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0 -- Times Penn State head coach Joe Paterno has had back-to-back losing seasons in his 36 years in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions went 5-7 last year. |
Ken Dorsey is trying to become Miami's third Heisman-winning quarterback. AP
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.931 -- Miami's all-time winning percentage when the Hurricanes have been ranked No. 2 in the nation (27-2).
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1 -- Big Ten teams to own a winning record against Miami -- Penn State, which is 1-0 against the 'Canes as a Big Ten member and 7-5 against them overall. |
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2 -- Quarters, out of 48, the Hurricanes were held scoreless last season. |
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3 -- Non-conference, regular-season losses by the Nittany Lions since the start of the 2000 season. PSU had won its first 23 regular-season games out of conference since starting play in the Big Ten in 1993. |
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4-4 -- Record of Miami head coaches in their debuts since 1971. Butch Davis lost his first game as Hurricanes coach to UCLA 31-8 in 1995. Larry Coker will make his debut against Penn State. |
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5 -- Night games played at Penn State's Beaver Stadium since it opened in 1960 entering Saturday's game. The last game under the lights at Penn State was in 1993, a 31-7 victory against Rutgers. |
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6 -- Career 100-yard rushing games by Miami tailback Clinton Portis. Only Edgerrin James (14), Ottis Anderson (13) and James Jackson (11) have more in school history. |
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7 -- Times Beaver Stadium has been expanded since Paterno became head coach in 1966. The stadium now holds 106,537 people. |
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9 -- Years since a top-two team played at Penn State. The Hurricanes brought a No. 2 ranking into their 1992 visit to Happy Valley, which was a 17-14 victory. |
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14 -- Touchdown passes needed by Ken Dorsey to become the Hurricanes' all-time leader. Steve Walsh and Vinny Testaverde share the career record of 48. |
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18 -- Times Penn State has lost the season opener in its 114-year history. The Lions are 29-6 in openers under Paterno. |
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20 -- Total points the past five Penn State-Miami games have been decided by. Since 1981, the largest margin of victory in a game between the two teams was six points (Miami 26-20 in '91). |
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21 -- Years since the last time Penn State went four consecutive years without a 1,000-yard rusher. Eric McCoo has rushed for 822, 739 and 692 yards in the past three years, respectively. |
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29 -- Second-quarter points scored by the Nittany Lions last season (2.4 per game). |
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33 -- Turnovers forced by the Miami defense last season, including 23 interceptions. The Hurricanes also had 24 quarterback sacks. |
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43.6 -- Percentage of Penn State's total victories that have been won under Joe Paterno. The Lions are fifth on the NCAA all-time list with 739 victories, 322 coming under Paterno. |
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48 -- Career passing attempts by Nittany Lions senior starting quarterback Matt Senneca. Senneca has thrown one career touchdown pass. |
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49 -- Miami players that have been selected in the first three rounds in the NFL Draft in the past 15 years, most of any college. Penn State is sixth with 33. |
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142-14 -- Hurricanes' record when scoring first since the beginning of the 1983 season. |
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155.6 -- Yards rushing per game allowed by Penn State's defense last season, 39 more yards per game than the Lions' 1999 average. |
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283 -- Difference in total yards between Miami and Penn State in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl. The No. 1 Hurricanes outgained the No. 2 Nittany Lions 445-162, but still lost 14-10 thanks to five Testaverde interceptions. |
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358 -- Yards passing by Nittany Lions QB Todd Blackledge in the 1981 game against Miami, the most passing yards by a quarterback in the history of the series. |
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28,162 -- Total yards the Miami offense gained during Coker's six years as offensive coordinator, including 5,069 yards of offense last season. |
