Hurricanes Offense Sharp in First Full Scrimmage
Aug. 13, 2003
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami football team concluded its first full scrimmage of fall practice on Wednesday afternoon at the Greentree Practice Facility with quarterbacks Brock Berlin and Derrick Crudup both throwing for more than 100 yards.
Crudup completed 8-of-12 passes for 152 yards and one touchdown, while Berlin was 10-of-14 for 132 yards. As a group, Miami quarterbacks completed 21-of-33 passes for 332 yards and one touchdown.
“This is what we needed,” Hurricanes head coach Larry Coker said. “We actually got to play the game today, and we saw a lot of good things, and we saw a lot of flaws. I think we moved the ball pretty well on offense, and I think both of our top two quarterbacks played well. We had a muffed snap and a couple of turnovers that were big.”
Ryan Moore led the Hurricanes’ receiving corps with three catches for 56 yards, including a 35-yard leaping grab along the sideline that set up a Mark Gent 21-yard field goal. Freshman fullback Jon Beason also caught three passes for 46 yards that included a 29-yard touchdown catch from Crudup.
“Ryan Moore came up big and made some nice plays,” Coker said. “But we expect that from him, he has to do that for us for us to be a good team. Jon Beason looks good on both sides of the ball. He’s an outstanding young man, and he’s an outstanding football player. He’s tough and he has skills.”
Frank Gore carried eight times for 33 yards with a scrimmage-long 18-yard gain. Freshman Tyrone Moss led the way with 48 yards on 11 carries, while Jarrett Payton carried five times for 17 yards and the Hurricanes’ only rushing touchdown on an eight-yard run.
Antrel Rolle, Leon Williams, Tavares Gooden and Glenn Cook paced the Hurricanes defensively with five tackles each.
“The defense was able to hang in there,” Coker said. “Obviously, we had some people out on the defensive side of the ball that we missed, and we no doubt need to get them back healthy.”
On special teams, Gent was 2-for-4 on field goal attempts, hitting on kicks of 21 and 27 yards. He missed on kicks of 44 and 33 yards. Freshman punter Brian Monroe punted twice for a 44.5-yard average.
Today’s scrimmage was the Hurricanes’ final practice that was open to the public. They will return to the field on Thursday for a 3:30 p.m. practice.
For UM football ticket information, please call 1-800-GO-CANES. The Hurricanes are set to open the season on Aug. 28 against Louisiana Tech in Shreveport. La. UM then returns home to face the Florida Gators on Sept. 6.
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OFFENSIVE STATS
TEAM STATISTICS:RUSHING: 36 carries, 116 yards, 3.2 avg., TDPASSING: 21-33, 332 yards, TDTOTAL: 69 plays, 448 yards, 6.5 yards per play
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:PASSING: C-A PCT. YDS LONG TD INTDerrick Crudup 8-12 .667 152 52 1 0Brock Berlin 10-14 .714 132 35 0 0Marc Guillon 2-5 .400 37 26 0 0Kyle Wright 1-2 .500 11 11 0 0Totals 21-33 .636 332 52 1 0
RUSHING: ATT YARDS AVG. TD LONGTyrone Moss 11 48 4.4 0 15Frank Gore 8 33 4.1 0 18Jarrett Payton 5 17 3.4 1 9Jeff Malley 3 14 4.7 0 14Quadtrine Hill 2 10 5.0 0 9Jon Beason 1 9 9.0 0 9Marc Guillon 1 0 0.0 0 0Brock Berlin 2 -2 0.0 0 0Kyle Wright 1 -5 0.0 0 0Derrick Crudup 2 -8 0.0 0 1Totals 36 116 3.2 1 18
RECEIVING: REC YARDS AVG. TD LONGRyan Moore 3 56 18.7 0 35Jon Beason 3 46 15.3 1 29TKevin Beard 2 36 18.0 0 24Frank Gore 2 23 11.5 0 12Kevin Everett 2 22 11.0 0 13Quadtrine Hill 2 15 7.5 0 8Kellen Winslow 2 14 7.0 0 8Akieem Jolla 1 52 52.0 0 52Darnell Jenkins 1 30 30.0 0 30Devin Hester 1 26 26.0 0 26Jeff Malley 1 11 11.0 0 11Tyrone Moss 1 1 1.0 0 1Totals 21 332 15.8 1 52
KICKING: FGM FGA PCT. Field GoalsMark Gent 2 4 .500 21G, 27G, 44, 33
PUNTING NO YDS AVG.Brian Monroe 2 89 44.5
