Ken Dorsey doesn't care about his statistics.

The Miami quarterback didn't even know in his postgame interviews that he set a career-record by throwing for 344 yards, connected 20 out of 27 times with his receivers and torched the Penn State secondary Saturday night in Beaver Stadium.

Dorsey didn't mind not throwing the ball much in the second half, handing the ball off to his Hurricane tailbacks and running out the clock.

Dorsey could have easily padded his stats in the second half, bombing the ball downfield to tight end Jeremy Shockey and his athletic receivers like he did the entire first half. The Penn State secondary had no answers for the Miami passing attack in the first half, and it surely wasn't going to stop the Hurricanes in the final 30 minutes.

But Dorsey is smarter than that. Instead of setting all kinds of Beaver Stadium passing records, he took his time, running the clock and making sure the Hurricanes came out of Happy Valley victorious.

"If I were to throw for 100 yards and get the win then I'd be satisfied," Dorsey said. "I know we won, that's for sure. That's the important thing, getting the win."

But Dorsey threw for way more than 100 yards. And he wasn't limited to only one or even two receivers. The Hurricanes quarterback hit eight receivers against Penn State, three for touchdowns.

His main targets were Shockey and wide receivers Andre Johnson and Kevin Beard, but he also found Hurricanes coming out of the backfield and connected with wide receiver Ethenic Sands for a score.

Miami first-year coach Larry Coker didn't expect much less from his junior quarterback. Coker gave a lot of credit to the Hurricanes' massive offensive line protecting Dorsey in pass protection, but said Dorsey has to be that consistent for Miami to be successful this season.

"He was very, very special," Coker said. "They protected for him really well and made some plays for him. Honestly, we dropped some balls. He's better now than he's ever been."

The Hurricanes offensive line is nothing but happy to protect Dorsey. With deadly accuracy and a cannon for an arm, offensive lineman Joaquin Gonzalez said the game plan was to control Penn State's defensive line and give Dorsey time to get rid of the ball.

He added that the Miami offensive line versus Penn State's defensive line was the game's big matchup, so the Hurricanes knew they had to dominate that position to win.

Dorsey didn't have a grass stain on his jersey after the game. He didn't get knocked down once and was never pressured by the Nittany Lions' defensive line.

Miami definitely won that battle.

"We knew the key was we had to be strong up front, we had to control the line of scrimmage because their forte, their strength is their defensive line," Gonzalez said. "That was our mentality going into the game and that's why we played so hard in the middle."

Even though the Miami offense destroyed the Lions secondary, having their way on most pass plays, Dorsey said the Hurricanes still have a lot to work on. The junior didn't talk like he was unhappy with Miami's performance, he meant for the Hurricanes to reach their potential, the team has to get consistently better.

Dorsey meant everything he said. The quarterback wasn't just talking down the Hurricanes terrific performance.

"The backs did a great job of picking up blitzes and the offensive line did a great job of blocking," he said. "But we need to get tough down on the goal line. We have to be able to punch it in."