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====Miami==== On November 30, 1985, the [[Miami Hurricanes football|University of Miami]] Hurricanes were playing the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Fighting Irish of Notre Dame]] in [[Gerry Faust]]'s final game as Notre Dame head coach. The Hurricanes, led by [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]], were trying to impress pollsters since they were ranked fourth in the polls prior to the game. The Hurricanes called a fake punt on fourth-and-11 in the fourth quarter with a 44β7 lead, scored a touchdown off a blocked punt with less than six minutes left, and went on to win 58β7. Miami was rewarded in the AP poll as it passed idle [[1985 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]] to reach No. 3 and set up a possible national championship with a victory over [[1985 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] in the [[Sugar Bowl]]. Receiving criticism after the game, Johnson replied, "Nobody apologized to me when Oklahoma did it", a reference to a [[1980 NCAA Division I-A football season|1980]] rout by the score of 63β14 when Johnson was head coach at [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State University]]. Miami would go on to lose to Tennessee, 35β7, in the [[1986 Sugar Bowl]].
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