2009 Week 3

With heavy rain throughout much of the game, UMs offense was still able to exectute pretty well. UM more than doubled UVA in total offense with 450yds. They achieve 28 1st downs to UVAs 11. UM rushes for over 200yds on 50 carries. Though, R. Marve had a poor game. UM had a chance to open up a 14-3 lead late in the 1st quarter when Marve threw a pick on 3rd and Goal from the 5yd line. He also fumbled and lost the ball twice, one of them being in UVA territory. J. Harris would see significant time and play pretty well despite an deep ball INT.

Jimmy Johnson choose to depend on Baby-J throughout most of the 2nd half. He would carry a career high 35 times for 170yds. He also caught 2 passes for 25yds. When Miami's QBs where able to get the passing game going it usually featured TEs. D. Epps caught 3 balls and R. Gordon 1 pass for a 39yd. TD. It may have been R. Marve's first well thrown deep ball this season. This was the first play on offense after a R. Hill INT last in the 3rd quarter and it proved to be game changing.

Miami's secondary forced underneath passes throughout the game. Even with a 16-23 clip from their QBs they only managed 143yds of passing offense. Miami's front seven was able to hold star RB M. Simpson to only 20yds. in the 1st half. He was able to open up some in the 2nd half and scored a TD.

As the headline suggests this game was not nearly as close as the final score indicates.