No. 1 Miami Routs Pitt 52-23 as Malachi Toney Sets School Record With 16 Catches
Darian Mensah threw for 387 yards and four touchdowns, three to Malachi Toney, as the top-ranked Hurricanes moved to 7-0.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
The Golden Gate Bridge at sunset under a pink and purple sky. Photo: Umer Sayyam / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Top-ranked Miami beat Pittsburgh 52-23 on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium, with wide receiver Malachi Toney catching a school-record 16 passes for 194 yards and three touchdowns.
Why it matters: The Hurricanes are 7-0 and 5-0 in the ACC as they chase the program's first national title since 2001.
The passing game
Quarterback Darian Mensah completed 31 of 37 passes for 387 yards and four touchdowns without an interception. Toney scored on a 19-yard screen, a 53-yard catch-and-run and an 11-yard catch. Toney's 16 catches were one shy of the ACC single-game record.
Honoring 2001
Miami wore throwback jerseys and honored the 25th anniversary of its 2001 championship team. Pitt fell to 5-3. Miami visits North Carolina on Oct. 31 and Notre Dame on Nov. 7.
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