Miami vs. Boston College
Nov. 10, 2001
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CLINTON PORTIS’ DAY
Junior tailback Clinton Portis rushed for 160 yards on 36 carries today, the11th 100+-yard rushing performance of his Miami career and his fifth of the2001 season. Portis’s previous career high was a 164-yard performanceearlier this season at Penn State. The 36 carries is also a career-high forPortis and ranks as the second-most in Miami history, ranking only behind apair of 39-rush days by Edgerrin James vs. UCLA in 1998 and Ottis Andersonvs. Florida in 1978.
BIG DAY FOR SIEVERS
Junior placekicker Todd Sievers kicked four field goals in today’s game.That production upped his season totals to an impressive 16-of-18. Sievers,who has made his last seven attempts of the season, moves into 7th ahead ofDanny Miller on the field goals made in a season list. Miller made 15 in1980. The record is 21 field goals by Carlos Huerta in 1988.
SIEVERS MOVES UP CAREER FIELD GOALS CHART
Junior placekicker Todd Sievers made four field goals today to up his careertotal of field goals made to 27. That moved him into 7th on the Miamicareer list ahead of Jeff Davis (1980-83). Chris Dennis (1974-77) is sixthwith 31 field goals made. Sievers’ 47-yarder in the fourth quarter is hiscareer-long at UM, the previous being a 44-yarder against Florida in the2001 Nokia Sugar Bowl. Sievers, who also made a 43-yarder today, made aprevious long of the 2001 season with a 42-yarder at Penn State in theseason opener on Sept. 1.
TOUGH DAY FOR DORSEY
Despite having a respectable passing yardage day, junior quarterback KenDorsey set a dubious career mark today with four interceptions, the most hehas thrown in a single game as a Miami Hurricane. Dorsey’s previousinterception-high was a three-interception day suffered in a 42-31 win overLouisiana Tech last on Oct. 28, 2000. With the 4 interceptions today,Dorsey has thrown 15 interceptions in his Miami career against aschool-record 50 touchdowns.
DORSEY MOVES UP CAREER PASSING YARDS LIST
With 222 yards passing today, Ken Dorsey moved into 6th place on the Miamicareer passing yards list with 5,548 yards. Dorsey passed Steve Walsh(1986-88) who passed for 5,369 yards in his UM career. Bernie Kosar(1983-84) is next in Dorsey’s sights on the passing yards list with 5,971yards.
MORE DORSEY NOTES
Junior quarterback Ken Dorsey threw for 222 yards today, his 18th outing of200+ passing yards as a Hurricane…Dorsey was held without a touchdown forthe first time as a starter at Miami, a span of 23 games…Dorsey’s onlyother appearances without a TD pass before today were a brief appearanceagainst Pittsburgh in 1999 and a relief appearance at Virginia Tech in 1999.
SCORELESS FIRST QUARTER A RARITY FOR MIAMI
The Hurricanes were held without a point in the first period today, scoringtheir first points on a Todd Sievers field goal on the first play of thesecond quarter. The futile first quarter is the first time this season thatUM has been held scoreless in a first quarter of a game and is only thethird time this season that UM has failed to score in a quarter of play (3scoreless periods in 30 quarters of action).
MIAMI DEFENSIVE SCORELESS STREAK ENDS
Until BC scored a touchdown on a 9-yard pass from Brian St. Pierre to SeanRyan with 5:50 left in the third period, Miami’s defense had not allowed ascore of any kind since a 26-yard field goal by Brendan Rauh of WestVirginia with 17 seconds remaining in the first quarter of UM’s 45-3 win onOct. 27 at the Orange Bowl. The score by BC ended a span of 1 hour, 43minutes, 27 seconds of game time that the UM defense had gone withoutallowing a point. The touchdown was the first allowed by the UM defensesince the third quarter of the 49-27 win at Florida State on Oct. 14 inTallahassee. That play, a 57-yard pass from Chris Rix to Talman Gardner,came with 9:56 remaining in the third quarter. Miami went 2 hours, 8minutes, 23 seconds of playing time before allowing another touchdown.
PREVIOUS TIME UM DID NOT SCORE AN OFFENSIVE TD IN A GAME
Miami failed to score an offensive touchdown today for the first time sincea 47-0 loss at Florida State on Oct. 4, 1997, a span of 52 games. Prior tothe first half today, Miami had not been held without a touchdown for a halfsince the second half of the Syracuse game of last season on Nov. 18, 2000.Miami led, 23-0, at the half of that contest on the way to a 26-0 victorybut scored only a fourth-period field goal in the second half against theOrangemen. The last time UM did not score a TD in an opening half was inthe loss at Washington on Sept. 9, 2000. Miami trailed, 21-3, at halftimeof that game and eventually fell, 34-29, in their most recent loss.
MIAMI MISCELLANY…
The Hurricanes wore all-white uniforms today with orange and green trim.Since the advent of their current uniforms in 2000, today’s game is only thesecond contest in which the Hurricanes have worn all-white. In the previousall-white appearance, Miami defeated West Virginia, 47-10, at Morgantown onSept. 23, 2000…Today’s 18 points by UM is the lowest UM points total sincescoring 10 in a 43-10 loss at Virginia Tech on Nov. 13, 1999.
