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10/17 22:18 CDT Louisville intercepts 4 of Beck's passes, tops No. 2 Miami
24-21 to end Hurricanes' home streak
Louisville intercepts 4 of Beck's passes, tops No. 2 Miami 24-21 to end
Hurricanes' home streak
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) --- Louisville tried a little bit of everything. A
fake field goal. Having three different players taking snaps from center. A
reverse that wasn't a reverse.
It was enough for the Cardinals to stun No. 2 Miami.
Miller Moss threw two touchdown passes to Chris Bell and ran for a score,
Louisville intercepted four of Miami star Carson Beck's passes --- the first
time he'd ever thrown that many in a college game --- and the Cardinals topped
the Hurricanes 24-21 on Friday night.
"This is what college football is all about," Louisville coach Jeff Brohm said.
"Every week is going to be a contest down to the very end, no matter who you
play."
Louisville (5-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) got touchdowns on its first two
drives for a quick 14-0 lead, and the Hurricanes (5-1, 1-1) trailed the rest of
the way.
Louisville also snapped Miami's 10-game home winning streak. The last team to
win at Miami? That was Louisville, in 2023.
"Obviously, a really disappointing evening and outcome," Miami coach Mario
Cristobal said. "At the end of the day, credit to them. ... We didn't coach
well enough, we didn't execute well enough and came up short. Just not good
enough."
The Hurricanes were in field-goal range on the final drive, but Louisville's TJ
Capers intercepted Beck's pass at the 30 with 32 seconds left to seal the win.
Moss completed 23 of 37 passes for 248 yards, and Isaac Brown ran for 113 yards
on 15 carries for Louisville. Bell had nine catches for 136 yards, his TD grabs
going for 35 and 36 yards.
Beck completed 25 of 35 passes for 271 yards for Miami. The Hurricanes had
little success rushing the ball, generating only 63 yards on 24 carries against
a Louisville team that came into the night with the No. 1 defense in the ACC.
Louisville came into the game 1-8 against teams ranked Nos. 1 or 2 in the AP
poll. The win was over then-No. 2 Florida State, a 63-20 romp in 2016.
And on the road, there had never been a night like this for the Cardinals. They
were 0-18 against Top 10 teams in true road games before Friday. Most of them
weren't even close: Louisville dropped those games by an average --- an average
--- of 26.3 points.
"On any given day, we can beat anybody," Brohm said.
Miami trailed 17-13 going into the fourth, but Moss' TD catch with 13:27
remaining gave the Cardinals a two-score lead again. Beck was picked off on the
ensuing drive with 7:50 remaining, but Miami got the ball right back on a
fumble.
Miami's Malachi Toney scored on a 12-yard run one play after the fumble, then
threw a 2-point conversion pass himself and Miami was right back in it --- down
24-21. But the Hurricanes got no closer.
"We did just enough," Brohm said.
The takeaway Louisville: The Cardinals should move into the AP Top 25 on Sunday, and had Miami guessing from the outset Friday. The first drive included, among other things, a fake reverse and a fake field goal. The fake on the chip shot --- it would have been a 22-yarder --- got the Cardinals down to the 1, and Moss barreled in one play later for the game's opening score. Miami: The Hurricanes' loss means the list of unbeaten FBS teams is now down to 10 --- all of them 6-0. The list: No. 1 Ohio State, No. 3 Indiana, No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 5 Ole Miss, No. 7 Texas Tech, No. 12 Georgia Tech, No. 15 BYU and No. 22 Memphis, along with unranked Navy and UNLV. Up next Louisville: Hosts Boston College on Oct. 25. Miami: Hosts Stanford on Oct. 25. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football |
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