THIS DATE IN HURRICANES HISTORY...SEPTEMBER 12, 1991

In one of those HYPED games that the television networks so love, the Miami Hurricanes crushed the Houston Cougars and Heisman Trophy candidate David Klingler 40-10 in front of a frenetic Orange Bowl crowd of 71,842 and a national television audience! UMSHoF member Gino Torretta outshone the Cougar's QB by passing for 365 yards and 4 touchdowns in the contest ! Torretta tossed two touchdowns each to Lamar Thomas and Kevin Williams, including a 71 yard bomb Klingler ended the evening 32 of 59, but for only 216 yards. He was sacked 6 times by the Miami defense that allowed only 287 total yards. Klingler had passed for 510 yards and NINE touchdowns the week before in a 73-3 romp over Louisiana tech! The hoped-for classic game never materialized as the Canes streaked to a 30-3 halftime lead...and led 40-3 before Klingler tossed his only touchdown pass...with 3 seconds remaining in the game ! The two teams combined for 96 passes, 46 of them incomplete...and 31 penalties...that led to the longest game in UM history at 3 hours 54 minutes!