Miami 49-12 South Florida (Sep 13, 2025) Sport Recap

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — — The final staff that began a season with three consecutive wins over AP-ranked opponents was Miami in 1987.

And the Hurricanes made positive that did not change.

Carson Beck threw three landing passes, Mark Fletcher Jr. rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 5 Miami remained unbeaten with a 49-12 win over No. 18 South Florida on Saturday.

It was Miami’s greatest victory margin over a ranked opponent since beating Washington 65-7 in 2001, the Hurricanes’ most up-to-date nationwide championship season. And it denied USF (2-1) the prospect at a 3rd straight ranked win to start out this season, following victories over Boise State and Florida.

“There was a lot of motivation going into this thing, besides the fact that they were a ranked football team because I have a lot of respect for their coaches and their players,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal mentioned. “This was an in-state game. And those games, you have to play your very best.”

The Hurricanes are 6-0 because the begin of final season towards in-state opponents, successful these video games by a median of 34.5 factors.

Beck accomplished 23 of 28 passes for 340 yards and ran for a landing for Miami (3-0). Fletcher had a two-TD recreation for the second consecutive week and Joshua Moore had two first-quarter scoring catches.

“The young man’s lost three games in his college career,” USF coach Alex Golesh mentioned of Beck, a Georgia switch. “He’s tough. He’s gritty. I thought he was super accurate tonight. … I think that young man’s really, really good.”

Byrum Brown accomplished 20 of 36 passes for 274 yards and a landing for USF. Brown threw an interception late within the first half, ending his school-record streak of 252 passes with out being picked off.

Christian Neptune had a 12-yard landing catch for the Bulls, who acquired 128 yards on 4 catches from Chas Nimrod. USF had 4 passes go for greater than 25 yards, together with 53- and 43-yarders to Nimrod.

The recreation was delayed for 1 hour, 41 minutes within the first half due to extreme climate within the space. It ended simply shy of 5 hours after kickoff.

“We certainly didn’t execute like we have been,” Golesh mentioned. “Just didn’t look like us.”

The takeaway

South Florida: USF led Miami 15-14 with 2 minutes left within the half of their recreation final yr. Miami outscored the Bulls 36-0 the remainder of the best way in that recreation — and was up 28-6 with 2 minutes left within the half this yr. Add it up, and USF was outscored 64-6 by the Hurricanes over 60 minutes of play.

Miami: The recreation was primarily sealed when the Hurricanes’ Rueben Bain Jr. stopped Brown on a fourth-and-3 carry from the Miami 9 late within the third quarter, with the hosts main 28-6. Miami wanted solely six performs to go 91 yards; Beck had three passes for 64 yards on the drive and Fletcher capped it with a 13-yard TD run.

Up subsequent

South Florida: Hosts South Carolina State subsequent Saturday.

Miami: Hosts Florida subsequent Saturday.

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