dorsey was a sophmore and he was rattled. i remember the game clearly. here's a USA Today story on it for those not yet alive (most of the porsters) on here.
Miami (Fla.) vs. Washington
Extended Box Game Story
Sep 09, 2000
NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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MIAMI FLA (4) 3 0 19 7 29
WASHINGTON (15) 7 14 6 7 34 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QTR: WASH - TD, BRAXTON CLEMAN 3 YD RUN (JOHN ANDERSON KICK),
6:41
MFLA - FG, TODD SIEVERS 27 YD, 12:35
2ND QTR: WASH - TD, MARQUES TUIASOSOPO 12 YD RUN (JOHN ANDERSON
KICK), 9:41
WASH - TD, JERRAMY STEVENS 23 YD PASS FROM MARQUES
TUIASOSOPO (JOHN ANDERSON KICK), 12:58
3RD QTR: MFLA - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 21 YD PASS FROM KEN DORSEY
(TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 7:26
WASH - TD, RICH ALEXIS 50 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION
FAILED), 8:50
MFLA - TD, NAJEH DAVENPORT 8 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION
FAILED), 9:37
MFLA - TD, JAMES JACKSON 8 YD RUN (TODD SIEVERS KICK),
11:10
4TH QTR: WASH - TD, PAT CONNIFF 1 YD RUN (JOHN ANDERSON KICK), 0:30
MFLA - TD, JAMES JACKSON 1 YD RUN (TODD SIEVERS KICK),
12:08
Extended Box
NCAAF 1 2 3 4 F
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Miami Fla (4) 3 0 19 7 29
Washington (15) 7 14 6 7 34 FINAL
Washington-Cleman 3 run (Anderson kick)
Miami Fla-FG Sievers 27
Washington-M Tuiasosopo 12 run (Anderson kick)
Washington-Jerr Stevens 23 pass from M Tuiasosopo (Anderson
kick)
Miami Fla-Wayne 21 pass from Dorsey (two-point conversion
failed)
Washington-Alexis 50 run (two-point conversion failed)
Miami Fla-Davenport 8 run (two-point conversion failed)
Miami Fla-Jackson 8 run (Sievers kick)
Washington-Conniff 1 run (Anderson kick)
Miami Fla-Jackson 1 run (Sievers kick)
Miami Fla Washington
First downs 18 21
Rushed-yards 33-158 46-128
Passing yards 215 223
Sacked-yards lost 3-24 4-32
Return yards 52 5
Passes 15-34-0 18-31-2
Punts 5-40.4 7-25.7
Fumbles-lost 5-3 1-1
Penalties-yards 9-91 8-70
Time of possession 22:32 37:28
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Miami Fla-Portis 6-91, Davenport 8-55, Jackson 11-34,
Mcpartland 3-8, Dorsey 5-minus 30. Washington-Alexis 2-51, M
Tuiasosopo 15-45, Conniff 8-21, Arnold 8-13, Cleman 3-4, Team
1-minus 1, Hurst 9-minus 5.
PASSING: Miami Fla-Dorsey 15-34-0-215. Washington-M Tuiasosopo
18-31-2-223, Hurst 0-0-0-0.
RECEIVING: Miami Fla-Wayne 4-84, Mcpartland 3-26, Mercer 2-11,
King 2-9, Portis 1-59, Jones 1-12, Jackson 1-7, S Moss 1-7.
Washington-Jerr Stevens 7-89, Robbins 3-30, Elstrom 2-61, Hooks
Jr. 2-12, Conniff 2-8, Cleman 1-25, Hurst 1-minus 2.
Att: 74,157
Game Story
SEATTLE (Ticker) -- No home winning streak was ended this time,
but Miami's national title hopes might have been.
No. 15 Washington posted the biggest victory in the Rick
Neuheisel era, defeating fourth-ranked Miami, 34-29, behind
another big day by quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo.
The Huskies (2-0), who halted Miami's NCAA-record 58-game
home-winning streak in 1994, won the battle between the 1991
co-national champions by frustrating the Hurricanes' Ken Dorsey
while relying on their senior signalcaller.
"We're very excited about the win," Neuheisel said. "It was a
very heart-felt win. Maybe not as pretty as one would hope give
the score at halftime (21-3), but we knew that Miami was going
to come back blazing."
Tuiasosopo threw for 223 yards and one touchdown and rushed for
45 yards and a score. But it was his leadership and ability to
escape the Miami pressure on numerous occasions that allowed
Washington to build a 27-9 lead midway through the third
quarter.
He did make two huge mistakes, however, and the second was
allowing defensive back Al Blades to intercept a poorly throw
dump-off pass that gave Miami (1-1) control inside the
Washington 10 with under four minutes to play.
Moments later, James Jackson delivered a one-yard TD run that
pulled the Hurricanes within five points with just under three
minutes left.
But tight end Jerramy Stevens, who caught a career-high seven
passes, including a 23-yard touchdown in the second quarter,
recovered the onside kick with 2:52 to play, essentially sealing
the outcome.
"(Stevens) is an amazing athlete," said Neuheisel. "There's no
question that he has great skill."
"We felt like we were able to make some major adjustments at
halftime to try to get ourselves back in the game," said Miami
coach Butch Davis. We knew they had a very dangerous, very
experiened talented quarterback who could make plays."
Dorsey, a sophomore from California, appeared rattled early in
his first big collegiate game. He was sacked on a cornerback
blitz by Anthony Vontoure, who stripped the ball from the Miami
signalcaller to give the Huskies possession at the Miami 49.
Three plays later Tuiasosopo hit Stevens, whose receptions
totaled 89 yards, down the right sideline to give Washington a
commanding 21-3 lead with 2:02 to play in the first half.
"I'm proud of the dogs," Tuiasosopo said. "I'm proud to be a
member of this team. It was a great win."
"(Tuiasosopo) is good and he tries to make a lot of plays," said
Miami linebacker Dan Morgan. "He runs around and I think he's
good for that team and he gets the job done."
Dorsey completed 15-of-34 passes for 215 yards, including a
21-yard TD to Reggie Wayne midway through the third quarter. But
he was sacked three times.
"This was his first major opportunity against a really good
football team," Davis said. "I don't know if Washington rattled
him as much as the experience of him not ever playing in front
of a crowd like this, on the road, all those things. I thought
he did some things that were very good."
Washington held a 27-15 advantage late in the third quarter,
when Tuiasosopo committed his first major blunder of the
afternoon. His fumble was recovered by Miami linebacker Dan
Morgan, setting up Jackson's eight-yard TD run with 3:50
remaining in the period.
The Huskies, however, regained a 12-point advantage just 30
seconds into the final quarter, putting together a 66-yard,
13-play drive that culminated in Pat Conniff's one-yard scoring
plunge.
Wayne caught four passes for 84 yards and Clinton Portis
collected 91 yards on just six carries for the Hurricanes.
"The real difference in the game in my mind was Portis," said
Nueheisel. "That guy is incredible. He's a sensational player.
He's just very difficult to tackle."