Miami football has great homefield edge under Mark Richt

The only two home losses Miami has had under Richt were by a combined eight points in 2016. Florida State needed a blocked extra point to secure their victory.

North Carolina took a 20-3 lead over the Hurricanes at halftime in 2016. Miami outscored the Tar Heels 10-0 in the second half but was not able to complete the comeback. Miami’s attendance numbers are often called into question when judging the Hurricanes fan base.

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The Miami football program finished a very respectable 25th in the nation in attendance last season.  They averaged 58,562 fans. The Capacity is somewhere around 65,000 depending on the source.

The Hurricanes were fourth in the ACC in attendance last season. Clemson, Florida State and Virginia Tech were the only teams ahead of them.

Miami has outscored opponents 489 to 234 in 13 home games during the Richt era. That comes out to an average margin of victory of 37.6 to 18 in the past two seasons.

If we take out the games against FCS Florida A&M and Bethune Cookman, that number is still 378 to 218. The average margin of victory against FBS teams averages out to 42 to 24.2.

Narrowed even further to just ACC opponents, Miami has a 247 to 170 edge at home the past two seasons. Miami has been incredibly consistent under Richt at home. They scored 123 points and allowed 89 in 2016. The margin was 124-81 last season.