{"id":424465,"date":"2026-10-10T22:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T22:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/424465\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T22:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T22:22:16","slug":"minutemen-comeback-falls-one-point-short-to-miami-oh-20-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/424465\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutemen Comeback Falls One Point Short to Miami (OH), 20-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMHERST, Mass. \u2013 The University of Massachusetts football team fought back from a 20-10 deficit with five minutes left in the fourth quarter,\u00a0but a two-point conversion attempt to win was no good as Miami (OH) escaped, 20-19, on Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Alumni Stadium (13,887). Aedan McCarthy<\/a> threw for 171 yards in his first-career start, but had to leave the game due to injury. Logan Inagawa<\/a> finished 6-for-6 for 83 yards passing in his first action with the Minutemen.\u00a0<\/p>\n


\nUMass falls to 4-2 and 1-2 in the MAC. Miami improves to 3-3 and 1-1 in conference place.\u00a0<\/p>\n


\nMcCarthy was starting in place of the injured William “Pop” Watson III and impressed, finishing 15-of-29, before leaving the game in the fourth quarter due to injury. T.Y. Harding<\/a> finished with nine catches for 91 yards while Jabari Lewis<\/a> had five receptions for 89 yards.\u00a0
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The Minutemen struggled to run the ball, posting\u00a065 rush yards on 30 carries. Curtis Kimmons IV<\/a> led the way with 35 yards, including a 23-yard first-quarter touchdown.\u00a0
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Tyler Martin<\/a> and Timmy Hinspeter<\/a> led the defense with seven tackles apiece, with Martin having one tackle-for-loss and Hinspeter recording a half sack and half tackle-for-loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n


\nFor the game, the Minutemen held a 319-260 edge in total yards, including 254-95 through the air. Miami tallied a 165-65 edge on the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n


\nHow It Happened\u00a0<\/p>\n

After each team had a three-and-out, the Minutemen went 83 yards on their second drive to take a 7-0 lead. It took 11\u00a0plays, ending with a 23-yard run from Curtis Kimmons IV<\/a> with 6:36 left in the first quarter.\u00a0Aedan McCarthy<\/a> had completions of nine, 18 and 10 yards on the drive to three different receivers.\u00a0
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It took Miami just five plays to even the score. Consecutive quarterback keepers of 29 and 14 yards from Caleb Heavner got the RedHawks to the UMass 30-yard line. Scoop Smith capped off the drive with a 20-yard rushing touchdown, with the extra point evening the score at seven with 3:51 on the clock.\u00a0

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On the ensuing drive, Miami stopped UMass on fourth-and-one, giving the RedHawks the ball at the Minutemen 34-yard line. It took exactly one minute of game time for Miami to take the lead, as Heavner had a nine-yard touchdown run for a 14-7 advantage with 1:11 left in the first.\u00a0

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Jabari Lewis<\/a> had a sensational 34-yard reception to begin the next drive. UMass’ drive stalled at the Miami 46, but Derek Morris<\/a> hit a program-record 56-yarder to cut the RedHawks’ lead to 14-10 at 14:11 of the second quarter.\u00a0
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Miami methodically marched to the UMass 47-yard line on its ensuing drive, but on third-and-seven, Joshua Iseah<\/a> broke up a pass to force a punt. That marked the first of four consecutive punts between the teams, as Miami took a 14-10 lead into halftime.\u00a0
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Both defenses stood tall in the third quarter, with five consecutive punts to begin the stanza. A turnover by UMass, as a McCarthy pitch to\u00a0Elijah Faulkner<\/a> was fumbled, gave Miami prime field position at the Minutemen 21-yard line. After one first down, Miami settled for a 27-yard field goal from Kellan McLaughlin to take a 17-10 lead with 36 seconds left in the third quarter.\u00a0
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The RedHawks tacked on another field goal early in the fourth, driving to the UMass 28-yard line, but the Minutemen defense wouldn’t back down. The 47-yard field goal from McLaughlin was good, giving Miami a 20-10 lead with 11:36 left in the fourth.\u00a0

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The Minutemen responded on their ensuing drive, marching 59 yards in 12 plays. Three plays in, McCarthy found Lewis for 24 yards on third-and-nine to midfield. Five plays later, McCarthy connected with T.Y. Harding<\/a> for 17 yards to the RedHawks’ 25-yard line. UMass reached the 16-yard line, but a third-and-one carry from new quarterback Logan Inagawa<\/a> was stopped short of the first down, leading to a 34-yard field goal from Morris. That pulled UMass within 20-13 with 4:55 remaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n


\nThe RedHawks got one first down on their next drive, but the Minutemen forced a punt to give their offense one last chance with 2:22 remaining. UMass took 2:21 of that clock to drive 91 yards and punch it into the end zone. Inagawa was sacked on the first play back to the three-yard line, but on the next play, found Harding for 30 yards for a huge first down. On fourth-and-six, Lewis had a 16-yard catch to keep the drive alive. With the clock winding down and one more snap, Inagawa found Max Dowling<\/a> from 21 yards out in the end zone to pull UMass within 20-19 with just one second on the clock. \u00a0<\/p>\n


\nThe Minutemen two-point conversion attempt was no good and their ensuing onside kick was recovered, as Miami held on.\u00a0<\/p>\n


\nNotes\u00a0<\/p>\n


\n\tTimmy Hinspeter<\/a>, Tyler Martin and Max Dowling<\/a> served as the UMass game captains.\u00a0
\n\tFreshman quarterback Aedan McCarthy<\/a> made the first start of his career for the injured Pop Watson III. \u00a0
\n\tIn the first quarter, Curtis Kimmons IV<\/a> rushed for his fourth touchdown of the season.\u00a0
\n\tDerek Morris’<\/a> 56-yard, second-quarter field goal marked a program record, breaking his own record of 55 set twice, set last Nov. 4 at Akron then tied on Sept. 19 against Sacred Heart.\u00a0
\n\tCJ Amobi<\/a> posted his first career sack in the second quarter. \u00a0
\n\tTimmy Hinspeter<\/a> and Andrew DePaepe<\/a> combined for a sack in the third quarter, marking Hinspeter’s first half sack of the season (2.5 for his career) and DePaepe’s first career sack.\u00a0
\n\tHinspeter added a pass breakup early in the fourth quarter, his first of the season and third of his career. \u00a0
\n\tJabari Lewis<\/a> finished with five receptions for 89 yards, giving him 11 catches for 191 over the last two weeks.\u00a0
\n\tT.Y. Harding’s nine receptions marked a career high.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Next Up\u00a0<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Minutemen hit the road to play a 1 p.m. game at Mid-American Conference foe Buffalo in the second installment of the Flagship Cup presented by Milton CAT (ESPN+).\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AMHERST, Mass. \u2013 The University of Massachusetts football team fought back from a 20-10 deficit with five minutes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-424465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}