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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Not looking ahead gave Miami
something to play for next week against No. 2 Florida State, and
also sent Rutgers to its worst home loss in 112 years.
|  | | Nothing went right for Rutgers, which had a pass attempt batted down here during Miami's 64-6 victory. |
James Jackson ran for two touchdowns and caught one of Ken
Dorsey's three TD passes as Miami (No. 12 ESPN/USA Today, No. 10 AP) beat Rutgers 64-6 on Saturday
night, handing the Scarlet Knights their worst home loss since an
80-0 setback to Princeton in 1888.
"We're starting to figure out when you look past teams, you
lose to them," said Dorsey, who completed 14 of 19 passes for 215
yards in less than a half. "We can't afford to do that this year,
not with the situation we're in. We were concentrating on Rutgers
last weekend and we're concentrating on Florida State this week."
Miami (3-1, 2-0 Big East) was almost flawless in the first 30
minutes, scoring touchdowns on its first five possessions en route
to a 41-0 halftime lead.
The loss was the third straight for Rutgers (2-3, 0-3), and also
marked the 13th time in Terry Shea's five years as coach that the
Scarlet Knights have lost by 40 or more points.
"I'd have to agree with what Don Nehlen of West Virginia said
after he played them last week," said Shea, whose team has been
outscored 142-23 the last three weeks. "I'd have to say this Miami
team is as good as they get."
Miami outgained Rutgers 557-157, forced five turnovers and
limited Rutgers to 4 yards rushing on 27 carries, or 5.3 inches per
carry.
"Well, we scored," Rutgers quarterback Chad Schwenk said when
asked to compare this year's loss to last year's 55-0 loss to the
Hurricanes in the season finale.
Jackson scored on runs of 39 and 3 yards and caught an 18-yard
touchdown pass from Dorsey, who also threw a 9-yard touchdown pass
to Andre King and a 21-yarder to Reggie Wayne.
"I thought our starters played extraordinarily well," Miami
coach Butch Davis said. "We came out and wanted to get off to a
good start. I thought we had good plans. It got out of hand because
we executed well."
A week after scoring three touchdowns last week, Miami's defense
came up with two more and a safety. Quincy Hipps recovered a fumble
in the end zone late in the second quarter and cornerback Mike
Rumph returned an interception 45 yards for another TD in the third
quarter. The safety came on a bad snap.
Rutgers, which has seen Miami score 50 or more points in five of
their last six games, trailed 50-0 when Schwenk threw an 11-yard
pass to Jason Ohene early in the fourth quarter.
Schwenk, who started because Mike McMahon was nursing a shoulder
injury, finished 19-for-42 for 153 yards before being lifted late.
Miami, which cleared its bench, added a 1-yard run by Jason
Geathers and a 7-yarder by James Scott.
Miami had scoring drives of 80, 89, 89, 19 and 78 in taking a
35-0 lead midway through the second quarter. The streak ended when
Aaron Moser botched a hold on a 21-yard field-goal attempt by Todd
Sievers.
The Canes didn't have to wait long to atone.
On the next play from scrimmage, defensive tackle Matt Walters
hit halfback Dennis Thomas in the backfield and forced a fumble
that Hipps recovered.
Jackson, the senior who is going to get more playing time with
Clinton Portis sidelined with broken toes on his right foot,
finished with 118 yards on 15 carries. He scored three of Miami's
first four touchdowns, catching the 18-yard pass to cap a
game-opening 80-yard drive and then sandwiching his rushing TDs
around the TD pass to King.
"I was trying to do too many things because I knew what the
situation was as far as my playing time," Jackson said. "Coach
just said: `Go back to the old James and let it come to you. Make
one read, cut and make it happen."'
The second touchdown run was set up by Mark Fitzgerald's
interception. The touchdown pass to Wayne came on fourth-and-2 from
the Rutgers 21.
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Reggie Wayne scores on the 21-yard pass from Ken Dorsey.
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