

Can you say Hot Seat?