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Miami vs. Bowling Green
Oct. 14, 2000

With the victory, Miami halted its longest losing skid in three years at two games. The RedHawks are now 4-3 overall, 2-1 in the MAC East and 3-2 MAC overall. Miami is now 15-2 at home versus MAC opponents since Oct. 5, 1996.

Bowling Green dropped to 1-6 overall, 1-3 in the MAC East and 1-3 MAC overall. Falcons' head coach Gary Blackney, who announced his resignation just over two weeks ago, concludes his BGSU career with a 6-4 record versus Miami.

Miami's Mike Bath set a career single-game best with two rushing touchdowns. He scored on a 27-yard scamper late in the third quarter and then scored the go-ahead score on a 1-yard keeper with 11:03 to play in the game. He finished with 23 rushing yards.

Bowling Green's Kurt Gerling extended his consecutive reception string to 25 with a catch in the first quarter.

Prior to leaving the game with a hip flexor injury, Miami's Sly Johnson caught three passes for 43 yards and moved into eighth place on the RedHawks' all-time receiving yardage list. He now has 1,455 career yards.

With the absence of Sly Johnson in the second half, sophomore Jason Branch finished with a career-high-tying four catches for 38 yards.

Bowling Green running back/quarterback Josh Harris, a freshman, rushed for a team- and career-high 105 yards in just his second appearance with the Falcons.

Miami punter Kent McCullough totaled seven punts for a season-high 47.1 yards per punt average. He booted a season-long 62-yarder in the third quarter.

After losing 17 yards rushing in the first half, Miami finished with 141 yards rushing for the game-21 carries for 158 yards in the second half.

Keyed by a 51-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, Miami's Steve Little finished with a career-high 149 yards on the afternoon.

The 10 points surrendered by the Miami defense were a season low.

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