← FADE BOARD
3–52
Final
#6 · 4-0

Miami

 Hard Rock Stadium, Miami GardensMIA -41.5
FINALCentral Michigan 3, Miami 52MIA covered -41.5CLOSED MIA -41.5

Highlights

3 CLIPS · ESPN
Darian Mensah dimes Daylyn Upshaw for an 11-yard Miami TDVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
MIA WINNING
CMU WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: MIA 100% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 0 PTS

Scoring plays

9 SCORES
Q1
Field Goal Good

Caden VanHuis 49 Yd Field Goal

5:56
3-0
Rushing Touchdown

Javian Mallory 4 Yd Run (Jake Weinberg Kick)

1:58
3-7
Q2
Passing Touchdown

Daylyn Upshaw 11 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Jake Weinberg Kick)

12:47
3-14
Passing Touchdown

Malachi Toney 8 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Jake Weinberg Kick)

9:45
3-21
Passing Touchdown

Cooper Barkate 13 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Jake Weinberg Kick)

3:22
3-28
Rushing Touchdown

Darian Mensah 5 Yd Run (Jake Weinberg Kick)

0:06
3-35
Q3
Fumble Return Touchdown

Jamal Meriweather 0 Yd Fumble Recovery (Jake Weinberg Kick)

6:00
3-42
Q4
Field Goal Good

Jake Weinberg 33 Yd Field Goal

13:17
3-45
Rushing Touchdown

Chris Wheatley-Humphrey 35 Yd Run (Jack Olsen Kick)

10:29
3-52

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Mensah throws for 338 yards and 3 TDs, No. 6 Miami rolls past Central Michigan 52-3

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- , Darian Mensah was almost perfect, again. And No. 6 Miami got through September with a perfect record, again. Mensah passed for 338 yards and three touchdowns, plus ran for another score as Miami capped an unbeaten September by topping Central Michigan 52-3 on Saturday night. Malachi Toney caught six passes for 120 yards and a touchdown for Miami (4-0), and all four of Mensah's touchdowns came in the second quarter. Cooper Barkate and Daylyn Upshaw also caught scoring passes from Mensah, who completed 23 of 27 throws. “He spread the ball around pretty good, he extended plays, great pocket presence, protected pretty well,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal said. “A couple times when it got sticky, he found a way.” Even with only four incompletions, Mensah's completion percentage for the season dipped.

READ THE FULL STORY →

Top performers

CMU
PASSINGJadyn Glasser13/15, 88 YDS, 1 INT
RUSHINGNick Woodford6 CAR, 21 YDS
RECEIVINGTayte Vanderleest1 REC, 24 YDS
MIA
PASSINGDarian Mensah23/27, 338 YDS, 3 TD
RUSHINGChris Wheatley-Humphrey11 CAR, 104 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGMalachi Toney6 REC, 120 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

CMU · MIA
158
TOTAL YARDS
572
137
PASSING
371
21
RUSHING
201
10
1ST DOWNS
31
6-14
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
6-9
3
TURNOVERS
0
6-36
PENALTIES
13-107
28:50
POSSESSION
31:10

HARD ROCK STADIUM, MIAMI GARDENS · ATTENDANCE 65,338

Loading play-by-play…

Central Michigan at Miami | TapeDog