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Presenting the weekly Miami Hurricanes stats-and-notes roll, with player, ACC and state stuff all mentioned ... enjoy.
THE BASICS
_ Miami is one of 17 unbeaten teams left in major college football.
_ Miami's current seven-game winning streak (going back to last season) is its longest since an eight-game stretch from Sept. 17 through Nov. 12, 2005.
_ Miami now has 31 rushes for at least 10 yards this season (6.2 per game). The Hurricanes had 45, total, in 2012 (3.8 per game).
_ Miami has completed 73.9 percent of its passes inside the red zone this season. A year ago, that success rate was only 50.8 percent.
_ Miami had only six third-down chances Saturday, its fewest in a game since at least 1995 (tied for second-fewest nationally in any game this season).
THE STATE, AND STATE OF THE ACC
_ Miami was part of a perfect Saturday for the state of Florida. The Sunshine State's seven FBS teams went 7-0 on the same day, for the first time.
_ The ACC has three unbeatens left (Miami, Clemson, Florida State). Only two other leagues _ the Pac-12 and the Big 12 _ have three unbeatens remaining. The SEC has two, as does the Big Ten and the American Athletic Conference.
_ The ACC is the only conference in America with four teams currently on five-game winning streaks this season. (The three unbeatens, and Virginia Tech.)
INDIVIDUAL STATS
_ Stephen Morris is now No. 5 nationally in yards per pass caught (16.38), No. 10 nationally in yards per pass attempt (10.11), No. 10 nationally in touchdown-per-pass percentage (9.6) and No. 12 nationally in QB rating (169.7).
_ Dallas Crawford is now tied for No. 12 nationally in rushing touchdowns (seven).
_ Duke Johnson's 325 all-purpose yards against Georgia Tech marked the second-best single-game performance of his career (376 vs. Virginia last year).
INDIVIDUAL STAT, STRANGE BUT TRUE VERSION
_ Pat O'Donnell would be No. 4 nationally in punting average (47.2). So why isn't he ranked? He no longer has enough punts to qualify for the national rankings (you needed 3.6 punts per team game to qualify this week, and O'Donnell is two kicks shy of that standard. Blame the effectiveness of Miami's offense.)
PLAYING FROM BEHIND
_ Miami ran 19 plays when trailing against Georgia Tech, the first time the Hurricanes trailed in a game since October 2012. In those 19 plays, they averaged 13.4 yards per snap. (Averaged 5.7 yards per snap when trailing in 2012.)
_ QB Stephen Morris was 9 for 10 with 165 yards, two touchdowns and one interception while the Hurricanes trailed on Saturday. Miami's running backs totaled 9 carries for 89 yards when Georgia Tech held the lead.
FUN WITH TURNOVERS
_ Miami has turned the ball over eight times in its last two games. It had turned the ball over eight times, total, in its previous 10 games combined.
_ Miami was 0-10 between Oct. 2007 and Sept. 2013 when turning the ball over four times, averaging 20.7 points in those games. The Hurricanes are 2-0 in the past two weeks, with four turnovers each time, averaging 47 points.
_ The rest of the FBS nation is 14-51 this season in games when turning the ball over at least four times.
_ Miami is 2-0 in those games. Only other team to do that so far this season: Michigan (wins over Akron and UConn).
_ Only three teams have scored more points in a game, while committing at least four turnovers, than Miami has this season. (Baylor scored 73 against West Virginia, Texas Tech scored 61 against Stephen F. Austin, and Duke scored 55 in a loss to Pittsburgh.) Miami scored 49 against USF and 45 against Georgia Tech.
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