Carson Beck threw three landing passes and Mark Fletcher Jr. ran for 2 extra to guide the host Miami Hurricanes to a 49-12 victory over South Florida on Saturday night time in Miami Gardens, Fla.
The No. 5 Hurricanes (3-0) totaled 576 yards and jumped out to a 14-0 lead over the No. 18 Bulls (2-1), who earned their rating after beating then No. 25 Boise State and then-No. 13 Florida to open the season.
Fletcher ran for 120 yards on 16 carries whereas Beck accomplished 23 of 28 passes for 340 yards and the Georgia switch threw his first two interceptions as a Miami quarterback.
However the Hurricanes’ protection rendered the miscues inconsequential as Miami beat USF for the seventh time in eight conferences all-time.
Beck sealed the result when he faked a handoff and delivered a 1-yard landing cross to CharMar Brown with 7:05 left within the fourth.
USF quarterback Byrum Brown accomplished 20 of 36 passes for 274 yards, one landing on a 12-yard reference to Christian Neptune, and one interception.
Beck’s first two landing passes went to freshman Joshua Moore — from 8 and 39 yards — to offer the Hurricanes their early edge.
The primary of two Nico Gramatica subject targets, a 45-yarder, reduce Miami’s result in 14-3 within the first quarter.
The sport was then delayed for an hour and 42 minutes attributable to extreme climate.
Chas Nimrod led the Bulls with 4 catches for 128 yards, and two of these big-chunk features led to USF’s first two scores.
Main 14-6, the Hurricanes made certain there could be no main momentum shift following the delay as Fletcher ran for 38 yards — his longest of the season — and weaved by means of USF defenders to the tip zone to push Miami’s result in 21-6 with 10:05 left within the second quarter.
Jarvis Lee and James Chenault recorded interceptions for the Bulls. After Beck’s second interception, Miami’s Jakobe Thomas stripped Brown of the ball and Chase Smith recovered.
Brown led USF into the purple zone once more, however he was stopped on a run up the center for 1 yard on fourth-and-3 from the Hurricanes’ 9, turning the ball over on downs with 4:08 left within the third quarter.
Miami receiver C.J. Daniels exited the sport with 13 minutes left within the third quarter and didn’t return after being tackled and touchdown on his shoulder.
–Subject Stage Media
