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No. 5 Florida 31, No. 1 Miami 29
2001 Virtual Championship Series

SITE: NEUTRAL  ATTENDANCE:  84,749 

FLORIDA          7 10 14  0 -  31
MIAMI FLA        7  9  7  6 -  29

MIAMI FLA-    8:29 OF 1ST - 6 RUN BY C.PORTIS
                 (KICK BY T.SIEVERS)
FLORIDA-      3:42 OF 1ST - 22 PASS BY R.GROSSMAN TO E.GRAHAM
                 (KICK BY J.CHANDLER)
MIAMI FLA-   13:51 OF 2ND - 27 FG BY T.SIEVERS
MIAMI FLA-   11:46 OF 2ND - 32 FG BY T.SIEVERS
FLORIDA-      8:13 OF 2ND - 45 FG BY J.CHANDLER
FLORIDA-      4:31 OF 2ND - 1 RUN BY R.GILLESPIE
                 (KICK BY J.CHANDLER)
MIAMI FLA-    0:13 OF 2ND - 52 FG BY T.SIEVERS
FLORIDA-     10:49 OF 3RD - 3 RUN BY R.GILLESPIE
                 (KICK BY J.CHANDLER)
FLORIDA-      4:13 OF 3RD - 13 PASS BY R.GROSSMAN TO J.GAFFNEY
                 (KICK BY J.CHANDLER)
MIAMI FLA-    1:37 OF 3RD - 80 INTERCEPTION RETURN BY E.REED
                 (KICK BY T.SIEVERS)
MIAMI FLA-   10:31 OF 4TH - 6 RUN BY C.PORTIS
                 (PASS FAILED)

               TEAM STATISTICS
 FLORIDA                            MIAMI FLA
   18            FIRST DOWNS            27 
 30 - 91         RUSHING YDS         43 - 165 
   338           PASSING YDS           312 
   429            TOTAL YDS            477 
22 - 38 - 2        PASSES          23 - 38 - 3 
 5 - 43.3          PUNTS              4 - 41 
  5 - 1           FUM/LOST            1 - 1 
 13 - 71          PENALTIES          11 - 76 
 2 - 20            SACKED            1 - 13 
 26:36        TIME OF POSSESSION     33:24
10 - 18        THIRD DOWN EFF        9 - 17 

                RUSHING STATISTICS
FLORIDA           TC   YDS   AVG   LG   TD
E.GRAHAM          11    55   5.0   18    0
R.GILLESPIE       12    39   3.3   21    2
R.CARTHON          2     5   2.5    3    0
W.GREEN            2     8   4.0    5    0
R.GROSSMAN         3   -15  -5.0         0

MIAMI FLA         TC   YDS   AVG   LG   TD
C.PORTIS          25    97   3.9   10    2
F.GORE             5    35   7.0   11    0
W.MCGAHEE          4    12   3.0    7    0
N.DAVENPORT        2     1   0.5    4    0
J.PAYTON           1    -1  -1.0    0    0
K.DORSEY           6    22   3.7         0

                RECEIVING
FLORIDA           TC    YDS    AVG   LG    TD
J.GAFFNEY          4    118   29.5   78     1
R.CALDWELL         4     33    8.3   15     0
T.JACOBS           3     44   14.7   23     0
A.WALKER           1     13   13.0   13     0
C.PEREZ            2     42   21.0   28     0
B.TROUPE           1     24   24.0   24     0
E.GRAHAM           3     39   13.0   22     1
R.GILLESPIE        3     17    5.7    8     0
K.WELLS            1      8    8.0    8     0

MIAMI FLA         TC    YDS    AVG   LG    TD
J.SHOCKEY         12    162   13.5   61     0
A.JOHNSON          1     15   15.0   15     0
E.SANDS            2     65   32.5   60     0
K.BEARD            1      6    6.0    6     0
J.GEATHERS         5     44    8.8   18     0
N.DAVENPORT        1     17   17.0   17     0
J.PAYTON           1      4    4.0    7     0

                PASSING
FLORIDA           ATT  COM COM %  YDS  Y/A  Y/C  TD  TD%  I    I%  LG
R.GROSSMAN         38   22  57.9  338  8.9 15.4   2  5.3  2   5.3  78

MIAMI FLA         ATT  COM COM %  YDS  Y/A  Y/C  TD  TD%  I    I%  LG
K.DORSEY           38   23  60.5  312  8.2 13.6   0  0.0  3   7.9  61

                KICKOFF RETURNS
FLORIDA           KR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
L.SHEPPARD         4    85  21.3   26   0
K.RATLIFF          2    30  15.0   16   0

MIAMI FLA         KR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
A.JOHNSON          4    83  20.8   23   0


                PUNT RETURNS
FLORIDA           PR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
L.SHEPPARD         1    10  10.0   10   0
K.RATLIFF          1    11  11.0   11   0

MIAMI FLA         PR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
P.BUCHANON         1    23  23.0   23   0

                PUNTING
FLORIDA           PNT   AVG  LG  TB  BLK  20
M.LEACH             5  43.3  51   0    0   3  

MIAMI FLA         PNT   AVG  LG  TB  BLK  20
F.CAPSHAW           4  41.0  49   0    0   2  

                KICKING
FLORIDA           EPM EPA   EP% FGM FGA   FG% LG  0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49  50+
J.CHANDLER          4   4 100.0   1   1 100.0 45  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  1- 1  0- 0

MIAMI FLA         EPM EPA   EP% FGM FGA   FG% LG  0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49  50+
T.SIEVERS           2   2 100.0   3   3 100.0 52  0- 0  1- 1  1- 1  0- 0  1- 1


INTERCEPTIONS
FLORIDA        IR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
L.SHEPPARD      1     0   0.0    0   0
T.CARROLL       1    48  48.0   48   0
M.NATTIEL       1     6   6.0    6   0

MIAMI FLA      IR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
E.REED          1    80  80.0   80   1
M.FITZGERALD    1    23  23.0   23   0

SACKS
FLORIDA            NO.   YDS LOST
T.LAFAVOR           1       13

MIAMI FLA          NO.   YDS LOST
C.CAMPBELL          1        8
W.JOSEPH            1       12

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