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The Top 100 FSU Football plays: No. 62— Jessie Hester stuns defending champs Miami on a reverse

Date: September 22, 1984

Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Coral Gables, Florida

Opponent: Miami Hurricanes

The Miami Hurricanes entered the 1984 season with huge expectations, having won the national championship the previous year. Pressure was on first year head coach Jimmie Johnson to continue the success that Miami had experienced in years past.

The beginning to the Hurricanes’ season went as well as one could hope for. The ’Canes knocked off No. 1 Auburn in the season opener, defeated No. 17 Florida down in Tampa, but fell to No.