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| The No.
1-ranked Hurricanes’ dream of a second consecutive national
championship and an unprecedented fifth title in ten years
ended with a 34-13 defeat at the hands of No. 2-ranked Alabama.
The game marked the first time that the No. 1 and 2 teams
met in a bowl game since the 1987 season when No. 2 Miami
defeated No. 1 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl and was Miami’s
10th consecutive New Years’ Day bowl game. An ABC national-television
audience (the most watched college football game of the year
with a 18.2 Nielsen rating) and a raucous Louisiana Superdome
crowd of 76,789 saw the two teams with the longest current
win streaks (Miami 29, Alabama 22) in college football. Gino
Torretta set a UM bowl record with 56 pass attempts. He threw
for 278 yards on 24-of-56 passing, but had no TDs and three
interceptions. The lone bright spot in the second half for
Miami was Kevin Williams’ USF&G Sugar Bowl record
78-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
The loss dropped the Hurricanes to a final No. 3 ranking,
the seventh straight year Miami finished in the Top 3 nationally. |
|
 |
| Passing |
| Name |
Completion's |
Attempts |
Completion
Perc. |
Yards |
Touchdowns |
Interceptions |
| G.
Torretta |
25 |
56 |
43 |
278 |
0 |
3 |
| Rushing |
| Name |
Attempts |
Yards |
Average |
|
Touchdowns |
Long |
| D.
Bennett |
5 |
28 |
5.6 |
|
0 |
16 |
| L.
Jones |
3 |
26 |
8.7 |
|
0 |
13 |
| S.
McGuire |
4 |
1 |
0.3 |
|
0 |
4 |
| G.
Torretta |
5 |
1 |
0.2 |
|
0 |
15 |
| K.
William's |
1 |
-8 |
-8 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Receiving |
| Name |
Receptions |
Yards |
Average
|
|
Touchdowns |
Long |
| L.
Thomas |
6 |
52 |
8.7 |
|
0 |
18 |
| D.
Bennett |
4 |
17 |
4.3 |
|
0 |
7 |
| C.
Jones |
3 |
64 |
21.3 |
|
0 |
40 |
| K.
William's |
3 |
49 |
16.3 |
|
0 |
34 |
| H.
Copeland |
2 |
21 |
10.5 |
|
0 |
16 |
| J.
Harris |
2 |
16 |
8.0 |
|
0 |
10 |
| Bell |
1 |
34 |
34.0 |
|
0 |
34 |
| Kirkeide |
1 |
14 |
14.0 |
|
0 |
14 |
| Spencer |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
|
0 |
8 |
|
|
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