Overview
- Miami’s defense delivered a season-best surge with seven sacks, 11 tackles for loss and three takeaways, highlighted by Keionte Scott’s 38-yard pick-six late in the first half.
- Carson Beck went 18-of-24 for 247 yards with two total touchdowns and crossed 10,000 career passing yards, joining a short list of active FBS quarterbacks at that mark.
- Shannon Dawson’s creativity paid off with a Malachi Toney throwback touchdown to Beck and a late score by right tackle Francis Mauigoa on a backward pass, plus a 61-yard strike to Keelan Marion and a 19-yard run by Girard Pringle Jr.
- Syracuse fell to 3-7 (1-6 ACC) and was eliminated from bowl contention as Rickie Collins finished 12-of-25 for 85 yards with two interceptions under heavy pressure behind an injury-hit line.
- Miami improved to 7-2 (3-2 ACC), avenged last season’s loss to the Orange, cleaned up penalties compared with last week and reestablished its defensive identity after the OT setback at SMU.