Hurricanes Impress at Scrimmage
Aug. 14, 1999
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami football team participated in a100-play, pre-season scrimmage in front of an estimated 1,500 specatators atthe Cobb Stadium Saturday morning on the UM campus.
Head Coach Butch Davis came away from the scrimmage pleased with theHurricanes’ performance at the workout. In particular, Davis pointed outthe play of quarterbacks Kenny Kelly and Ken Dorsey as well as the teamdefense.
“This was probably the most encouraging scrimmage that I have had in thefive years that we’ve been here as a coaching staff,” said Davis. “Ithought there were plenty of positives. Kenny Kelly and Ken Dorsey hadoutstanding scrimmages from the standpoint of being able to come out thereand really make some plays. I thought the defense was excellent at times.When they cranked it up they were really tough to move the ball on.”
Kicker Andy Crosland opened the scoring with back-to-back field goals.
Freshman quarterback Ken Dorsey lofted a 65 yard pass to freshman receiverAndre Johnson to record the contest’s first touchdown eight series later.Junior running back James Jackson’s followed with a four-yard scramble forthe game’s second TD. Dorsey later found sophomore tight end Dan Smith fora seven-yard toss pass the goal line.
Dorsey finished the scrimmage.14-18 for 236 yards and two touchdowns to leadthe five Hurricane quarterbacks who saw action. Kelly was 6-15 with 65yards with the first team.
Sophomore running back Najeh Davenport managed 77 yards on 13 carries tolead the team in rushing. Freshman tailback Clinton Portis followed thateffort with eight rushes for 42 yards.
Freshman Troy Prasek threw the scrimmage’s final touchdown when he connectedwith Kevin Beard with a 75 yard bomb. Beard, a freshman, totaled fivecatches for 117 yards.
Miami receivers tallied 26 catches for 401 yards, led by Andre Johnson’s 126yards on three receptions. Redshort freshman Ethenic Sands had fourreceptions for 50 yards
Defensively, junior linebacker Jevon Rhodes, freshman defensive end JimWilson and senior defensive end Matt Sweeney all registered quarterbacksacks. Junior linebacker Dan Morgan registered five total tackles to leadall defenders.
OFFENSIVE STATS
TEAM STATISTICS:
RUSHING: 51 attempts, 133 yards, 1 TDPASSING: 26-46 (.565), 401 yards, 3 TD
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:
PASSING: C- A PCT. YDS LONG TD INTKen Dorsey 14-18 .778 236 75t 2 0Troy Prasek 2- 3 .667 70 65t 1 0Kenny Kelly 6-15 .400 65 18 0 0Anthony Fisher 2- 3 .667 27 18 0 0Zachary Hart 2- 7 .286 3 3 0 0Totals 26-46 .565 401 75 t3 0
RUSHING: ATT YARDS AVG. TD LONGNajeh Davenport 13 77 5.9 0 22Clinton Portis 8 42 5.3 0 28Jarrett Payton 6 28 4.7 0 15Derryl Williams 3 14 4.7 0 13James Jackson 8 5 0.6 1 4tBjorn Moncur 4 2 0.5 0 7Kenny Kelly 1 -2 0.0 0 0Anthony Fisher 2 -7 0.0 0 0Ken Dorsey 3 -10 0.0 0 0Zachary Hart 3 -16 0.0 0 0Totals 51 133 2.6 1 28
RECEIVING: REC YARDS AVG. TD LONG Kevin Beard 5 117 23.4 1 65tEthnic Sands 4 50 12.5 0 20Andre Johnson 3 126 42.0 1 75tAndre King 3 42 14.0 0 28Dan Smith 3 18 6.0 1 10Ivan Mercer 2 25 12.5 0 15James Jackson 2 13 6.5 0 13Mondriel Fulcher 2 10 5.0 0 10Najeh Davenport 1 3 3.0 0 3Clinton Portis 1 -3 0.0 0 0Totals 26 401 15.4 3 75t
KICKING: FGM FGA PCT.Andy Crosland 2 2 1.000 37G, 27GTodd Sievers 0 1 .000 41N
PUNTING: NO. YDS AVGAndy Crosland 4 168 42.0Freddy Capshaw 3 129 43.0Jesse Ohliger 2 97 48.5
SCORING RECAPS:Crosland: 37-yard FG (9 plays, 50 yards, Kelly QB)Crosland: 27-yard FG (6 plays, 59 yards, Dorsey QB)A. Johnson: 75-yard pass from Dorsey (2 plays, 70 yards, Dorsey QB), No extra pointJackson: 4-yard run (9 plays, 70 yards, Kelly QB), Crosland kickSmith: 7-yard pass from Dorsey (14 plays, 70 yards, Dorsey QB), Sievers kickBeard: 65-yard pass from Prasek (6 plays, 70 yards, Prasek QB), No extra point
TOTAL PLAYS – 100TOTAL YARDS – 534YARDS PER PLAY – 5.3
