GAME 9 - NOV. 1, 2008 MIAMI VS. VIRGINIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001 Sports Media Relations/Contacts: Mark Pray, Kerwin Lonzo-Main Football Contact ([email protected]), Rob Dunning Sports Information Office, University of Miami, 5821 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 (305) 284-3244, (305) 284-2807 FAX, www.hurricanesports.com MIAMI (5-3, 2-2 ACC Coastal) GAME Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Aug. 28 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN ESPN360.com W, 52-7 Sept. 6 at (7) Florida ESPN L, 3-26 9 Sept. 20 at Texas A&M ABC W, 41-23 Sept. 27 (22) NORTH CAROLINA* ESPN2 L, 24-28 MIAMI VIRGINIA Oct. 4 (16) FLORIDA STATE* ABC/ESPN2 L, 39-41 HURRICANES CAVALIERS Oct. 11 UCF ESPNU W, 20-14 5-3 OVERALL, 2-2 ACC COASTAL 5-3 OVERALL, 3-1 ACC COASTAL Oct. 18 at Duke* ESPNU W, 49-31 Oct. 25 WAKE FOREST* ESPNU W, 16-10 Date: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 (play by play), Don Bailey Jr. (analysis) and Brian Nov. 1 at Virginia* Raycom Noon Location: Scott Stadium - (Natural Grass), (61,500) London (sideline reporter). Fans can also listen online Nov. 13 VIRGINIA TECH* ESPN 7:30 p.m. in Charlottesville, Va. at www.wqam.com. Nov. 20 at Georgia Tech* ESPN 7:30 p.m. Kickoff: Noon (ET) Radio En Espanol: The game will broadcast in Nov. 29 at NC State* TBA TV: The game will be broadcast regionally on Raycom Spanish on 1450 ESPN Deportes (1450 AM) with Joe *ACC game; all times Eastern; Coaches poll rankings in () Sports with Steve Martin (play by play) and Rick “Doc” Pujala (play by play) and Joe Martinez (analysis). Walker (color analyst). Websites: Miami (www.hurricanesports.com) and VIRGINIA (5-3, 3-1 ACC Coastal) Tape Delay Telecast: On CSS, Tuesday Nov. 4 at 1 Virginia (www.virginiasports.com) Date Opponent Time/Result p.m. and 7 p.m., with announcers Jason Solodkin Aug. 30 USC L, 7-52 (play-by-play) and K.C. Jones (color). Sept. 6 RICHMOND W, 16-0 Local Radio: The Hurricanes Radio Network (WQAM Sept. 13 at UConn L, 10-45 560 AM) will carry the game live with Joe Zagacki Sept. 27 at Duke* L, 3-31 THE GAME Oct. 4 MARYLAND* W, 31-0 Oct. 11 EAST CAROLINA W, 35-20 Miami hits the road for its first of three road games in the month of November when the Hurricanes Oct. 18 NORTH CAROLINA* W, 16-13 (OT) travel to Charlottesville, Va. to take on ACC Coastal Divisional leader Virginia. Kickoff is scheduled for Oct. 25 at Georgia Tech* W, 24-17 noon at Scott Stadium. The game will be televised on Raycom Sports. Nov. 1 MIAMI* Noon The Hurricanes are coming off a 16-10 win over Wake Forest to run their winning streak to three Nov. 8 at Wake Forest* TBA games. Redshirt freshman quarterback Robert Marve accounted for 209 of the 296 yards gained on Nov. 22 CLEMSON* TBA offense in the win. He completed 11-of-20 passes for 153 yards and ran nine times for 56 yards with Nov. 29 at Virginia Tech* TBA first career rushing touchdown. He was named ACC Rookie of the Week Monday. *ACC game; all times Eastern Marve became the eighth different freshmen to score a touchdown for Miami this season and 17th 2008 STATISTICAL COMPARISON different Hurricane overall. Offense Miami Virginia Sophomore kicker Matt Bosher connected on three field goals against the Demon Deacons includ- Scoring 244 142 ing a career-long 52-yarder. He has made eight field goals in a row and is 12-of-13 on the season. He Points per game 30.5 17.8 is a perfect 28-of-28 in PATs. First Downs 129 148 Defensively, senior linebacker Glenn Cook leads the team with 50 total tackles which includes a Rush-pass-pen 52-69-8 48-90-10 Total offense 2451 2533 team-best seven tackles for loss. Safety Anthony Reddick has 49 tackles while linebacker Darryl Average per play 4.9 4.7 Sharpton has 45 tackles on the season. Average per game 306.4 316.6 In four ACC games, UM has been tough to stop offensively. The Hurricanes lead the ACC in scor- Rushing yards 1014 851 ing offense with 32.0 points per game. The Hurricanes are 38th nationally in scoring offense (30.5 Yards per rush 4.0 3.5 points per game). The Hurricanes did not allow a score in the second half against the Demon Deacons Yards per game 126.8 106.4 Passing yards 1437 1682 and have allowed just 14 points in the second half of the last two games. Pass att.-cmp.-int. 249-142-12 299-187-13 Yards per pass 5.8 5.6 THE OPPONENT Yards per catch 10.1 9.0 Virginia (5-3, 3-1 ACC Coastal) won on the road at No. 17 Georgia Tech, 24-17, to extend its win- Yards per game 179.6 210.2 ning streak to four games. The Cavaliers have rattled off wins against Maryland, East Carolina, North Completion pct. 57.0 62.5 Carolina and the Yellow Jackets after dropping its first and only Atlantic Coast Conference game to Defense Duke on the road. Total points allowed 180 178 Points per game 22.5 22.2 Junior quarterback Marc Verica threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns against Georgia Tech. First downs allowed 128 147 Verica is completing 67 percent of his passes. He has thrown for 1,281 yards. RB Cedric Peerman Rush-pass-pen 56-54-18 65-73-9 has rushed for 541 yards and seven touchdowns on 95 attempts. Total offense allowed 2264 2694 Yards per game 283.0 336.8 DID YOU KNOW? Rushing yards allowed 911 1183 Of the 23 seniors on this year's squad, 13 have already earned degrees, while the remaining 10 are all on course Yards per carry 3.0 3.8 to graduate either in December of 2008 or May of 2009. Yards per game 113.9 147.9 Passing yards allowed 1353 1511 Last spring, the NCAA released its annual Academic Progress Report (APR) and the Hurricane football team Pass att.-cmp.-int. 223-108-3 223-131-9 scored a 969, the eighth-highest mark out of the 119 Bowl Sub-division football programs. Miami's score - also the Yards per pass 6.1 6.8 third-highest mark in the 12-team Atlantic Coast Conference - put the team in the 80th-90th percentile nationally Yards per catch 12.5 11.5 based on its performance in the classroom. Yards per game 169.1 188.9 Running back Graig Cooper (6 TDs) has the most touchdowns in a single season at UM since Tyrone Moss and Sinorice Moss scored 12 and six touchdowns respectively in 2005. GAME 9 - NOV. 1, 2008 MIAMI VS.VIRGINIA 2008 GAME NOTES VIRGINIA WEEK Linebacker Jon Copper leads the team with 67 tackles while Clint Sintim has 49 tackles and a team- MEDIA SCHEDULE high 9.5 sacks. Covering the Hurricanes THE COACHES For the Virginia game, players are available up to the end of practice on Wednesday. Interviews with players Randy Shannon is 10-10 overall and is in his second season at Miami. Virginia’s Al Groh is 56-40 in and coaches must be arranged at least 24 hours in his eighth season with the Cavaliers. advance. Practices are open to the media from the start through stretch. Head coach Randy Shannon will THE SERIES address the media following each practice. This will be only the sixth game between the two schools, with Miami holding a 3-2 lead in the series. Virginia has won the last two meetings over the Hurricanes - a 17-7 win in Charlottesville in 2006 and a Note the changes in this week’s schedule. 48-0 win in Miami last season. Monday Players day off. Tuesday HURRICANES EXCELLING IN THE CLASS ROOM Weekly Press Conference — 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Miami's APR score in 2008 was a slight improvement over its mark of 966 in 2007 when the team was the Edgerrin James Team Meeting Room. Coach ranked 10th nationally in academic success. Shannon conducts a weekly press conference at Of the 23 seniors on this year's squad, 13 have already earned degrees, while the remaining 10 are all 11:30 and is followed by selected players including on course to graduate either in December of 2008 or May of 2009. quarterbacks from Noon to 1 p.m. Practice — 2:45 p.m. at Greentree Practice Fields. Players and coaches are available after practice. The 13 players that have already earned degrees include: Carlos Armour (Sports Administration), Tyrone Byrd (Liberal Arts), Glenn Cook (Marketing and Business Management, Sports Management mas- Wednesday ter's candidate), Romeo Davis (Liberal Arts), Dwayne Hendricks (Business Management), Khalil Jones ACC Teleconference Call (Contact UM Media (Sports Administration), Joe Joseph (Sports Administration), Eric Moncur (Liberal Arts), Anthony Reddick Relations for the phone number) (Liberal Arts), Chris Rutledge (Liberal Arts), Xavier Shannon (Enrollment Management master's candi- 10:30 Jim Grobe, Wake Forest date), Derron Thomas (Sports Administration) and Chris Zellner (Geography). 10:40 Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech 10:50 Al Groh, Virginia Last season, Miami had 12 early graduates - the second-highest total nationally behind fellow ACC 11:00 Tom O’Brien, North Carolina State member Boston College and in 2006, Miami had an ACC-high eight players named to the All-ACC 11:10 Butch Davis, North Carolina Academic Football Team.