1998 Miami Hurricanes vs Ucla Bruins Highlights 

E. James never looked like he was running hard or fast and still no one came close to catching him in the open field. The man was a BEAST!!!

The win that really brought the Program back

UCLA football has never been the same since that day

This is the game that was THE resurgence of Miami in the early 2000s

This loss and the loss to Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl really took the wind out of UCLA's program. Went downhill from there.

Testing, testing, is this thing on... I pray that you are watching this Coach Manny Diaz. We NEED to be 'the team to beat again'. Move us forward... The 🙌

i wish miami would go back to these jerseys

The game that put Edgerrin James on the map!!

The #1 thing I love aside from the Canes are the looks on the teams, coaches (especially Bobby Bowden) and the fans when they lose to Miami. Been a fan since 1978, will die a fan! Go Canes!

What Butch did after probation Created the greatest team Miami nay college football history Created the longest win streak due to his players Upset a top 5 team What golden did after probation 9-4, 6-7

Edge #5 . . . And so many many more... love watching these old games! Thanks!

If Butch stayed no telln how many rings the U wuda won

I will never forget this game. Classic.

My best friend went to the University of Miami. One day I flew down to visit him during college and I went to this very game. Having no stake in the game myself it was a hell of a game to enjoy! I was maybe the 4th or 5th person to jump the rail and rush the field after the game. Patted Moss and James on the shoulder pads. Great memory.

R.I.P. to the Orange Bowl. That sacred field killed streaks and has the longest home win streak

This is the resurgence game

People tend to forget that not that long ago UCLA was one game away from the National Championship Game. The ending to that was painful to watch and I'm not even a UCLA fan. UCLA being good at football is great for college football. Hope the Bruins can get back on their feet. Geaux Tigers.

What a classic game to be relived. It just reminds me watching this awesome game with my father at my uncles house. Thank You always Canesfreak2001.

I remember watching this game at a Round Table Pizza....and it established Edgerrin James as my favorite player of all time!!!!

That game brought the program back, and if Butch Davis would not have left for the NFL Miami would’ve won multiple national championships. Edgerrin James was a man amongst boys that day.

One of the best games I've ever attended. Action from both teams. What a finish.

Downfall of the UCLA program started after this loss and has endured until today.

Scott Covington wore number 11 well. But, next year, another Freshman QB (Also from the state of California) would take number 11 and have a pretty nice Cane career.

As a Bruin fan, this was easily the toughest loss in 20 years of watching them (and there have been a lot of them!). I do miss McNown...the man could sling the rock. Step 1 - take back LA, Step 2 - become a national player. Go Bruins!

13 years ago today...the worst day in ucla football history. and somehow, it seems to have gotten even worse

wow... this is such a CLASSIC. I have to say thanks again!

Miami was in the final year of Probation on that year and they had just gotten destroyed 66-13 by Syracuse before this UCLA game!!

As usual, stellar job again canefreak and a million and one thanks. Couple awesome plays: 5:48 Santana has his head turned completely around toward the backfield and STILL burns the corner. 7:27 Ed Reed as a freshman makes the one play that perhaps alters the courses of both programs for almost a decade. 8:19 Try that move today and see what happens. I've been waiting for this vid for a long time. UCLA has never recovered from that day in the Orange Bowl.

Well, in every way imaginable 1998 was a great year for me....until that December. I was kicking butt professionally and personally and the cherry on top was this UCLA football season. Then, the roof caved in! :-) It's hard to look at this game. As one of the Bruin faithful, I hope for a program capable of fielding a team like this again. Sure, it had a porous defense, but they were fun to watch and they had one hell of a leader at QB.

I remember watching this game. In the 3rd q I was so pissed i threw my show at the TV and turned it off I couldn't believe they were goi g to let uclq beat them. Then I turned it on in rhe 4th and I cried like a baby when they won

Great play by al blades on the strip and recovery. rip

First time I’ve ever heard someone call Ed Reed “Edward” lol

hey florida state, YOU'RE WELCOME

If you think about it now.. that was an NFL team the Bruins were playing on the road, in their house. Bad ass UCLA Bruins team..

That game was the beginning of their redemption to championship glory!

Great video. As always. Go Canes!

Would have been UCLA's 2nd return to the BCS championship since the 1950's but came short

Feel bad for UCLA....so close to a title....feel bad for arizona...12-1 and no rose bowl to show for it.

These announcers are horrible. Can't get Miami players names right, love how the one guy says miami offense has slowed down, the edge runs for 45 yrds.

This is the game, I knew it wasn't a matter of "if," Miami would return to the national stage....but rather "when."

@Ballay05 I'm no UCLA fan either, but they really were an amazing team that year, and it was a shame they blew such a huge lead in that game.

At the time, this was game was a huge blow for what was then the Pac-10. This was the first year of the BCS, and the conference was beginning to lose a little respect. No team to win or play for the [mythical] national champion since Washington in the '91-'92 season (which was a split with Miami); no consensus poll champion since USC in the early '70s, and the perception nationally was that it was turning into an offensive league with average defensive play.

@Ballay05 it was a game that was scheduled for Sept but cuz of a hurricane was moved to the end of the year.....wonder what wouldve happened if that game had been played as scheduled

I remember watching this at my grandma's as a 2nd grader rooting for ucla to win even though I'm a auburn and Michigan fan good memories

I agree man. My favorite of all time.

rip leonard myers

I like both teams in this one so it makes it ver hard to root for one team but I still love watching this game.

I'd feel that the hidden aspect of this how the Road to The Super Bowl was Broken in Tucson. (IE Rose Bowl Jilting) and this Game made a lot of stars and the star power that collapsed or started to collapse from Westwood was flooring. I love the Older Styled (Non Gateway Arch) Model Jerseys b/c they'd be purer Football Jerseys.

UCLA and K-State should've been in the title game, Tennessee got so fucking lucky with Arkansas completely giving them the game weeks before. KSU and UCLA each had a bad luck fumble that cost them their final game.

Hurricane George delayed this game to a late season game they was support to play back in September but played in December

If they had replay in those days, that last fumble would have been reversed and UCLA would have gone to BCS title game.

The fumble was a lot closer than some people are making it out to be. With no replay its pretty obvious the ball was going to be called loose. That was a freshman Ed Reed than knocked that ball out, by the way.

can we get a full game upload of this game?

Santana Moss, Edgrin James, Dan Morgan. How was this Hurricanes team unranked??? Those are future NFL stars!!!

We fought hard for this one.

This was the last time UCLA was relevant in football, and it presaged Miami's return to glory in the next few seasons.

Who was Qback for Miami during this game?

I still wonder to this very day, WHY DID MY BEARS DRAFT McNOWN?!!!!

The game that put Miami back on the map

Knee was on the ground :(

This game was the big win Miami and those kids needed!! You see young guys like Ed Reed, Najeh Davenport and so many more, they learned how to win that day!! GO CANES!!!

Oh UCLA, if only they'd told you you have to be able to play defense in football.

Who was that group of people at 7:45?

canefreak2001 you are the man!!!!!!

God to think the Bruins were two wins away from a national title. So close yet so far.

Im a Auburn fan, but this is classic when I was in 3rd grade lol but crazy drama at the end

Melsby's knee was clearly down before the purported "fumble."

also why did they show zona so many times?

@jggallow01 Does not matter, that defense of UCLA was not national title calliber, and you got whipped by wisconsin in the rose bowl

Man, if instant replay was around in 1998. What a laughably horrible and homer call on the Melsby "fumble."

Why has nobody mentioned the arm band controversy?

We should have hired Butch Davis instead of Mark Richt...in retrospect!

They actually sent Al Golden a message to bring back those classic orange jerseys. I'm waiting to see how they'll do with the incoming recruiting class. There's a lot of juco's trying to enter the program with the next freshmen class.

greatest college game ever

Can someone explain why they keep showing the Arizona players, do they fit into the scenario somehow

Nah...one play never cost you the game. You had a huge lead in the game. Shouldn't have even been close.

my very first Miami Hurricanes game!!!

Why were they showing the Arizona players watching the game?

RIP Al Blades.

yoo... really miss that stadium... shit i was probably at this game... i was young so i dont remember !!!

This game made Edgerrin James a richer man.

i miss the glory days

Beast! GO CANES

How I long to see UM have that kind of running game again!

@TheKassicRock Syracuse in 98 scored 66 on Miami, while the U was still rebuilding

@jgcane As a Bears fan, WHY DID WE DRAFT HIM?

@ThePOKERJEDI I think Ed Reed or Ray Lewis would have something to say about that.

@Xdiablofoolx I think it was for the PAC-10 championship.

UCLA against either team would turn into a massacre

This was the first hurricanes game I ever attended and I left early 😐

The beginning of our third *DYNASTY*

At 7:28 He was down.

@funguy7979 --- I wish we had Scott Covington last year.

#werunthestate Gooo Canes

canesfreak excellent job

@joshuacalebm hey thats my bad i meant if ucla had won arizona would have represented the pac 10 in the rose bowl,i just worded it wrong ucla beat arizona earlier that year

@jwrio that was a clear fumble!

Wait, why were the Arizone Wildcats mad?

Why was arizona mad?

@LB3is2Fresh it also doesnt hurt that in college he was only about 210 pounds compared to the 225 or 230 he was with the colts. but yea tearing your ACL sucks.