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Postgame Notes - Tennessee vs. Miami
November 09, 2002 | Football
Nov. 9, 2002
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Series Notes
* Miami evens the series 1-1-0 ... Today's game was the first in the series at Neyland Stadium ... UT goes to Miami next season
* UT won the only previous meeting 35-7 in the 1986 Sugar Bowl
* Vols have an all-time mark of 22-8 vs. current members of the Big East Conference and had won their last 7 vs. Big East teams
* UM holds a 62-80-3 mark against current SEC schools
* Vols entered today's game unranked for the first time this season ... UM entered today's game No. 1 Coaches) and No. 2 (AP)
* Tennessee falls to 5-4 ... UM improves to 9-0
* Today's Attendance: 107,745 - 5th largest in Neyland Stadium history
Playing No. 1
* Vols are now 2-6 all-time vs. No. 1 teams ... including a 2-4 mark at Neyland Stadium
* Prior to today, the last time an unranked UT team played a No. 1 was the Vols' 38-20 win over Auburn in 1985
* The Vols' last win over a No. 1-ranked team was a 38-20 win in 1985 over Auburn at Neyland Stadium
* Vols defeated No. 1 ranked LSU 14-13 in 1959 in Tennessee's only other Homecoming game involving a No. 1-ranked opponent
* The last time UT played a team ranked No. 2 by the AP, the Vols won at Florida 34-32 last season
Vols in November
* UT is 65-4 in the month of November since 1985 ... Vols are 38-2 at home during this stretch
* UT's last home November loss was to No. 1-ranked Notre Dame (34-28) in 1990
* UT's last loss in November was a 28-24 setback at Arkansas in 1999 ... Last non-conference loss: 21-17 at Memphis in 1996
* Vols entered today's game on an 11-game November win streak dating back to the Arkansas loss in 1999
Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer has a 100-24 (.806) mark in his 11th season at his alma mater
* Vols are 57-8 under Fulmer at Neyland Stadium
* 11th fastest coach in NCAA history to 100 victories (123 games) ... Fifth fastest in terms of longevity (11th season--8th game)
* Fulmer is the only active coach (min. 10 seasons) to rank in NCAA's all-time Top 10 in winning percentage (10th)
* Fulmer has led Tennessee to more 11-win (3) and 10-win seasons (6) than any other coach in UT history
* Led UT to nation's best record (45-5) from 1995-98, including a 13-0 mark in 1998 and the National Championship
QB Casey Clausen injured in first half; watches second half on crutches
* Clausen reinjured his foot/ankle during the first half and did not return in the second ... Clausen first injured his foot at South Carolina
* Clausen is now 22-6 as a starter at quarterback for the Vols ... He completed 5-of-14 passes for 63 yards in the first half
* Clausen's Career passing stats now read: 494-of-773 (.632) 6,202 yards, 46 TDs, 21 INT
Houston Leads Vols on Ground
* Cedric Houston rushed for a carerr-high 111 yards on 14 carries tonight
* Houston's 74-yard run was the longest of his career (previous: 46 vs. Wyoming) and UT's longest of the year (previous: Davis, 62 vs. USC) ... Houston's run set up the Vols' first score (21-yard field goal by Alex Walls)
* Houston's 74-yard run is the longest vs. Miami since Florida State's Warrick Dunn broke an 80-yarder in 1996
* Today's game is Houston's third career 100-yard rushing game ... He also topped the mark this season against Wyoming (106) and South Carolina (108)
Colquitt Hits Career-Long 68-yarder
* Ray Guy Award Semifinalist Dustin Colquitt had three punts today of 50 yards or more
* Colquitt's 68-yarder in the third quarter was the longest of his career (previous: 62 vs. Alabama, 2002)
* He also had punts of 56 and 55 yards today ... He entered today's game ranked No. 7 nationally (43.6)
* Colquitt now has 12 punts this season of 50 yards or more
Quickly...
* With OT Michael Munoz missing today's game with injury (foot), UT has now had 13 players miss a combined 42 games this season
* Today's loss gives UT an all-time Homecoming record of 50-14-3 ... UT's last Homecoming loss was a 13-10 defeat to Ole Miss in 1983
* Anthony Herrera made his first career start at tackle today, replacing Michael Munoz
* Dustin Colquitt's had three 50-plus yard punts today (56, 55, 68) He now has 11 punts this season of 50 yards or more ... Colquitt entered the game ranked No. 7 nationally (43.6)
* First time 105 games that the Vols failed to score a touchdown, dating back to a 31-0 loss to Florida in 1994
* The three home losses this season are the most for UT since 1988 (2-4 home, 5-6 overall)
Next Up
* Tennessee travels to Mississippi State ... Kickoff time will be announced Sunday by the SEC office
