The first of two College Football Playoff semifinal games was played Thursday night at the Fiesta Bowl, with 10th-seeded Miami defeating sixth-seeded Ole Miss 31-27 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, to clinch a berth in the national championship game.
The Hurricanes once again took the field in their all-white road uniforms, the same combination they wore in their 10-3 win at Texas A&M in the first round of the playoff and their 24-14 victory over Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. Miami improved to 5-0 in the all-white look this season, while finishing 1-0 in green pants and 0-1 in orange pants on the road.
The Rebels, meanwhile, wore their third different uniform design of the postseason, taking the field in powder blue helmets and jerseys over white pants. Ole Miss had previously worn navy blue helmets and jerseys over gray pants in their 41-10 first-round win over Tulane, followed by an all-white look, including Realtree camouflage helmets, in their 39-34 Sugar Bowl victory over Georgia.
This marked just the fourth all-time meeting between Miami and Ole Miss, and their first postseason matchup as well as their first game outside of South Florida. The Rebels entered the night holding a 2-1 edge in the series with wins in 1936 and 1940, while the Hurricanes’ lone prior victory came in 1951. Miami’s win Thursday night evened the all-time series at two games apiece.
Ole Miss was making its first-ever appearance in the Fiesta Bowl, while Miami was playing in the Valley of the Sun for the fifth time, having previously gone 0-4 in the game. Those losses came against UCLA in 1984-85, Penn State in 1986-87, Arizona in 1993-94 and Ohio State in the 2002-03 BCS National Championship Game, which ended Miami’s 34-game winning streak.
As for the field design, it featured the Fiesta Bowl logo at midfield, with a Vrbo advertisement and a College Football Playoff semifinal wordmark placed at the 25-yard lines. The Hurricanes’ end zone was green with an orange “Miami” wordmark outlined in white, while the Rebels’ end zone was navy blue with a red “Ole Miss” wordmark outlined in white. Both end zones also featured the College Football Playoff logo positioned to the left of each wordmark, sitting on opposite corners of the field.
Miami now advances to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, while attention shifts to the second semifinal matchup, with top-seeded Indiana set to face fifth-seeded Oregon in the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Friday night.
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