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Rockets to play Miami Hurricanes in 2015, 2016
By Paul Helgren : July 27th, 2010
The University of Toledo will play the University of Miami in a home-and-home football series beginning in 2015, UT Vice President and Athletic Director Mike O’Brien announced yesterday.
The Rockets will host the Hurricanes Sept. 5, 2015, and travel to Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., for a game Sept. 3, 2016.
“We are very pleased to be adding the University of Miami to our home football schedule,” O’Brien said. “The Hurricanes have a great tradition, so this is a very special game for our program. We have played great games in Toledo against many fine football programs in the past, but Miami is arguably the highest-profile opponent ever to play in the Glass Bowl. We are also looking forward to visiting Miami in 2016. That will be a great trip for our football team and our fans.”
“I’m excited that we are adding the Miami Hurricanes to our schedule,” Head Coach Tim Beckman added. “This will be a great series for our future Rockets and fans to look forward to.”
The Rockets and the Hurricanes have played once before, a 24-14 home-field victory for Miami on Nov. 21, 1987. Miami was ranked No. 3 in the nation at the time in both the AP and UPI polls, and went on to win the national championship that season thanks to a 20-14 win over then-No. 1 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. The Hurricanes have won five national titles — in 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 2001.
Miami, which plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference, finished 9-4 (5-3 in the ACC) in 2009.
The Miami game is the latest addition to a challenging and exciting Rocket non-conference home schedule in upcoming years. This fall the Rockets will host Arizona and Wyoming; in future years Boise State (2011), Navy (2013), Missouri (2014) and Iowa State (2015) will all visit the Glass Bowl.
