Unbeaten Miami Hangs 52 on Pittsburgh
Malachi Toney caught 16 passes. Sixteen. For 194 yards and three touchdowns, in a game that was decided by halftime. Miami beat Pittsburgh 52-23 and is 7-0.
Miami never trailed and never was tied. Jake Weinberg kicked a 40-yard field goal to open the scoring, Darian Mensah hit Toney for 19 yards, and Javian Mallory ran 16 yards for a 17-0 lead early in the second quarter. Pittsburgh's Damon Ferguson Jr. got in from five yards out to make it 17-7. Then the roof came down: Mensah to Toney for 53 yards at 1:50, and Mensah to Gavin Mueller from three yards at 0:39. That was 31-7 at the half, and the final margin only got bigger from there.
Mensah went 31 of 37 for 387 yards and four touchdowns, with no interceptions. Miami had 506 total yards to Pittsburgh's 403, no turnovers to Pittsburgh's lost fumble, and 39 carries for 119 yards that mostly kept the clock moving. Pittsburgh threw for 334 and had nothing to show for it until Cataurus Hicks caught a 36-yard score early in the third, with Miami already up 38-7 at that point. A safety and a 49-yard touchdown from Corey Dailey to Cam Sapp with 0:46 left dressed up the score a little.
Miami stays perfect at 7-0 and Pittsburgh falls to 5-3. For fantasy, Toney's 53.4 points tied his season best, and Mensah added another 38.3 on a day when he barely needed the fourth quarter. Hicks had a 149-yard game in a losing cause.