Miami Survives Florida State in Overtime, 43-35
Five ties. The score was level at 7-7, 14-14, 21-21, 28-28 and 35-35, and Miami is still the one with the 6-0 record. I do not know how, and neither does Florida State.
Mark Fletcher Jr. ran in from 7 yards in the first quarter for the opening score. From there the teams traded: Ashton Daniels threw 23 yards to Desirrio Riles, Darian Mensah answered with a 14-yard throw to Malachi Toney, and Daniels ran in from 2 yards to make it 14-14 at the half. Daniels threw 28 yards to Quintrevion Wisner to put Florida State up 21-14 in the third. Javian Mallory tied it at 21 with a 3-yard run, and Elija Lofton caught a 3-yard Mensah touchdown with 2:49 left to put Miami ahead 28-21.
Ten seconds later it was tied. Daniels found Duce Robinson on a 75-yard touchdown with 2:39 to go, and the game went to overtime. Robinson caught another from 20 yards for a 35-28 lead, Mallory ran 25 yards to tie it, and Miami found eight more points to take it 43-35.
Miami had 583 total yards, 257 on the ground on 44 carries. Florida State had 445 and fell to 3-4. Daniels was the best quarterback of the day on paper: 298 yards, four touchdown passes and a rushing score for 45 points. Mensah and Toney both went over 30 as well.
For a different view of the same game, Duce Robinson finished with 5 catches for 113 yards and two scores, Mallory ran 13 times for 108 yards and two touchdowns, and Tre Wisner had 4 catches and a score along with a lost fumble. That fumble is the only one in the game, and it belonged to the team that ended up losing.