MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Van Dyke’s initial go of the yr resulted in the to start with of 4 Miami Hurricanes touchdowns Friday night, and they defeated the Miami-Ohio RedHawks 38-3 in the season opener for both equally groups.
Coming off a shoulder harm that hindered him very last period, Van Dyke linked on his very first five passes. The Hurricanes’ fourth-year quarterback completed 17 of 22 with 201 yards and an interception. He claimed he bruised his thumb about a 7 days ago, but it did not have an affect on him considerably.
“Overall, I felt fairly precise,” Van Dyke reported. “The line did a fantastic position preserving for me. I only took one strike, so satisfied with the effectiveness. Content with the acquire. Certainly want to clean the interception up a little little bit, but gotta move on and get ready for subsequent 7 days.”
Brett Gabbert, who is the brother of Kansas Metropolis Chiefs backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert, accomplished 12 of 21 passes with 127 yards for the RedHawks.
Van Dyke observed receiver Colbie Youthful for a 44-garden score on the Hurricanes’ first offensive possession, but three of the team’s 4 scoring drives ended in subject targets.
Freshman Mark Fletcher Jr. scored on a 26-garden operate on Miami’s initially drive of the second fifty percent, established up by a 20-lawn go over the center from Van Dyke to Xavier Restrepo. A thriving two-position dialogue created it 24-3.
Henry Parrish Jr. led the Hurricanes with 90 yards speeding and added a 12-yard speeding rating in the fourth quarter.
“It’s the way it need to be. When Miami was really great, you keep in mind those jogging again rooms, what they were like,” mentioned Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal.
The RedHawks could not crank out significantly offense in opposition to a Miami protection showing early enhancements from a unit that completed in the bottom 50 percent of the ACC final yr in yards authorized for each enjoy.
4 of the 1st five drives for Miami-Ohio resulted in punts, and Gabbert was sacked twice.
Graham Nicholson nailed a 48-yard discipline aim for the RedHawks just in advance of halftime to make it 16-3 at the split.
Gage Larvadain led Miami-Ohio with 80 getting yards, like 71 yards right after the catch.
“As the video game went on, our protection performed far too several snaps,” reported Miami-Ohio mentor Chuck Martin. “That’s not their fault. That’s largely our offense’s fault. Left them on the subject far too lengthy. As we obtained worn down, they ran the ball much better in the 2nd half.”
The Hurricanes moved the ball with ease many thanks to their powerful hurrying assault. Driving a revamped offensive line, the Hurricanes outgained the Redhawks 152 to -4 in the very first 50 percent, and 242 of their 485 full yards ended up on the ground.
Emory Williams replaced Van Dyke with a 28-position lead and played the ultimate 9:15. Aveon Smith changed Gabbert.
Donald Chaney Jr.’s 20-yard TD run with fewer than 5 minutes remaining capped the scoring, and Miami snapped a 5-game home getting rid of streak.
“Coach Cristobal has really been on us about producing confident Really hard Rock is the hardest place in higher education football,” said Miami’s All-American safety Kamren Kinchens, “so working day in and working day out which is what we do. Make absolutely sure we’re operating as really hard as we can so when we get right here, we earned it.”
Lightning in the place delayed the begin of the sport by about 25 minutes.
THE Actual MIAMI?
The RedHawks (recognized 1809) are Miami College, and the Hurricanes (proven 1925) are the College of Miami. The fight between the two Miami’s has been dubbed the “Confusion Bowl,” and there has been subtle jabbing about which workforce is the “real” Miami.
“The serious Miami is where by?” a reporter questioned Gabbert throughout a information meeting before this week.
“Oxford, Ohio,” Gabbert replied. “We’ll demonstrate them September 1.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Miami-Ohio: The RedHawks have been outsized, missing the fight at the line of scrimmage and did not just take benefit of keeping the Hurricanes to discipline ambitions early.
Miami: The Hurricanes’ offense was balanced with the knowledge of Van Dyke, plus new offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson. The jogging again-by-committee tactic resulted in three distinctive rushers amassing more than 40 yards on the floor.
UP Following
Miami (OH): At UMass on Sept. 9.
Miami: Hosts No. 23 Texas A&M on Sept. 9.
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