With 5:46 to go, Jimmy Dye intercepted a Dan Kelly pass and returned it for 77 yards for a Miami touchdown.
John Farler kicked a field goal with :07 left in the half to make it 14–10 Miami.
An eighty-yard drive led to a touchdown culminated by QB Bobby Anderson (replacing Kelly due to an ankle problem) running in for a two-yard score to make it 17–14 with 11:11 to go in the 3rd.
Jerry Daanen scored on a nine-yard touchdown catch from Bill Miller to make it 21–17 Miami with 14:55 to go in the 4th quarter.
[1][2] The Hurricanes did not compete in a bowl game again until 1981, with Howard Schnellenberger at the helm, the sixth coach hired after Tate left in 1970.