Connecticut Huskies	Miami Hurricanes ©
Played October 5, 2002 at the Orange Bowl Miami, Florida

  

 

Teams' Belt Records

 

Team	Belt Reigns	Overall Record				Home Record				Away Record				Neutral Record
		W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT	W	L	T	PCT
Connecticut	0
Miami, FLA ©	2	26	7	0	.788	13	1	0	.929	10	3	0	.769	3	3	0	.500

 

                          Previous Belt Meetings:       None

 

 

In their first season in Division 1-A, the 2-3 Connecticut Huskies of coach Randy Edsall met the top-ranked, 4-0 Miami Hurricanes of coach Larry Coker.  Miami used this game to get ready for their match-up with Florida State the following week as the Huskies, playing without leading rusher RB Terry Caulley, were no match for the defending national champions in a 48-14 Miami win.  Hurricanes' All-American RB Willis McGahee scored twice in the 1^st quarter, both on 15-yard runs.  McGahee added an 11-yard touchdown run in the 2^nd quarter & DE Andrew Williams scored on a 56-yard fumble recovery giving Miami a 28-0 advantage.  Hurricanes' All-Big East QB Ken Dorsey hit WR Kevin Beard for touchdowns of 5 & 8 yards as Miami pushed their lead to 42-0 at the intermission.  Dorsey connected with WR Ethenic Sands from 15-yards on the first drive of the 2^nd half & the Hurricanes rested most of their frontline players the rest of the game.  Connecticut scored near the end of the 3^rd quarter on a 14-yard pass from QB Dan Orlovsky to TE Tommy Collins.  The Huskies other score came when CB Ezra Carey returned a blocked punt 5 yards for a touchdown in the 4^th quarter.  Dorsey finished with 216 yards passing with 3 touchdowns & McGahee finished with 107 yards rushing with 3 touchdowns on just 11 carries.  Orlovsky threw for 100 yards with a touchdown but the Huskies were held to 190 total yards with 6 sacks in the blowout.  Miami finished the season 12-1; Big East Champions, ranked 2^nd nationally while the Huskies finished 6-6.  Connecticut has not played for The Belt again.