Nov. 3, 2009

Miami-Temple Game Notes in PDF Format

Fresh from its first victory of the season, Miami University's football team faces one of its biggest challenges on Thursday night (7:30 p.m.) when it travels to Philadelphia to take on 6-2 Temple University.

Coach MICHAEL HAYWOOD'S troops staved off Toledo's late charge and survived with a 31-24 triumph at Yager Stadium.

PREVIEWING TEMPLE: Coach Al Golden's Owls are a perfect 4-0 in Mid-American Conference play and 6-2 overall. They've won six in a row with victories against Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Ball State, Army, Toledo and, last Saturday, a come-from-behind 27-24 win at Navy. Riding a 267-yard, two-touchdown performance by Bernard Pierce, the game-winning touchdown was a 41-yard gallop by Pierce with just 2:41 left in the game. The TU freshman leads the MAC with 1,033 yards. Temple's quarterback is Vaughn Charlton, who's averaging 150 yards per contest. Junior Michael Campbell (18 recs.-238 yards) and sophomore Joe Jones (17-244) are the Owls' top two receivers. DB Jaiquawn Jarrett (50 tackles), LB Elijah Joseph (47), LB Alex Joseph (45) and DB Dominique Harris (43) are Temple's top defensive players. Jarrett has three interceptions and each of the others have at least one INT. Freshman placekicker Brandon McManus is 12-of-17 on field goals and 23-of-25 on PATs.

MIAMI'S TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES VS. TEMPLE:

Most Passing Yards: 379 yards by Josh Betts (28-40, 3TD), 2005

Most Receiving Yards: 148 yards by Ryne Robinson (10), 2005

Most Rushing Yards: 133 yards by Thomas Merriweather (26 atts.), 2008

AFTER TEMPLE: The RedHawks return home on Thursday night, November 12, with a 6 p.m. game against Bowling Green. Miami's season finale also has a 6 p.m. kickoff on Wednesday, Nov. 18, versus Buffalo.

MIAMI SINGLE-GAME PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS (by players not named Ben Roethlisberger)

Josh Betts vs. Cincinnati, 2004 (26-43) .......... 416 yards

Josh Betts vs. Cent. Mich., 2005 (27-46) ........ 395 yards

Josh Betts at Temple, 2005 (28-40) ................. 379 yards

Josh Betts vs. Cincinnati, 2005 (22-35) .......... 359 yards

Mike Bath at Vanderbilt, 2000 (24-41) ........... 358 yards

Mike Kokal at Purdue, 2006 (26-43) ............... 355 yards

Mike Bath vs. Cincinnati, 1999 (21-41) .......... 352 yards

Josh Betts at West. Mich., 2004 (23-33) ......... 349 yards

Zac Dysert vs. No. Illinois, 2009 (27-38) ........ 348 yards

Zac Dysert vs. Toledo, 2009 (31-51) ................344 yards

Mike Bates at Toledo, 1987 (38-65) ................. 341 yards

Zac Dysert at Kent State, 2009 (31-53) .............. 337 yards

IT'S UP ... AND IT's GOOD!:  Junior placekicker Trevor Cook (Sioux Falls, SD, right) booted a school-record 55-yard field goal vs. Toledo, breaking the 14-year-old Miami mark of 54-yards by Chad Seitz (vs. Michigan, 1995). Cook's 55-yarder is the MAC's longest this year and ties him for the fourth-longest placement in the nation. It is the 11th-longest field goal in MAC history (tie). Career-wise, Cook is 19-of-31 on field goal attempts and 34-of-39 on PATs.

NEW PUNTER:  Redshirt freshman Jim Broadway (Roswell, GA) took over punting duties in the Toledo game, placing three of his four punts inside the Rockets' 20-yard line. Broadway's fourth punt was a a fair catch.

RedHawks On The Airwaves

Entering its third year of its partnership with ISP Sports Marketing, the Miami ISP Sports Network continues its coverage of Miami Football with a group of affiliates blanketing most of Southwest Ohio and Southeast Indiana. "The Voice of the RedHawks" Steve Baker will deliver the play-by-play coverage, while Tim Bray will provide color commentary. Terry Bridge is the network's sideline reporter.

Tune-in to one of Miami's game-day affiliates:

WMOH-AM 1450 (Hamilton, OH)

WFMG-FM 101.3 (Richmond, IN)

WPFB-FM 105.9 (Middletown, OH)

WPFB-AM 910 (Middletown, OH)

WONE-AM 980 (Dayton, OH)

WKVB-AM 1490 (Richmond, IN)

The pregame show on Thursday, Nov. 5, begins at 6:30 p.m. ET.

GET YOUR TICKETS:  Single-game tickets for Miami University football's remaining home contests are available for purchase at the Athletic Ticket Office in Millett Hall or online. The last two home games will be played at Yager Stadium in Oxford against Bowling Green (Nov. 12, 6 p.m.) and Buffalo (Nov. 18, 6 p.m.). Adult tickets may be purchased for $20, tickets for youth under 18 are $15, and reserved tickets in the Hawk's Nest (north end zone) also are $15. Tickets can be ordered online (www.MURedHawks.com), in person at the Millett Hall Box Office or by phone 1-866-MUHAWKS (1-866-684-2957) or 513-529-HAWK. For more information about the game, go to MakeItRed.net.