Miami Gardens, FL– The No. 9 Miami Hurricanes beat the Standford Cardinal 42-7 at home trying to rebound from last week’s disappointing home loss to the Louisville Cardinals. The Cardinal are fresh off an upset win over the Hurricanes rival, Florida State and had an upset mindset tonight scoring on their first offensive drive after forcing a Miami punt. Those 74 yards and a score were most of the offensive output of the game for Stanford however. They would go on to only amass 70 yards on the final 10 possessions of the game. Mark Fletcher led the Hurricanes offensively with 106 yards on 23 carries and 3 rushing touchdowns. Carson Beck was an efficient 21-28 passing for 189 yards and a touchdown toss to CJ Daniels who made a fantastic catch over his defender in the endzone. Miami’s defense played lights out after the first drive forcing two turnovers and limiting Stanford to 144 total yards.
what went right?
The Hurricanes defense swarmed completely stuffed Stanford’s run game. The quarterback was placed under heavy duress all game. Giving up less than 200 yards for the game is a big win for this defense given last week’s performance versus Louisville.
What went wrong?
The Hurricanes are still struggling to throw the ball down field. Carson Beck was more of a game manager during this win, fresh off a four-interception performance last week. He’s still working to get his confidence back as the offense was aided by great field position off of great punt returns by true freshman Malichi Toney. The all-American candidate finished with 139 yards total offense.
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