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ONE FOR THE AGES
Miami tops Virginia in five overtime thriller
By Patrick Jameson Nov 25th, 2018 12:12pm
COLBY PORTER JR PUNCTUATED THIS FIRST QUARTER TD RUN BY SPINNING THE BALL ON THE M
In what was surely one of the most exciting games of the season Miami and Virginia took five overtimes to determine the winner. The instant classic is already scheduled to be rebroadcast on ESPN Classic on the coming weeks.
Virginia started off hot with Colby Porter Jr. connecting with Olamide Zaccheaus for a nine yard touchdown to cap their first drive. After a Miami punt the Cavs extended their lead to 14-0 on a six yard run by Porter Jr.
Miami got on the board with a 24 yard field goal by Bubba Baxa in the second quarter. Virginia led 14-3 at the break.
Miami's Travis Homer found the endzone for the first time in the third quarter, cutting the Virginia lead to 14-10 with a three yard run.
Virginia added a 19 yard Brian Delaney field goal before the end of the third, making it 17-10 at the start of the fourth quarter.
After a relatively low scoring first thee quarters of the game there was a scoring explosion in the fourth.
Miami QB Malik Rosier started things off with a two yard TD run and Baxa's point after tied things up at 17-17.
MIAMI QB MALIK ROSIER SCORES A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO TIE THE GAME
A few minutes later Virginia retook the lead when Porter jr connected with Zaccheaus for another score, this one from seven yards out.
ZACCHEAUS SECURES A TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM PORTER JR EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER
Miami sophomore WR Jeff Thomas scored on a 65 yard catch and run less than a minute later and things were knotted up again.
JEFF THOMAS' 65 YRAD SCORE TIED THE GAME AT 24-24 IN THE FOURTH
Once again Porter Jr and Zaccheaus responded, connecting for a 20 yard score 45 seconds later. Zaccheaus made an outstanding one handed catch in the back of the endzone on the play.
OZ MAKES A SPECTACULAR TOUCHDOWN CATCH TO PUT VIRGINIA ON TOP IN THE FOURTH QUARTER
With just over a minute left to play Rosier connected with freshman receiver Dee Wiggins on a slant. The big receiver broke a tackle and went 71 yards to the house. Baxa tied things up at 31-31 and the game headed to overtime.
Virginia won the toss and elected to start on defense. Virginia's Osiris Crutchfield tipped a fourth down field goal attempt by Baxa. Brian Delaney missed a field goal attempt for Virginia and the game went into overtime number two.
Colby Porter Jr scored on a two yard run and Miami answered with another Rosier to Wiggins score. In OT number three Rosier went right back to Wiggins and Miami converted the mandatory two point attempt.
WIGGINS SCORED A PAIR OF OVERTIME TOUCHDOWNS
Porter Jr answered with a seven yard rushing touchdown and also ran in for the two point conversion. After three overtimes the game was still tied up at 46-46.
COLBY PORTER JR SCORES A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN IN OT3
Travis Homer plowed into the endzone for Miami's next score. Virgnia's Tim Harris knocked away a pass on the conversion attempt.
Virginia forced a fifth overtime after Porter Jr found Hasise Dubois for a 24 yard score. Porter Jr looked for WR Joe Reed on the conversion but Miami knocked down the pass. 52-52 heading into overtime number five.
HASISE DUBOIS SCORES FOR VIRGINIA IN OVERTIME NUMBER FOUR
Terrell Jana was on the receiving end of a Porter Jr touchdown pass, putting the Cavs up 58-52. Jordan Ellis was stopped short on the conversion attempt and Miami took over with a chance to finally end the game. They did just that. After a Travis Homer touchdown run tied the game Rosier connected with WR Lawrence Cager for the two point conversion, securing a 60-58 with for the U.
MIAMI'S LAWRENCE CAGER SECURES THE WIN WITH A CONVERSION CATCH IN OT NUMBER 5
Porter Jr finished the game with 335 yards passing a five touchdowns. He broke Virginia's record for passing touchdowns in a season. Porter Jr also set a Virginia single game record with 237 rushing yards. He scored three rushing touchdowns. He once again was named NCAA and ACC Offensive Player of the Week.
Olamide Zaccheaus broke the school record for receiving touchdowns in a season.
For Miami Malik Rosier completed 28 of 52 pass attempts for 485 yards and four scores. Travis Homer ran for just 51 yards but scored three touchdowns.
For Virginia the loss knocks them out of the ACC Championship as Georgia Tech has finished conference play with a 6-2 record and holds the tie breaker over the Cavs.
Virgina, now 9-2 overall and 5-2 in ACC games, dropped to 16th in the coaches poll. They will travel to face #20 Virginia Tech (9-2) next week.