The 1984 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 59th season of football. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Jimmy Johnson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 8–5 overall. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they lost to UCLA, 39–37.

The Hurricanes were the defending national champions from the 1983 college football season. Having defeated number one ranked Auburn, and then Florida, they rose to be ranked number one before their game at Michigan. They remained in the top ten after that loss. They lost again to Florida State. They beat a ranked Notre Dame team in South Bend to return to the top 10. The Hurricanes earned three more wins, but then suffered two of the most notable losses in college football history.

On November 10, at the Miami Orange Bowl, Maryland defeated the Hurricanes with the largest comeback in college football history.^[2] Down 31–0 at halftime, Frank Reich, who had been injured, came off the bench and led the comeback. At the start of the third quarter, Reich led the Terrapins on multiple scoring drives. Three touchdowns in the third quarter and a fourth at the start of the final quarter turned what was a blowout into a close game. Maryland completed a 42–9 second half, and won 42–40.^[3]

Two weeks later at the Orange Bowl stadium, the Hurricanes faced the Boston College Eagles in a nationally televised game that has become known as "Hail Flutie". It has been regarded by FOX Sports writer Kevin Hench as among the most memorable moments in sports.^[4] The game is most notable for a last-second Hail Mary pass from quarterback Doug Flutie to wide receiver Gerard Phelan to give Boston College the win.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 27	9:00 pm	vs. No. 1 Auburn	No. 10	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic)	KATZ	W 20–18	51,131	[5]
September 1	7:30 pm	vs. No. 17 Florida	No. 10	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 32–20	72,813	[6]
September 8	1:00 pm	at No. 14 Michigan	No. 1	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	KATZ	L 14–22	105,403	[7]
September 15	2:30 pm	at Purdue	No. 5	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 28–17	56,716
September 22	3:30 pm	No. 15 Florida State	No. 4	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 3–38	60,210
September 29	7:00 pm	Rice	No. 16	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 38–3	20,084
October 6	7:30 pm	at No. 16 Notre Dame	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	ESPN	W 31–13	59,075
October 13		at Cincinnati	No. 10	Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati, OH	KATZ	W 49–25	25,642
October 20	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	No. 9	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 27–7	32,872
November 3	12:30 pm	at Louisville	No. 6	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY (rivalry)		W 38–23	20,113
November 10	12:00 pm	Maryland	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	JP	L 40–42	31,548	[8]
November 23	2:30 pm	No. 10 Boston College	No. 12	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	CBS	L 45–47	30,325
January 1	1:30 pm	vs. No. 14 UCLA	No. 13	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 37–39	60,310
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Bernie Kosar 21/38, 329 Yds, 2 TD
• Alonzo Highsmith 21 Rush, 140 Yds
• Eddie Brown 8, Rec 157 Yds

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• Bernie Kosar 25/33, 300 Yds
• Willie Smith 11 Rec, 152 Yds

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• Kosar 22/36, 330 Yds
• Highsmith 18 Rush, 100 Yds
• Smith 10 Rec, 124 Yds
• Brown 5 Rec, 113 Yds

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Other: LB #45 George Mira Jr. (FR)