Miami ends Virginia's four-game win streak in OT

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• Miami (FL) Gets By Virginia In Overtime

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	18
Total Yards	448	311
Passing	251	240
Rushing	197	71
Penalties	12-81	1-5
3rd Down Conversions	4-14	3-14
4th Down Conversions	1-1	1-1
Turnovers	3	1
Possession	32:10	27:50

Air/Ground Leaders
Miami (FL) Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Harris 12/21 160 2 0 Marve 6/12 91 0 1	Virginia Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Verica 27/41 240 1 0
Miami (FL) Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Cooper 24 131 0 16 James 9 55 0 13	Virginia Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Peerman 14 71 0 18 Ogletree 2 9 1 16
Miami (FL) Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Collier 3 64 0 43 Johnson 2 35 0 18	Virginia Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Ogletree 5 71 0 30 Covington 4 54 0 33

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MIA	UVA
	FG	11:44	Yannick Reyering 23 Yd	0	3
	TD	06:51	Robert Marve 6 Yd Run (Matt Bosher Kick)	7	3
	TD	04:21	Kevin Ogletree 16 Yd Run (Yannick Reyering Kick)	7	10
SECOND QUARTER				MIA	UVA
	FG	09:23	Matt Bosher 33 Yd	10	10
	TD	05:04	Jared Green 2 Yd Pass From Marc Verica (Yannick Reyering Kick)	10	17
FOURTH QUARTER				MIA	UVA
	TD	00:55	Laron Byrd 26 Yd Pass From Jacory Harris (Matt Bosher Kick)	17	17
OVERTIME				MIA	UVA
	TD		Aldarius Johnson 9 Yd Pass From Jacory Harris (Matt Bosher Kick)	24	17

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Jacory Harris threw a tying touchdown pass in the final minute and another one in overtime to give Miami a 24-17 win over Virginia on Saturday that put the Hurricanes into the race for the ACC title game.

Harris hit Laron Byrd with a desperation heave from 26 yards to tie it, and then found Aldarius Johnson near the left pylon to give them the lead in overtime.

When Virginia tailback Cedric Peerman was stripped of the ball on the Cavaliers' first play of overtime, the Hurricanes (6-3, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) had their fourth victory in a row, and were tied for second in the Coastal Division after Georgia Tech beat Florida State later.

Virginia (5-4, 3-2) had its four-game winning streak end, and in heartbreaking fashion, too, after shutting down the ACC's best scoring offense until the very end.

Miami's tying drive was a 95-yard, 15-play march, and it featured a 13-yard pass on a third-and-13 play at the beginning, and the touchdown on a third-and-15 prayer at the end.

"Unbelievable," Miami coach Randy Shannon said. "These guys came out and they never quit. They kept fighting, they kept trying to press on and every time we put ourselves in a bad situation with penalties, they found a way to get it done."

In the overtime, Harris faced a third-and-5 from the 9 when he passed to the 6-foot-2 Johnson, who beat 5-9 cornerback Vic Hall for the ball to give the Hurricanes the lead.

Hall also was beaten on the tying touchdown when safety Byron Glaspy fell down and Harris got away from pressure and lofted an ugly, arching pass that remarkably found Byrd.

The catch was Byrd's first of the day and just his 13th of the season.

When Peerman broke into open field on Virginia's first play of overtime, Miami's Lovon Ponder caught up to him and stripped the ball away, and Bruce Johnson recovered to end it.

Johnson also recovered a fumble by Virginia quarterback Marc Verica at the Miami 32 yard line after a 10-yard run late in regulation. The two fumbles were the only turnovers of the day for the Cavaliers, who struggled all game to get anything going on offense.

Virginia's defense took the ball away in Miami territory on consecutive possessions in the third quarter, but the first drive yielded four yards and ended in a punt. The second stalled at the Hurricanes' 21, and Yannick Reyering was wide right on a 38-yard field goal try.

Reyering later missed from 47 yards, and when Verica's passing got the Cavaliers to the Miami 27 midway through the fourth quarter, he was sacked for a 13-yard loss by Allen Bailey on a third-and-2 play, moving them out of field-goal range and keeping it at 17-10.

Harris finished 12-for-21 for 160 yards for Miami, and Graig Cooper ran for 131 yards on 24 carries as the Hurricanes outgained Virginia 448-311 and overcame 81 yards in penalties.

Verica was 27-for-41 for 240 yards for the Cavaliers. He hit Jared Green for a 2-yard touchdown in the second quarter to make it 17-10, and Miami did the rest of the scoring.