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Reign #249 of 328 · Miami’s 4th reign

Miami, 2000–2003

818Days held
31Defenses
#6Longest of 328
#2Most defended of 328
How it started

October 7, 2000

Took the belt from Florida State 27–24 at home on October 7, 2000.

Defenses

The belt on the line, 31 times

October 21, 2000 · at Temple 45–17DefendedOctober 28, 2000 · vs. Louisiana Tech 42–31DefendedNovember 4, 2000 · vs. Virginia Tech 41–21DefendedNovember 11, 2000 · vs. Pittsburgh 35–7DefendedNovember 18, 2000 · at Syracuse 26–0DefendedNovember 25, 2000 · vs. Boston College 52–6DefendedJanuary 2, 2001 · vs. Florida 37–20DefendedSeptember 1, 2001 · at Penn State 33–7DefendedSeptember 8, 2001 · vs. Rutgers 61–0DefendedSeptember 27, 2001 · at Pittsburgh 43–21DefendedOctober 6, 2001 · vs. Troy 38–7DefendedOctober 13, 2001 · at Florida State 49–27DefendedOctober 25, 2001 · vs. West Virginia 45–3DefendedNovember 3, 2001 · vs. Temple 38–0DefendedNovember 10, 2001 · at Boston College 18–7DefendedNovember 17, 2001 · vs. Syracuse 59–0DefendedNovember 25, 2001 · vs. Washington 65–7DefendedDecember 1, 2001 · at Virginia Tech 26–24DefendedJanuary 3, 2002 · vs. Nebraska 37–14DefendedAugust 31, 2002 · vs. Florida A&M 63–17DefendedSeptember 7, 2002 · at Florida 41–16DefendedSeptember 14, 2002 · at Temple 44–21DefendedSeptember 21, 2002 · vs. Boston College 38–6DefendedOctober 5, 2002 · vs. UConn 48–14DefendedOctober 12, 2002 · vs. Florida State 28–27DefendedOctober 26, 2002 · at West Virginia 40–23DefendedNovember 2, 2002 · at Rutgers 42–17DefendedNovember 9, 2002 · at Tennessee 26–3DefendedNovember 22, 2002 · vs. Pittsburgh 28–21DefendedNovember 30, 2002 · at Syracuse 49–7DefendedDecember 7, 2002 · vs. Virginia Tech 56–45Defended
How it ended

January 3, 2003

Lost the belt to Ohio State 24–31 at a neutral site on January 3, 2003, after 818 days.