2021 Miami RedHawks football team

2021 Miami RedHawks football
Frisco Football Classic champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record7–6 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEric Koehler (8th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Co-defensive coordinators
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumYager Stadium
2021 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Kent State xy   6 – 2     7 – 7  
  5 – 3     7 – 6  
Ohio   3 – 5     3 – 9  
Bowling Green   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Buffalo   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Akron   1 – 7     2 – 10  
West Division
Northern Illinois xy$   6 – 2     9 – 5  
Central Michigan x   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Toledo   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Ball State   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Eastern Michigan   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Western Michigan   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Championship: Northern Illinois 41, Kent State 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

The 2021 Miami RedHawks football team represented Miami University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Chuck Martin and played their home games at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Preseason

MAC media day

The Mid-American Conference media day was held on July 20, 2021 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. Miami was represented by head coach Chuck Martin, wide receiver Jack Sorenson and defensive back Mike Brown.[1] The RedHawks were predicted to finish in third place in the East Division in the Mid-American preseason poll.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 4 3:30 p.m. at No. 8 Cincinnati*
ESPN+ L 14–49 37,978
September 11 12:00 p.m. at Minnesota*
ESPNU L 26–31 43,372
September 18 3:30 p.m. LIU*
ESPN+ W 42–7 12,036
September 25 12:00 p.m. at Army*
CBSSN L 10–23 24,045
October 2 3:30 p.m. Central Michigan
  • Yager Stadium
  • Oxford, OH
 ESPN+ W 28–17 15,065
October 9 3:30 p.m. at Eastern Michigan
ESPN+ L 12–13 15,664
October 16 2:30 p.m. Akron
  • Yager Stadium
  • Oxford, OH
 ESPN+ W 34–21 11,042
October 23 3:30 p.m. at Ball State
ESPN+ W 24–17 15,703
November 2 7:30 p.m. at Ohio
ESPNU L 33–3515,940
November 9 7:00 p.m. Buffalo
  • Yager Stadium
  • Oxford, OH
 ESPNU W 45–18 10,069
November 16 8:00 p.m. Bowling Green
  • Yager Stadium
  • Oxford, OH
 ESPNU W 34–7 10,269
November 27 12:00 p.m. at Kent State
ESPN+ L 47–48 OT 8,387
December 23 2:30 p.m. vs. North Texas*
ESPN W 27–14 11,721
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3]

Personnel

2021 Miami RedHawks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 11 David Afari Fr
OL 63 Evan Azzara Fr
WR 18 Jeremiah Batiste Fr
WR 81 James Besett  Fr
RB 1 Jaylon Bester Fr
OL 59 Kolby Borders Fr
QB 17 Alec Bornhorst  So
WR 19 James Burns So
WR 83 Angelo Butts Fr
OL 69 Brody Carper  So
WR 34 Chris Cavalaris  So
OL 57 Bennett Clark  So
TE 89 Jack Coldiron  Fr
OL 78 Dominic Collado Fr
RB 26 Kevin Davis Fr
TE 80 Jack DeJarld Fr
WR 25 Devon Dorsey Fr
QB 16 Orin Edwards Fr
OL 60 Rusty Feth So
QB 5 Brett Gabbert So
QB 12 Henry Hesson Fr
WR 8 Mac Hippenhammer  Jr
OL 56 Reid Holskey Fr
TE 46 Andrew Homer  Sr
WR 36 Jackson Izzard Fr
OL 72 Ben Jackson  Fr
OL 70 Will Jados Fr
OL 66 Luke Kirin Fr
QB 10 A. J. Mayer  So
RB 28 Keyon Mozee Fr
TE 88 Nate Muersch Fr
OL 77 Charlie Nank Fr
OL 65 Pete Nank  Jr
TE 37 Scott Nieman Fr
OL 61 Ryan O'Hair Fr
TE 87 Ryan Orput Fr
TE 84 Derek Paulson Sr
WR 85 Matthew Reardon Fr
OL 64 David Redding  Jr
WR 6 Austin Robinson So
OL 53 Caleb Shaffer So
TE 86 Brian Shane Fr
RB 9 Tyre Shelton  Fr
OL 79 Caleb Siech Fr
QB 2 Aveon Smith Fr
QB 15 Kamell Smith Fr
RB 24 Darez Sanders Fr
QR 13 Jack Sorenson  Sr
QB 4 Ben Tarpey  Fr
OL 55 Andrew Todd  So
RB 33 Kenny Tracy Fr
WR 21 Harrison Truitt Fr
TE 43 Haakon Van Beyen Fr
OL 50 Sam Vaughn  Fr
WR 14 Jalen Walker  Jr
WR 22 Jace Williams Fr
TE 44 Rhett Williams  Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 16 Eli Blakey Fr
LB 8 Luke Bolden So
DB 10 Trevon Booker  Fr
LB 58 Jackson Boras Fr
DB 18 Cedric Boswell  Sr
DB 3 Mike Brown Sr
DL 93 Kyle Bryant  Fr
DL 82 Kameron Butler Jr
DB 19 Ambe' Caldwell Fr
DB 13 Brett Coleman Fr
DL 99 Anthony Collier  Fr
LB 39 Carson Daniels  Fr
DL 91 Marlon Dawson Jr. Fr
DL 92 Austin Ertl So
DL 94 Terran Hearn Fr
DL 96 Kobe Hilton  Fr
LB 12 Corban Hondru Fr
DB 29 Ryan Kahn Fr
DL 95 Ben Kimpler  Sr
DB 22 Ja'Von Kimpson  Fr
DB 31 Cam Kirk Fr
LB 9 Daylan Long Fr
DL 30 Josh Maize  Jr
LB 23 Austin McWood Fr
LB 35 Ryan McWood  Sr
DB 20 Mehki Miller  Fr
DB 1 Jaymar Mundy Fr
LB 33 Dominic Nardone Fr
DL 48 Ryan Newton  Jr
DL 37 Dalton Norris Fr
LB 0 Ivan Pace Jr. So
DL 47 Lonnie Phelps So
DB 27 Dee Pierce Fr
LB 54 Blaine Riley Fr
DL 11 Dominique Robinson Sr
LB 4 Camden Rogers Fr
DB 24 Ja'Don Rucker-Furlow Jr
DB 17 T. J. Rush Fr
DB 15 Matthew Salopek  Fr
DB 5 John Saunders Jr. Fr
LB 26 Jackson Schott Fr
DB 2 Cecil Singleton  So
DL 49 Jacob Snell Fr
DB 28 Caleb Tubbs Fr
DB 36 Silas Walters Fr
DL 34 C. J. Ware IV Fr
LB 32 Ed Warriner Fr
DB 6 Jacquez Warren So
DL 51 Nasir Washington Fr
DB 21 Sterling Weatherford Sr
DL 90 Caiden Woullard Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 97 Brendan Beattie  Fr
K 38 Henry Beckett  Fr
K, P 35 Alec Bevelhimer Fr
K, P 31 Dom Dzioban Fr
K 98 Graham Nicholson Fr
LS 45 Nick Walker Fr


Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Erik Koehler
    Co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Spence Nowinsky
    Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers
  • John Hauser
    Co-defensive coordinator/Cornerbacks
  • James Patton
    Offensive line/Run game coordinator
  • Doug Shearer
    Special teams coordinator
  • Bill Brechin
    Safeties
  • Lamar Conrad
    Running backs
  • Pat Welsh
    Tight ends/recruiting coordinator
  • E. J. Whitlow
    Defensive line
  • Israel Wollfork
    Wide receivers
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 13, 2021

Game summaries

At No. 8 Cincinnati

See also: 2021 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 0 0 0 14 14
No. 8 Bearcats 21 14 0 14 49
Pregame line Over/under
−22.5 49.0
Statistics MIA CIN
First downs 17 27
Total yards 278 542
Rushing yards 169 247
Passing yards 109 295
Turnovers 0 3
Time of possession 34:15 25:45
Team Category Player Statistics
Miami Passing A. J. Mayer 9/28, 109 yards
Rushing Keyon Mozee 15 rushes, 80 yards
Receiving Mac Hippenhammer 3 receptions, 64 yards
Cincinnati Passing Desmond Ridder 20/25, 295 yards, 4 TD, INT
Rushing Jerome Ford 12 rushes, 121 yards, TD
Receiving Tyler Scott 1 reception, 81 yards, TD

At Minnesota

See also: 2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 0 3 10 13 26
Golden Gophers 7 14 0 10 31
Statistics MIA MINN
First downs 20 19
Total yards 341 287
Rushing yards 104 175
Passing yards 237 112
Turnovers 2 0
Time of possession 27:24 32:36
Team Category Player Statistics
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 14/29, 201 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing Brett Gabbert 6 rushes, 27 yards
Receiving Jack Sorenson 6 receptions, 97 yards, TD
Minnesota Passing Tanner Morgan 8/17, 112 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Trey Potts 34 rushes, 178 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Dylan Wright 3 receptions, 73 yards, TD

LIU

See also: 2021 LIU Sharks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 7 0 0 7
RedHawks 7 14 14 7 42
Statistics LIU MIA
First downs 13 27
Total yards 215 523
Rushing yards 37 229
Passing yards 178 294
Turnovers 0 1
Time of possession 35:20 24:40
Team Category Player Statistics
LIU Passing Camden Orth 15/21, 178 yards, TD
Rushing Jonathan DeBique 10 rushes, 31 yards
Receiving Tosin Oyekanmi 3 receptions, 67 yards
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 10/16, 171 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing David Afari 5 rushes, 78 yards
Receiving Jack Sorenson 5 receptions, 86 yards, TD

At Army

See also: 2021 Army Black Knights football team
1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 0 3 0 7 10
Black Knights 7 10 0 6 23
Statistics MIA ARMY
First downs 13 16
Total yards 232 384
Rushing yards 28 384
Passing yards 204 0
Turnovers 1 0
Time of possession 20:24 39:36
Team Category Player Statistics
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 11/25, 193 yards, TD
Rushing Keyon Mozee 5 rushes, 11 yards
Receiving Kevin Davis 2 receptions, 93 yards, TD
Army Passing Christian Anderson 0/5, 0 yards
Rushing Christian Anderson 15 rushes, 236 yards, 2 TD
Receiving None

Central Michigan

See also: 2021 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 0 7 3 7 17
RedHawks 14 0 0 14 28
Pregame line Over/under
CMU –2.0 56.0
Statistics CMU MIA
First downs 25 26
Total yards 430 514
Rushing yards 52 164
Passing yards 378 350
Turnovers 0 1
Time of possession 26:45 33:15
Team Category Player Statistics
Central Michigan Passing Daniel Richardson 22/41, 326 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Myles Bailey 8 rushes, 29 yards
Receiving Dallas Dixon 7 receptions, 113 yards, TD
Miami Passing A. J. Mayer 13/18, 179 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing Keyon Mozee 13 rushes, 83 yards
Receiving Mac Hippenhammer 8 receptions, 170 yards

At Eastern Michigan

See also: 2021 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 6 0 3 3 12
Eagles 0 10 3 0 13
Statistics MIA EMU
First downs 19 16
Total yards 385 257
Rushing yards 126 31
Passing yards 259 206
Turnovers 1 1
Time of possession 25:52 34:08
Team Category Player Statistics
Miami Passing A. J. Mayer 16/39, 259 yards
Rushing Tyre Shelton 9 rushes, 41 yards
Receiving Jack Sorenson 7 receptions, 123 yards
Eastern Michigan Passing Ben Bryant 21/31, 206 yards, TD, INT
Rushing Darius Boone Jr. 9 rushes, 36 yards
Receiving Dylan Drummond 7 receptions, 93 yards

Akron

See also: 2021 Akron Zips football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 0 7 0 14 21
RedHawks 14 7 13 0 34
Statistics AKR MIA
First downs 21 22
Total yards 356 474
Rushing yards 65 245
Passing yards 291 229
Turnovers 1 1
Time of possession 29:07 30:53
Team Category Player Statistics
Akron Passing Zach Gibson 25/39, 291 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Blake Hester 10 rushes, 29 yards
Receiving Konata Mumpfield 10 receptions, 109 yards
Miami Passing A. J. Mayer 19/27, 229 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Keyon Mozee 8 rushes, 73 yards, TD
Receiving Jack Sorenson 5 receptions, 113 yards, TD

At Ball State

See also: 2021 Ball State Cardinals football team
1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 10 6 0 8 24
Cardinals 7 3 7 0 17
Statistics MIA BALL
First downs 18 20
Total yards 360 327
Rushing yards 126 100
Passing yards 234 227
Turnovers 0 2
Time of possession 34:32 25:28
Team Category Player Statistics
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 20/24, 207 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Tyre Shelton 14 rushes, 46 yards
Receiving Jack Sorenson 8 receptions, 138 yards
Ball State Passing Drew Plitt 22/34, 227 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing Carson Steele 11 rushes, 49 yards
Receiving Jayshon Jackson 8 receptions, 121 yards, TD

At Ohio

See also: 2021 Ohio Bobcats football team
1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 0 0 13 20 33
Bobcats 7 7 14 7 35
Statistics MIA OHIO
First downs 24 19
Total yards 569 413
Rushing yards 77 124
Passing yards 492 289
Turnovers 1 1
Time of possession 27:38 32:22
Team Category Player Statistics
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 32/55, 492 yards, 5 TD, INT
Rushing Brett Gabbert 7 rushes, 23 yards
Receiving Jack Sorenson 14 receptions, 283 yards, 2 TD
Ohio Passing Kurtis Rourke 23/32, 289 yards, 3 TD
Rushing De'Montre Tuggle 11 rushes, 68 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Isiah Cox 6 receptions, 106 yards, 2 TD

Buffalo

See also: 2021 Buffalo Bulls football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 7 3 0 8 18
RedHawks 10 14 14 7 45
Statistics BUF MIA
First downs 21 25
Total yards 361 536
Rushing yards 119 185
Passing yards 242 351
Turnovers 4 1
Time of possession 28:32 31:28
Team Category Player Statistics
Buffalo Passing Kyle Vantrease 11/20, 151 yards, INT
Rushing Dylan McDuffie 20 rushes, 91 yards, TD
Receiving Quian Williams 9 receptions, 104 yards, TD
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 21/28, 351 yards, 4 TD
Rushing Keyon Mozee 15 rushes, 67 yards, TD
Receiving Jalen Walker 7 receptions, 136 yards, TD

Bowling Green

See also: 2021 Bowling Green Falcons football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 7 0 0 0 7
RedHawks 6 14 14 0 34
Statistics BGSU MIA
First downs 12 11
Total yards 258 346
Rushing yards 150 119
Passing yards 108 227
Turnovers 1 1
Time of possession 30:43 29:17
Team Category Player Statistics
Bowling Green Passing Matt McDonald 13/28, 108 yards
Rushing Nick Mosley 15 rushes, 94 yards
Receiving Tyrone Broden 5 receptions, 53 yards
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 10/20, 227 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing Tyre Shelton 9 rushes, 56 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Jack Sorenson 4 receptions, 111 yards, TD

At Kent State

See also: 2021 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
1 2 3 4OT Total
RedHawks 6 10 7 186 47
Golden Flashes 7 10 14 107 48
Pregame line Over/under
EVEN 67.0
Statistics MIA KENT
First downs 31 32
Total yards 549 642
Rushing yards 144 303
Passing yards 405 339
Turnovers 2 2
Time of possession 28:58 31:02
Team Category Player Statistics
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 26/51, 405 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Kevin Davis 10 rushes, 56 yards
Receiving Kenny Tracy 5 receptions, 104 yards, TD
Kent State Passing Dustin Crum 24/33, 325 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Xavier Williams 13 rushes, 168 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Keshunn Abram 7 receptions, 138 yards, TD

Vs. North Texas (Frisco Football Classic)

Main article: 2021 Frisco Football Classic
See also: 2021 North Texas Mean Green football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 7 7 0 0 14
RedHawks 10 10 7 0 27
Statistics UNT MIA
First downs 18 26
Total yards 317 431
Rushing yards 89 203
Passing yards 228 228
Turnovers 2 0
Time of possession 21:39 38:21
Team Category Player Statistics
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 15/32, 228 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Austin Aune 9 rushes, 28 yards, TD
Receiving Roderic Burns 4 receptions, 87 yards
Miami Passing Brett Gabbert 22/31, 228 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Kenny Tracy 14 rushes, 92 yards, TD
Receiving Jack Sorenson 7 receptions, 116 yards

References

  1. ^ "MAC Football Media Day Kicks Off 2021 Season Today!". Mid-American Conference. July 20, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "MAC Announces 2021 Preseason Media Football Poll". Mid-American Conference. July 20, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Miami (Ohio) Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
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