Jack Sorenson
33
Miami (OH) MIA 4-5 , 3-2
35
Winner Ohio OHI 2-7 , 2-3
Miami (OH) MIA
4-5 , 3-2
33
Final
35
Ohio OHI
2-7 , 2-3
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MIA Miami (OH) 0 0 13 20 33
OHI Ohio 7 7 14 7 35

Game Recap: Football |

RedHawks Comeback Falls Short at Ohio, 35-33

ATHENS, Ohio –Trailing 28-0 early in the third quarter, the Miami University football team scored the game's next 26 points before dropping a 35-33 decision to the Ohio Bobcats on Tuesday evening. The loss drops Miami to 4-5 overall and 3-2 in Mid-American Conference play, while OU improves to 2-7 overall and 2-3 in the MAC.
 
How it Happened:
  • The Bobcats led 28-0 early in the third quarter before Miami's epic comeback attempt began.
  • The combo of Brett Gabbert and Jack Sorenson were nearly unstoppable all evening. Gabbert finished the contest with 492 yards passing and five touchdowns and Jack Sorenson had a career-high 14 catches for 283 yards and two scores. Junior Mac Hippenhammer added 73 yards and his first two touchdown game of his Miami career.
  • Miami got on the board with a 51-yard pass from Gabbert to Jalen Walker to cut the lead to 28-7 midway through the third stanza. Gabbert then found Sorenson on a 15-yard score as the OU advantage was cut to 28-13.
  • The most crucial play of the game came on the first snap of the fourth quarter. Miami marched down to the OU 11-yard line and faced a 4th-and-1, but came up short on the attempt.
  • Miami made the game interesting when Gabbert found Sorenson for an 82-yard score with 3:17 to go, but following an unsuccessful on-side kick attempt, Ohio rushed for a 46-yard score to end the comeback.
  • Gabbert led the RedHawks on one final touchdown drive, capped by a 5-yard touchdown pass to Hippenhammer.
 
Game Notes:
  • Ivan Pace Jr. had a career-high 18 tackles and added two sacks.
  • Jack Sorenson had his fourth-straight 100-yard game, finishing the contest with 14 catches for 283 receiving yards. The 14 catches is one shy of a school record, while his 283 yards is a new Miami record, previously held by Nick Harwell with 229 versus Temple back in 2011.
  • Brett Gabbert threw for a career-high 492 yards, which ranks third all-time in Miami history. His five touchdown passes are second-most in Miami history. Gabbert finished the contest with 515 total yards, third best in program history.
 
Up Next:
Miami returns to action Tuesday, Nov. 9 at home versus Buffalo. A kick time will be announced on Thursday, Nov. 4.
 
 
 
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