Miami (OH) Holds on as UMass Misses a Two-point Try with 0:01 Left
UMass scored with 0:01 left, trailed 20-19, and could have kicked the extra point to send the game to overtime. Instead it ran for two, the run failed, and Miami (OH) escaped with a 20-19 win. Flip that one decision and the day goes to a bonus period. It did not.
It began with UMass on top. Curtis Kimmons IV ran 23 yards for a touchdown at 6:36 of the first quarter, but Miami answered with a 20-yard run from Scoop Smith and a nine-yard run from Caleb Heavner to lead 14-7. Derek Morris kicked a 56-yard field goal early in the second quarter to make it 14-10. Kellan McLaughlin added field goals of 27 and 47 yards to make it 20-10, and Morris cut it to 20-13 with a 34-yarder at 4:55 of the fourth.
Then came the finish. Logan Inagawa, 6 of 6 for 83 yards in this game, hit Max Dowling for a 21-yard touchdown at 0:01. Miami was never tied after taking the lead, and the only lead change of the game was Miami's early one. The Redhawks did it with 95 passing yards and 166 on the ground, finishing with 261 total yards to UMass's 319. UMass lost a fumble, Miami none. Three sacks for Miami's defense helped.
Miami moves to 3-3 and UMass drops to 4-2. For fantasy, the top score of the afternoon was a modest 18.1, from UMass receiver T.Y. Harding.