Notes & Quotes: Miami - Boston College
MIAMI (1-0, 1-0 ACC) 42, BOSTON COLLEGE (0-1, 0-1 ACC) 32ALUMNI STADIUM • CHESTNUT HILL, MASS.SEPT. 1, 2012 • ATTENDANCE: 39,262
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES• Today’s Captains: RB Mike James, QB Stephen Morris, CB Brandon McGee and DE Shayon Green• Weather at Kickof : 72 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind from the E at 14 mph. 61 percent humidity.
TEAM NOTES• Denzel Perryman’s interception return for a touchdown was the i rst for the Hurricanes since Kelvin Cain returned one 59 yards against Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 1, 2011.• With his second-quarter TD run, Duke Johnson’s became the i rst Miami true freshman to start and score in a season-opener since Jacory Harris raced 30-yards against Charleston Southern on Aug. 28, 2008. • Miami is now 57-29-1 all-time in season openers and has won four of the last i ve. The Canes improved to 16-12 in road openers.• UM is now 3-3 when starting the season against an ACC opponent.• Miami now holds a 24-5 advantage in the series against Boston College and a leads 8-3 in Chestnut Hill.• This was only the second time the teams met in the season opener (1993).• It was UM’s i rst win at Boston College since 2001.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES• Today’s Defensive Starters: DE Anthony Chickillo, DT Darius Smith, DT Olsen Pierre, DE Shayon Green, LB Thurston Armbrister, LB Denzel Perryman, LB Ramon Buchanan, CB Brandon McGee, S Kacy Rodgers, S Vaughn Telemaque and CB Thomas Finnie• Today’s Of ensive Starters: WR Allen Hurns, LT Malcolm Bunch, LG Jon Feliciano, C Shane McDermott, RG Brandon Linder, TE Dyron Dye, QB Stephen Morris, RB Duke Johnson, RB Mike James, WR Phillip Dorsett• Making their i rst career starts today: LB Thurston Armbrister, S Kacy Rodgers, CB Thomas Finnie, DL Olsen Pierre, RB Duke Johnson, OT Ereck Flowers and C Shane McDermott• RB Eduardo Clements was the i rst Cane to score in 2012 on a i rst-quarter 1-yard plunge. It was the second career touchdown for the junior. • LB Denzel Perryman (2011 Freshman All-American) returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown to end the i rst quarter. The interception and touchdown were career i rsts for the sophomore.• RB Duke Johnson scored his i rst career touchdown on a 54-yard scamper in the second quarter and added a 56-yard score in the third quarter. He totaled 135 yards for the game, the most by a UM true freshman since Javarris James racked up 148 yards against Houston (Sept. 30, 2006).• WR Allen Hurns recorded a career-high 81 yards in the game.• WR Malcolm Lewis notched a receiving touchdown in his debut, as three of the Canes’ four of ensive touchdowns were scored by true freshmen.• PK Jake Wieclaw connected on both i eld goal attempts and made all i ve PAT tries.• QB Stephen Morris set new career highs with 28 completions and 45 pass attempts in the game. He started the opener for the second time in as many years.
MIAMI POSTGAME QUOTES
Head coach Al Golden
Opening
“I couldn’t be prouder of a group. We are down 14 in theACC, in a terrible environment. You know we were rattled a little bit, dropping balls and off-sides andthings like that and just to hang in there. They did a good job. That was good. You think about where we werelast November against their team and basically their whole team coming back and we lost virtuallyall of ours.’’
“I just said to the coaches these guys did a great job …in 29 practices we did that. A lot of young guys came through for us.’’
On the turning point for Miami
“Maybe Denzel but it was back to even there. It went backand forth I think we traded field goals, I can’t remember maybe field goals. We stayed together and keptplugging.’’
What do you say to them down by 14 points?
“Nothing, if that is not in your team by now you’re introuble – in that environment, down 14 and not just down 14, but a couple drops and down by 14. Obviously, wehad a couple of blown assignments and down 14. They just came right down and did it to us. We havegood leadership on the sideline and good unity on this team. I’ve been saying it all along this teamis strong off the field. I think that showed up today.’’
About the Miami quarterback Stephen Morris
“You think about the drops, we must have had seven drops.That might be on the low side. We’ll get through that, we’ll fix that. He threw the ball really well.It thought he had great command. You think about where he was a year ago today and where he is today.He’s our unquestioned leader right now. He had poise the whole game.”
WR Allen Hurns
On the style of offense used today…
“We just wanted to go out there and put pressure on theirdefense and take advantage of whatever they gave us.”
On the multiple dropped passes today and whether he couldcalm the other receivers down …
“I had a drop myself, as a group we push each other verymuch so we started getting on each other to elevate our game. Stephen gave us confidence as well bygoing right back to us after a drop.”
Comparing the team the previous two seasons to this one…“Wehave more unity, we dropped down 14-0 and everyone was still pushing each otherand with each other. The receivers had drops but the offensive line keptsaying “we are with you guys.”
OL Shane McDermott
On QB Stephen Morris…
“Stephen did a great job today, he took control of thehuddle, read the defense perfectly, and did a great job leading us. We’re really looking forward to the nextgame.”
On being down 14-0 early in the game…
“We weren’t worried on the sideline, we just kept saying to“bunker down” and we just needed to get going.”
On Perryman’s interception…
Any interception is huge in any game, our defense certainlygave us a lot of opportunities to get into the end zone.
WR Phillip Dorsett
On Stephen Morris’ play…
“Stephen has matured this off-season, we have seen all theleadership traits in him and we knew he would eventually take control of the game. We had a game plan setup for him and he stuck with it and we ended up coming out with a win.”
On Duke Johnson’s impact in the game…
“His play was a huge momentum boost, without those two bigruns who knows what would have happened to the outcome of that game. He has shown flasheslike that out in practice every day so we knew he was going to have a great game.”
