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Miami Hurricanes © |
Temple Owls |
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Played October 21, 2000 at Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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T |
PCT |
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| Temple | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
| Miami, FLA © | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Miami, FLA |
7 |
21 |
3 |
14 |
45 |
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Temple |
3 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
The 4th ranked, 4-1 Miami Hurricanes of coach Butch Davis traveled to Philadelphia to meet the 4-3 Temple Owls of coach Bobby Wallace. Miami took a 28-10 lead to halftime on their way to a 45-17 victory over the undermanned Owls. The Owls took an early 3-0 lead when PK Cap Poklemba hit a field goal from 42 yards, as the Hurricane offense seemed sluggish after their big win over Florida State & a week off. Miami's All-American WR Santana Moss jump-started the Hurricanes with a 71-yard punt return for a touchdown. Hurricanes' All-Big East QB Ken Dorsey threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to RB D.J. Williams early in the 2nd quarter but Temple kept the game close at 14-10 when DE Raheem Brock recovered a fumble in the end zone. Miami next drive took just 1 play as Dorsey connected with Moss for a 67-yard touchdown pass & the Hurricanes never looked back. Miami's RB Najeh Davenport added a 1-yard touchdown run giving the Hurricanes a 28-10 halftime lead. Miami's PK Todd Sievers kicked a 24-yard field goal for the only points of the 3rd quarter. Hurricanes' RB James Jackson scored on a 4-yard touchdown run before Miami's All-Big East S Ed Reed returned an interception 27 yards for the Hurricanes final points. Owls' RB Harold Jackson closed the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run with 0:10 left in the game. Dorsey threw for 193 yards with 2 touchdowns as well as his first interception of the season, Moss finished with 4 catches for 96 yards with a touchdown as well as the return score. Temple's RB Tanardo Sharps, the Big East’s leading rusher, was held to 37 yards on 14 carries & QB Devin Scott threw for 129 yards with an interception. Miami finished 11-1; Big East Champions, ranked 2nd nationally in Davis’ final season while the Owls finished 4-7. Temple would play for The Belt again in 2001.
