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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Miami Report Card
Temple at Miami
Pass offense
D
Starting quarterback Daniel Raudabaugh in the first quarter was 2-for-9 passing for 13 yards. He did a little better in the second quarter and finished 8-for18 for 65 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions. Belton replaced him and competed 14-of-22 passes for no touchdowns and one interception in the second half. There was little good to report here. The receivers dropped and fumbled passes, and the line allowed four sacks. Miami’s two most dangerous recievers are Dustin Woods and Eugene Harris and they caught a grand total of one pass for 4 yards.
Run offense
B
Thomas Merriweather looked very good, gaining 133 yards on 26 carries. But Miami’s running game was stopped short on a couple key plays. Disregard the RedHawks’ 2.3-yard average per carry. That includes four sacks totaling a lot of minus yardage.
Pass defense
D
The RedHawks had a B going until Chester Stewart threw those two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Bruce Francis. This is starting to be a problem. Miami has allowed 11 touchdown passes this season and have been facing mostly back-ups.
Run defense
B
Joey Hudson (16 tackles, including 13 solos) and Chris Shula (13 tackles, including eight solos) were outstanding. Overall, Miami limited the Owls to 2.9 yards per carry.
Special teams
B
Nathan Parseghian nailed his one field goal attempt and now is 8-for-9 this season. Jake Richardson averaged 40.4 yards on seven punts, which is a good day for most punters, a mediocre day for him. Jamal Rogers had a 31-yard kickoff return.
Intangibles
F
The RedHawks still seem to be in a daze when the game starts.
— Pete Conrad
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Temple turns back Miami in MAC opener
By Pete Conrad
Despite a brief surge on offense following the second-half switch in quarterbacks from Daniel Raudabaugh to Clay Belton, the RedHawks lost to the Temple Owls 28-10 Saturday, OCt. 4 at Yager Stadium in their Mid-American Conference opener.
Belton, a red-shirt freshman, replaced Raudabaugh to start the second half and the first two Miami possessions with Belton behind center did result in 10 points, which shaved Temple’s lead to four points, 14-10.
But then Miami’s defense couldn’t hold. The Owls struck back on a pair of touchdown passes from Chester Stewart (who had not thrown a touchdown pass in five games) to wide receiver Bruce Francis.
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Belton enters game as Miami quarterback
By Pete Conrad
With 14:09 left in the third quarter and Miami trailing Temple 14-0, there was a scattering of cheers from the Miami fans as the RedHawks’ offense trotted onto the field, including quarterback Clay Belton.
The red-shirt freshman has taken over for junior starter Daniel Raudabaugh, who completed just 8-of-18 passes in the first half.
Belton completed his first pass, 9 yards to Jamal Rogers, and with the help of Andre Bratton’s running moved Miami to the Temple 17-yard line.
But the RedHawks were forced to settle for a 34-yard field goal by Nathan Parseghian. With 9:07 left in the third quarter, Temple leads 14-3.
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From bad to worse for RedHawks
By Pete Conrad
This has been without doubt the worst first-half showing for a Miami RedHawks offense (complete the end to this sentence with one of the following):
A. this season.
B. in the last five years.
C. in the history of Yager Stadium.
D. ever.
E. All of the above.
I’m leaning toward “E” though I might have to do some more research.
At halftime Temple leads Miami 14-0 in the RedHawks’ Mid-American Conference opener, and it could be much worse.
Miami’s nine possessions resulted in 102 total yards. I’m sure there have been worse first-half stats for Miami. Still, although Temple has a good defense, this isn’t the Oklahoma Sooners the RedHawks are facing today.
Miami quarterback Daniel Raudabaugh is 8-for-18 passing for 65 yards, and that’s only after he completed his last four passes of the half.
The RedHawks have been looking for consistency on offense. They’ve found it.
