I believe that was Joe Abousie. What was inexplicable, it was totally an unforced error. There was nobody within 10-20 yards of him, nobody between him and the endzone, and at about the 30 yard line the ball pops out.
that's the play
The 79 game at PSU put Jim Kelly on the map. Not all games were televised then. But because of that game, the following week, the UM game against Alabama (at Tuscaloosa) was on the national broadcast.
That's why 81 vs Penn St was my pick...Penn St was loaded....Me and a fellow Chef drove from Captiva Island to Miami down Alligator Alley in rain....Almost didn't go...but my B-Day is Oct 21st...and the game was Oct 31st...so my buddy got the tickets for a gift....we went through **** to get Sat off....Lol....
Agree about the Gators but would rather kick Southern Miss or Middle Tennessee off the schedule than Bethune-Cookman.
YUP! I transferred into Miami and that was my 1st game. Roosevelt Leaks was on the cover of Sports Illustrated and a Heisman candidate (finished 3rd). The OB wasn't packed for the opening game against #1 Texas - and we won. Ruben Carter stuffed Leaks' game up the middle and Dennis Harrah anchored the OL. Sitting in the mostly empty stands with few around me and a gorgeous Coed on my lap...but that's another story.. That game made me a CANE for life
Seems like the only teams we missed were the Dolphins and the Steelers.
Bama and ND were co-national champs, OU finished No. 2/3 in the AP and UPI polls, Houston went 11-1 and ended up in the Top 10, the Horns won the Southwest Conference and the Turds finished in the Top 20 (also, the Holes went 0-11 under coach Mike Norvell Sr.)
We ended up 5-6 and probably ran out of gas near the end of the season.
Texas (W, 20-15)
at FSU (W, 14-10)
at Oklahoma (L, 20-24)
Boston College W, 15-10)
Houston (L, 7-30)
at Syracuse (W, 34-23)
West Virginia (L, 14-20)
at Army (W, 19-7)
at Alabama (L, 13-43)
Florida (L, 7-14)
Notre Dame (L, 44-0)
Would've been too nice to see the 2001 Canes go 11-0 against that schedule
lmao
As bad as UM football was in those days, we had surprisingly high number of players excelling in the NFL during the 1970s and early 1980s...RBs Chuck Foreman, Tom Sullivan, Woody Bennett, OJ Andersen, DLmen Rubin Carter, Eddie Edwards, Mike Barnes, Don Smith, Jim Burt, Don Latimer, Tony Cline, Willie Lee Broughton, Gary Dunn, Joe Kohlbrand; DBs John Turner, John Swain, Gene Coleman, Burgess Owen's, Ol Dennis Harrah who I believe is in the NFL HOF.
Just the number of DLmen was amazing....kudos to DL coach Harold Allen who to me one can make argument as one of the All Time college DL coaches..
Harold Allen - University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame
Biography page for University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame member, Harold Allenwww.umsportshalloffame.com
Cot ****....that was my Freshman yr of HS.....My dad was born in 1975
Butch had as much success, if not more than Allen....Butch coached...
And to be quite Honest...It was HE who also really coached..
Chuck Foreman and Burgess Owens. Hal sears and Al Palowitz pretty good also.Mike Williams good DB. Recovered a fumble in Texas game that lead to the winning TD. I believe. Things were pretty hazy back then. If y’all get my drift. Ed Carney played QB. Good guy. Lived upstairs from me in married housing. Truth is we sometimes hoped Art Carney would come out and play QB. Great bunch of guys, but we sucked.#CANESNATIONLIFER CLASS of 73
Foreman wasn't on the 73 team...he left for the NFL after 1972....