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West Virginia Mountaineers |
Miami Hurricanes © |
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Played October 25, 2001 at the Orange Bowl Miami, Florida |
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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 |
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PCT |
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T |
PCT |
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| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
| Miami, FLA © | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 |
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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West Virginia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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Miami, FLA |
3 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
45 |
The top-ranked, 5-0 Miami Hurricanes of coach Larry Coker welcomed the 2-4 West Virginia Mountaineers of first-year coach Rich Rodriguez to the rain-soaked Orange Bowl. The Hurricanes defense was the dominant unit in the game as they held the Mountaineers to 72 yards passing with 5 sacks & 4 interceptions as well as recovering 2 fumbles in the 45-3 Miami win. The offense continued to roll as All-Big East QB Ken Dorsey threw for 192 yards with 2 touchdowns & RB Frank Gore rushed for 124 yards with 2 touchdowns on only 6 carries. The teams traded field goals in the opening quarter with Miami's All-Big East PK Todd Sievers converting a 32-yard attempt while Mountaineers' PK Brenden Rauh kicked a 26-yard field goal. The rest of the game was dominated by the Hurricanes. Dorsey connected with All-Big East TE Jeremy Shockey on a 6-yard touchdown pass & on West Virginia's next drive, Miami's LB D.J. Williams hit West Virginia's QB Derek Jones causing the quarterback's pass to float across the middle of the field. Hurricanes' S James Lewis intercepted the pass & raced 74 yards for another score. Gore broke loose for a 45-yard score in the 3rd quarter & a 49-yard touchdown run in the 4th quarter. Miami's other scores came on a 4-yard touchdown run from All-Big East RB Clinton Portis & a 14-yard pass from Dorsey to WR Andre Johnson. Miami’s All-American S Ed Reed had 2 interceptions for the 2nd game in a row & recovered 1 of the Mountaineers’ fumbles. West Virginia's RB Avon Cobourne rushed for 95 yards in the 1st half & finished with 132 yards for the game while Jones threw for just 42 yards while being intercepted 4 times. Miami finished the season 12-0; Big East & National Champions while the Mountaineers finished 3-8. West Virginia would play for The Belt again in 2002.
