The Best & Worst 4 year periods in Miami Football

[d-day]

I was reading in another thread where 2 guys were discussing / arguing which 4 year period was the “Dark Years” in Miami Football.

Well, it’s been a slow July & I have way too much time on my hands, so I decided to build an excel spreadsheet and find out which 4 year periods were the worst and the best for Miami football. For years when ties were still possible, I gave half a win and half a loss for each tie to calculate winning percentages.

The Worst

1898 thru 1901 – 16.7 % - 2 wins, 12 losses, 1 tie

1939 thru 1942 – 20.0 % - 6 wins, 27 losses, 2 ties

1897 thru 1900 – 20.6 % - 3 wins, 13 losses, 1 tie

2006 thru 2009 – 22.4 % - 11 wins, 38 losses

1987 thru 1990 – 30.7 % - 12 wins 29 losses, 3 ties


The Best

1952 thru 1955 – 90.3 % - 32 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie

1916 thru 1919 – 90.0 % - 25 wins, 1 loss, 4 ties

1972 thru 1975 – 89.8 % - 39 wins, 4 losses, 1 tie

1953 thru 1956 – 88.9 % - 31 wins, 3 losses, 2 ties

1915 thru 1918 – 86.7 % - 24 wins, 2 losses, 4 ties
1918 thru 1921 – 86.7 % - 25 wins, 3 losses, 2 ties

Incidently, with last year's 10 - 4 season, Miami (#19) has climbed back into the top 20 all time winning percentage for division 1A
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[HighStreetBlues]

I was the one claiming that 2006-2009 were the dark years before, but I wish I hadn't brought it up because that's a lot more recent than the "Best Years" examples.

I'm going to try and spin this into a positive:
If I were going into my sophomore year RIGHT NOW, I would be telling all of my friends that we would be witnessing history for the next three seasons and would definitely be graduating in the tops list.
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[DICK]

So basically for those of us here on Hawktalk, 2006-2009 was the worst period and 1972-1975 was the best. That was also a time period when we were beating quite a few BCS teams and played a more difficult schedule than we did in the 50's.
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[RedHawkBandMan]

My four years were 2005-2008 (the entire Montgomery Era)... yet somehow I still graduated as a fan of Miami Football. Miracles do happen

[JohnnyMac]

I would have to add that 1987-1990 were also the four years between Ron Harper and Joby Wright, and were also the years of finishing 8th or 9th every year in the CCHA (out of 9 teams).
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[AORedhawk33]

2006 thru 2009 – 22.4 % - 11 wins, 38 losses

I was the lone fan to storm the field during Haywood's first win against Toledo
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[Bash Riprock]

So who among us has the worst and best four-year record?

Mine is 1983 thru 1986 - 54.4% - 24 wins, 20 losses, 1 tie.

[Spanks004]

[Sykes]

[MU CLEVELAND 01]

1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

31-13

No MAC Titles

No Bowls

[redhawks628]

2007-2010 19 wins, 32 losses, 37%

[JohnnyMac]

I think d-day should expand his spread sheet to include basketball and hockey.
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[JWags]

2003-2007 : 36-27

However, I was there as both quality and fan interest fell off a cliff. My freshman year was the epic BR lead 13-1 campaign where kids were failing exams the next day cause they skipped studying to go to the BG and Marshall games (me included). And you fast forward to my last year, where even though we were 6-7, the 2-10 campaign the year before sucked alot of life out and people were choosing to sleep in or eat a late brunch as opposed to going to a game.

I was there for the Penno shot and our first #1 ranking in hockey, so I view my Miami sports timeline as fairly successful.
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[smithspike]

1989 - 1992

19-21-4 .477

End of the Rose era and beginning of the Walker era.

Basketball 75-44 .630 - MAC Champs in 1992 with exciting NCAA game vs. UNC in Cincinnati. MAC Regular Season Champs in 1993 with nice run in NIT, including win over OSU.

Hockey 62-78-18 .449 - CCHA Regular Season Champs in 1993 with first trip to NCAA tournament.

Hockey had the least success when I was there, but always seemed to be the most popular with students, even with a horrible year in 1990-91.

[thechuck_2112]

2000-2004 (5-year plan!): 41-21, 66.1%
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[Steverem]

1986-1989/1990

Football: 15-28-1 (34.88%)

(Basketball and hockey were equally pathetic during this stretch, but I don't have time to research the records over that span.)
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[thechuck_2112]

I think average the win percentages for all three sports, rather than total number of games. You're right that total number of games weights hockey and bball a lot more.
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[JohnnyMac]

I'm going to predict that the 1990 graduates (me, Steverem, IndySkin) will prove to have partied through the worst combined four years, although 1991 may be worse.
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