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JoltinJacket · 07-01-2002 06:14 PM

<blockquote>code:<hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;"> 1 2 3 4 F
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Miami (Ohio) 0 7 0 23 30
#25 Northwestern 14 7 7 0 28 </pre><hr /></blockquote>NW - Bates 27 pass from Schnur (Valenzisi kick), NW 7-0
NW - D Autry 13 pass from Schnur (Valenzisi kick), NW 14-0
NW - Bates 36 pass from Schnur (Valenzisi kick), NW 21-0
MU - Osborne 5 blocked punt return (Seitz kick), NW 21-7
NW - Ray 20 interception return (Valenzisi kick), NW 28-7
MU - Hall 5 pass from Ricketts (Seitz kick), NW 28-14
MU - Adkins 9 pass from Ricketts (Seitz kick), NW 28-21
MU - King 2 run (two-point conversion failed), MU 28-27
MU - FG Seitz 20, MU 30-28

<blockquote>code:<hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;"> MU NW
First downs 14 20
Rushed-yards 35-113 51-142
Passing yards 249 187
Sacked-yards lost 0-0 0-0
Return yards 84 71
Passes 20-39-1 13-26-1
Punts 4-39.3 6-36.3
Fumbles-lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 6-40 4-32
Time of possession 28:06 31:54 </pre><hr /></blockquote>Individual Statistics
RUSHING- Miami Ohio-Mccullough 17-45, King 8-37, Ricketts 9-26,
Dougherty 1-5. Northwestern-D Autry 35-152, A Autry 7-32,
Schnur 3-10, Leary 3-8, Bates 1-minus 7, Team 2-minus 53.

PASSING- Miami Ohio-Dougherty 7-13-0-59, Ricketts 13-26-1-190.
Northwestern-Schnur 13-26-1-187.

RECEIVING- Miami Ohio-Hall 5-76, Washington 3-26, Henderson
3-17, Adkins 2-45, Vaughn 2-14, Mccullough 2-5, King 1-28, T
Banks 1-25, Beverly 1-13. Northwestern-Bates 5-90, Holmes 2-39,
D Autry 2-29, Beazley 1-17, A Autry 1-7, Waterman 1-7, Leary
1-minus 2.

RECAP.....

Chad Seitz kicked a 20-yard field on the game's final play as
Miami, Ohio took advantage of a bad snap from center on a punt
and stunned 25th-ranked Northwestern, 30-28.

Northwestern (1-1) squandered a 21-point fourth-quarter lead to
spoil its first game as a nationally ranked team since 1971. The
Wildcats moved into the rankings thanks to a 17-15 upset of
Notre Dame two weeks ago.

The Redskins (2-1) recorded their first win over a ranked team
since a 21-12 victory over L-S-U in 1986.

"We felt we had to stay close," Miami head coach Randy Walker
said. "We do that and I like our chances at the end. We have a
bunch of young guys on defense. I guess today was the day for
them to step up. Thank God for Chad Seitz coming through."

Miami had missed an opportunity to move ahead with 2:22
remaining when a two-point conversion pass by Sam Ricketts fell
incomplete.

Northwestern led, 28-27, in the final minute when it attempted
to punt on fourth down from its own 35-yard line. A low snap by
center Larry Curry rolled past punter Paul Burton and Miami
recovered on the Wildcats 1.

"Paul Janus is our snapper, and he got hurt on the second play
of the game," Northwestern head coach Gary Barnett said. "Larry
Curry is our backup, and he had a bad day. We don't have
another deep snapper other than those two. It ended up being our
demise."

The Redskins tried two unsuccessful running plays by Ricketts
before he threw the ball down to stop the clock. Seitz, who had
missed from 47 and 38 yards earlier in the game, then kicked the
game-winner as time ran out.

The botched punt was the second special teams failure by the
Wildcats. Dee Osborne of Miami returned a blocked punt for a
touchdown late in the quarter to cut the deficit to 21-7.

"They (Miami) outhustled us, they out-hit us, out-coached us and
out-played us," Barnett said. "We were never in control of that
game. Special teams, which had been our strength, let us down
tremendously. And this is about as low as it gets."

Steve Schnur threw touchdown passes of 27 and 36 yards to
D'Wayne Bates and 13 yards to running back Darnell Autry to give
Northwestern a 21-0 cushion. Wildcats cornerback Rodney Ray
dropped a sure interception for a touchdown on Miami's ensuing
possession.

Autry carried 35 times for 152 yards.

Northwestern regained a 21-point advantage when Ray atoned for
the drop by returning an interception 20 yards for a score 51
seconds into the third quarter.

Ricketts threw touchdown passes of five yards to Jay Hall and
nine yards to Jeremy Adkins to cut the deficit to 28-21. The
Redskins moved to within 28-27 with 2:22 left on a two-yard run
by Ty King, but failed to go ahead when the two-point conversion
failed.

Ricketts replaced starter Neil Dougherty and completed 13 of 26
passes for 180 yards.

WazzuCoug82 · 07-26-2002 03:06 PM

what a win for Miami over a top 25 team!!

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