On June 21, 1996, Miami football players broke into the apartment of the captain of Miami's track team and struck him repeatedly. In response, Head Coach Butch Davis suspended three key players for the coming 1996 season. Davis also suspended two other players who were involved in separate violent incidents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008584/1/index.htm|title=Though Love: Coach Butch Davis aims to save Miami football no matter how many players he has to suspend|first=William |last=Nack|date=August 19, 1996|accessdate=December 29, 2012|work=Sports Illustrated}}</ref>
The 2005 football season also fell in controversy when it was reported several Miami football players had recorded a rap song in 2004 that contained lewd sexual references.<ref>[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ujKxpAvLKg Retrieved December 29, 2012.]</ref><ref name=floorcrew>{{cite web|url=http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2007/04/30/panthers-bears-draft-7th-floor-crew-members/|title=Panthers, Bears Draft 7th Floor Crew Members – NFL FanHouse|accessdate=December 29, 2012}}</ref> Following the negative national publicity, the University issued a statement condemning the lyrics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jones/051118/crew|title=Nothing Shocking About 'Crew'|date=2005-11-18|accessdate =December 29, 2012}}</ref> However, the program maintains a relationship with Luther Campbell, lead singer of the rap group 2 Live Crew, which is known for its vulgarity.
The 2006 season included an on-field brawl with the Florida International football team and the shooting death of UM defensive tackle Bryan Pata.