MIAMI – Tyler Van Dyke’s initial pass of the yr resulted in the to start with of four Miami Hurricanes touchdowns Friday night time, and they defeated the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks 38-3 in the season opener for equally groups.
Coming off a shoulder injury that hindered him last year, Van Dyke related on his very first five passes. The Hurricanes’ fourth-yr quarterback completed 17 of 22 with 201 yards and an interception. He didn’t surface affected by a thumb difficulty that bothered him for the duration of coaching camp.
Brett Gabbert, who is the brother of Kansas Town backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert, accomplished 12 of 21 passes with 127 yards for the RedHawks.
Van Dyke located receiver Colbie Younger for a 44-property rating on the Hurricanes’ initial offensive possession, but 3 of the team’s 4 scoring drives finished in industry plans.
Freshman Mark Fletcher Jr. scored on a 26-yard operate on Miami’s 1st drive of the next 50 percent, set up by a 20-garden move above the center from Van Dyke to Xavier Restrepo. A productive two-place discussion produced it 24-3.
Henry Parrish Jr. led the Hurricanes with 90 yards speeding and extra a 12-yard hurrying score in the fourth quarter.
The RedHawks could not create a lot offense in opposition to a Miami protection displaying early advancements from a device that finished in the base 50 % of the ACC past yr in yards permitted for every perform.
Four of the initial five drives for Miami (Ohio) resulted in punts, and Gabbert was sacked 2 times.
Graham Nicholson nailed a 48-garden field aim for the RedHawks just prior to halftime to make it 16-3 at the split.
Gage Larvadain led Miami (Ohio) with 80 obtaining yards, including 71 yards after the catch.
The Hurricanes moved the ball with relieve thanks to their powerful speeding 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 have been on the floor.
Emory Williams replaced Van Dyke with a 28-stage direct and played the final 9:15. Aveon Smith replaced Gabbert.
Donald Chaney Jr.’s 20-property TD run with less than 5 minutes remaining capped the scoring.
Lightning in the spot delayed the get started of the video game by about 25 minutes.
THE Serious MIAMI?
The RedHawks (founded 1809) are Miami University, and the Hurricanes (founded 1925) are the College of Miami. The battle between the two Miami’s has been dubbed the “Confusion Bowl,” and there has been refined jabbing about which crew is the “real” Miami.
“The actual Miami is exactly where?” a reporter requested Gabbert through a information meeting earlier this 7 days.
“Oxford, Ohio,” Gabbert replied. “We are going to clearly show them September 1.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Miami (Ohio): The RedHawks ended up outsized, dropped the fight at the line of scrimmage and did not choose advantage of keeping the Hurricanes to subject goals early.
Miami: The Hurricanes’ offense was well balanced with the working experience of Van Dyke, as well as new offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson. The running again-by-committee approach resulted in a few different rushers amassing a lot more than 40 yards on the ground.
UP Upcoming
Miami (OH): At UMass on Sept. 9.
Miami: Hosts No. 23 Texas A&M on Sept. 9.
