Florida International University – University of Miami brawl
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| Date | October 14, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Miami Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
The FIU–Miami football brawl was a bench-clearing brawl that occurred on October 14, 2006 in a college football game between the University of Miami Hurricanes and the Florida International University Golden Panthers (now Panthers) at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.
The main campuses of Florida International University (FIU) and the University of Miami are only nine miles (15 km) apart. FIU is a public university located in western Miami (playing at FIU Stadium), while the University of Miami is a private university in the suburb of Coral Gables (which at the time played its home games at the Miami Orange Bowl). The 2006 game was intended to be the first in the "City Line Series," an annual series between the two Miami-area schools. Miami was heavily favored over FIU, which was in its fifth season of football and in its second year in the Division I FBS.
Throughout the game, players from both teams engaged in trash-talk and were increasingly physical. By the third quarter, officials had called seven penalties (six for FIU and one for Miami).
With 9 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, Miami H-back James Bryant caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kyle Wright, making the score 13-0 Miami. After scoring, Bryant pointed towards Miami's West end zone. Bryant, who later transferred to the University of Louisville, was called for unsportsmanlike conduct.
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