Miami Rolls Stanford 45-6 Behind Mensah's Five Scores
Darian Mensah was 27 of 30. Not 27 of 40 with a couple of drops, 27 of 30, for 401 yards and five touchdowns. Miami beat Stanford 45-6 and the quarterback's line is most of the story.
Malachi Toney got the first two scores, a 23-yarder at 12:07 of the first quarter and a 2-yarder late in it, and Emmet Kenney's 30-yard field goal was Stanford's only answer in the opening 15 minutes. CharMar Brown ran in from 5 yards, Daylyn Upshaw caught a 5-yarder, and Miami led 28-3 before Kenney's 24-yarder made it 28-6 at the half. Cooper Barkate's 34-yard catch and Toney's 47-yarder (his third touchdown) made it 42-6 midway through the third. Jake Weinberg's 46-yard field goal finished the scoring.
Toney's line was 12 catches, 234 yards and three touchdowns, which is 53.4 Promethium points from one receiver. Miami had 550 total yards, 428 of them through the air, and still managed an interception and a lost fumble. Stanford had 299 yards, no turnovers, and six points, all from the kicker.
Miami is 1-0 with a very loud opener. Stanford is 1-1 after this one. In fantasy terms, Toney and Mensah combined for just shy of 100 points, so anyone who owned both had a very good night.
Stanford's side of the sheet was thin: 299 yards, 221 through the air and 78 on 23 carries, with Kenney's two field goals the only points. Miami's defense had a sack, and the offense gave it away twice, one interception and one lost fumble, so it was a clean game only in the way that 45-6 is clean.