No Swag In Victory For The U

# 57 Northwestern – 14
#11 Miami – 17

MIAMI -- Jacory Harris lead the Hurricanes on three different scoring drives that help Miami escape the Northwestern Wildcats second half push. The Hurricanes jumped out to an early lead and scored the only points of the first half. Northwestern went into half down 10-0 and Pat Ftizgerald went into half to try to fire up his offense.

On the first drive in the second half Northwestern was able to score a touchdown to cut the lead to three. The next play from scrimmage Jacory Harris threw an interception deep in the Hurricanes territory. Kafka was able to connect with Sidney Stewart in the third quarter to take the lead 14-10.

Jacory Harris led the troops on to the field at in the beginning of the fourth quarter down by four points. Play after play he marched down the field connecting with Aldarius Johnson across the middle of the field.

The game came down to a crucial 4th and 6 on the Northwestern  seven yard line, when coach Randy Shannon gambled and put the ball into his quarterback's hands. Harris was able to connect with Alarius Johnson on a crossing pattern where he was able to stretch out to get the ball to the 1-yard line for a first down. The Hurricanes hurried up to the line to run the exact same play and Harris was able to hit Johnson for a touchdown before the Wildcats were able to get into formation.  Said Harris after the game, "All night they played off of Johnson and we found a way to exploit their cornerbacks across the middle."

The Hurricanes defense was able to stop the Wildcats offense one last time. The offense took the field again and was able to run the clock out and escape to the second round. Miami will play the East Carolina Panthers in the second round.

Stats
Miami
Jacory Harris – QB rating: 148.7, 17/26, 203 yds, 2 TDs, INT
Aldarius Johnson – 13 rec, 187 yds, TD
Jason Fox – 9 pancakes
Sean Spence – INT, 1 tackle
Randy Phillips – 2 tackles, TFL, INT, PD
Chavez Grant – 2 tackles, TFL, PD
3rd down conversion- 5/9
4th down conversion- 2/2
T.O.P. - 10:03 minutes