By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer

MIAMI(AP) -- Jacory Harris watched Georgia Tech run over, past and
around Miami's defense on the opening series of the game, barely
showing any emotion on the sideline.

He saved it all for the field.

And Georgia Tech's hex over Miami? It's over.

Cool and in control throughout, Harris completed 20 of 25 passes
for 270 yards and three touchdowns, and the 20th-ranked
Hurricanes snapped a four-game losing streak against No. 14
Georgia Tech with a 33-17 victory Thursday night.

Miami scored on its first three possessions, built a 24-3 lead
shortly after halftime and outgained the Yellow Jackets by
nearly a 2-to-1 margin.

"One thing I congratulate this team on is how we stay focused,"
Harris said. "You know, there's a lot of people around campus
and in the community, they praise us now and they've got our
back and all this. But the thing I know about this team, we're
not (letting) anything go to our head."

Miami (2-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) matched its best
league start since 2004, outgained Georgia Tech 454-228 and set
up a Coastal Division showdown at Virginia Tech on Sept. 26.
Graig Cooper ran for 93 yards, Javarris James rushed for 72 more
and a touchdown, and LaRon Byrd caught five passes for 83 yards
and another score.

It's the first time Miami has won consecutive games against
ranked opponents since the end of the 2003 season.

"Big win for us tonight," Miami coach Randy Shannon said. "Big,
huge win. Big for this football team and this program."

Georgia Tech (2-1, 1-1) blew Miami out a year ago, dooming the
Hurricanes' conference title hopes by rushing for 472 yards.
This time, Miami handled the triple option with relative ease,
holding the Yellow Jackets to 95 yards rushing - 60 of those
coming on the game's first drive.

Tech's reigning ACC player of the year, fullback Jonathan Dwyer,
was slowed by a shoulder injury - only a stinger, he said
afterward - and finished with 7 yards on five carries. Josh
Nesbitt completed 6 of 15 passes, all to Demaryius Thomas, for
133 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown midway through the
fourth quarter.

"We could never get them off the field," Georgia Tech coach Paul
Johnson said. "In a game like that, you better maximize and we
didn't. We played very poorly on offense."

Miami didn't.

Other than two late missed field goals by Matt Bosher, there
wasn't much for Miami to complain about, and the Hurricanes
sauntered off celebrating their most significant win in years.
Even tight end Jimmy Graham - who spent four years on Miami's
basketball team - got into the act, catching a 14-yard touchdown
pass in the third quarter.

Graham was the only Miami player ever to beat Georgia Tech
before: He was 4-1 against the Yellow Jackets in basketball.

"This offense is not selfish," Byrd said. "As long as we're
winning."

Since taking a 24-0 lead against Clemson last Thursday night,
Georgia Tech has been outscored 60-23.

"We just killed ourselves," Dwyer said. "We didn't play Georgia
Tech football. I think we finally learned our lesson. We
realized that if we don't go out here and work hard, we're going
to get our butts kicked."

Georgia Tech ran the ball on its first 12 plays, quickly forcing
Miami into a series of frantic substitutions. Eric Moncur -
Miami's sixth-year defensive end who was injured most of last
season and was held out of this year's opener - got a big stop
on third-and-6, forcing Tech to settle for a field goal.

The Yellow Jackets ran for 60 yards on that drive - and managed
only 27 more the rest of the half.

Meanwhile, Harris was the picture of cool, setting the tone for
the Miami sideline.

A 35-yard pass to Leonard Hankerson was immediately followed by
a 40-yard toss to Byrd for Miami's first touchdown. Dedrick Epps
caught a 13-yarder for a 14-3 lead early in the second quarter,
and Bosher connected on a 34-yard field goal with 5:45 left in
the half.

"As long as we play as a team," Harris said, "we'll come out
with victories like this."

Meanwhile, even when Georgia Tech caught a break, the Jackets
couldn't cash in. A pass interference call against Vaughn
Telemaque on fourth-and-12 from the Miami 29 extended one drive;
the Yellow Jackets went for it there because kicker Scott Blair
was 0 for 7 lifetime from outside 40 yards.

Three plays later, he tried a field goal from 39 yards: Wide
right it sailed off the Florida Marlins' infield dirt, only
Blair's second miss in 19 career tries from that distance or
less, according to STATS LLC.