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Miami Hurricanes wide receiver Malachi Toney (1) on a pass reception as Florida State Seminoles defensive back K.J. Kirkland (24) defends in the second half at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday, October 17, 2026.<\/p>\n
PHOTO BY AL DIAZ<\/p>\n
adiaz@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n
The Miami Hurricanes rallied from a second-half deficit for a thrilling 43-35, come-from-behind double overtime victory over the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n
Here are 10 notable stats from the game.<\/p>\n
2004: Saturday\u2019s game was just the second instance of the Miami-Florida State rivalry going to overtime in the 71 games they have played. The other was on Sept. 10, 2004, a game Miami won 16-10 on a Frank Gore 18-yard rushing touchdown.<\/p>\n
7: Miami faced its largest deficit of the season on Saturday \u2014 seven points, when the Seminoles went up 21-14 with 4:09 left in the third quarter and again 35-28 when FSU scored first to open the first overtime period. Prior to this, Miami trailed just once, by three points at the start of the Central Michigan game that quickly became a 52-3 rout. Miami trailed for 9:36 total against FSU and has played from behind for just 13:34 through six games.<\/p>\n
583: Miami\u2019s offense put up 583 yards of offense, the most yards the Hurricanes have had in a game against FSU since at least 1995. The only other time in that span that UM had at least 500 yards in a game against the Seminoles was in their 52-10 win on Sept. 26, 2020, when Miami had 517 yards.<\/p>\n
Miami Hurricanes running back Javian Mallory (21) on a carry in the second half against the Florida State Seminoles at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday, October 17, 2026. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n
257: The Hurricanes logged 257 rushing yards against the Seminoles, their most against FSU since at least 1995 and their most in an Atlantic Coast Conference game since rushing for 293 yards against Pittsburgh on Nov. 24, 2018.<\/p>\n
Freshman Javian Mallory led the way with 108 yards and two touchdown runs \u2014 both of which tied the game (first 21-21 in the third quarter and then 35-35 in the first overtime period) \u2014 on 13 carries. Mark Fletcher Jr. had 66 rushing yards and a touchdown on 16 carries, while Jordan Lyle added 42 yards on nine rushes, Malachi Toney 31 yards on two carries, Darian Mensah 6 yards on three carries and Girard Pringle Jr. 4 yards on one carry.<\/p>\n
Mallory is just the seventh Hurricanes player this century to have a 100-yard rushing game against FSU, joining Damien Martinez in 2014, Duke Johnson in 2014, Damien Berry in 2010, Tyrone Moss in 2005, Jarrett Payton in 2004 and Clinton Portis in 2001.<\/p>\n
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Darian Mensah (10) throws a long pass to wide receiver Malachi Toney (1) in the first half against the Florida State Seminoles at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday, October 17, 2026. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n
152: Quarterback Darian Mensah threw his first interception of the season Saturday on a pass intended for Cooper Barkate in the end zone to end Miami\u2019s first drive of the third quarter. It snapped a run of 152 consecutive passes without an interception to begin his Hurricanes tenure. Despite the blemish, Mensah still completed 23 of 34 passes for 326 yards and three touchdowns \u2014 strikes of 14 yards and 3 yards to Toney plus a 3-yard score to Elija Lofton.<\/p>\n
154: Speaking of Toney, he once again did it all for Miami. The star sophomore wide receiver caught 11 passes for 154 yards and two touchdowns, ran for 31 yards and threw for Miami\u2019s two-point conversion in double overtime. It was his third career game with at least 100 receiving yards and two touchdowns, putting him in a five-way tie for the most in UM history along with Santana Moss, Andre Johnson, Phillip Dorsett and Charleston Rambo. Toney on the season already has 50 catches for 758 yards and eight touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Toney continues to climb multiple UM all-time leaderboards. His 159 career catches rank fourth all-time in UM history, while his 1,969 career receiving yards are 10th and his 18 receiving touchdowns ninth. It\u2019s not out of the realm of possibility that he breaks all three records (200 catches and 2,844 receiving yards by Xavier Restrepo, 26 touchdowns by Michael Irvin) by the end of the year. The same can be said resetting the school\u2019s single-season records. Toney already has the records for catches and receiving yards with 109 and 1,211, respectively set last year, while the single-season receiving touchdowns is 13 by Leonard Hankerson in 2010.<\/p>\n
Miami Hurricanes defensive back Bryce Fitzgerald (3) intercepts the pass for a touchback during the second overtime against the Florida State Seminoles at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday, October 17, 2026. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n
2: Miami\u2019s defense forced two turnovers against Florida State, with Xavier Lucas recovering a fumble forced by Ethan O\u2019Connor in the fourth quarter and Bryce Fitzgerald sealing the game with an interception in double overtime. The Hurricanes have forced seven turnovers over the past four games<\/p>\n
12: Mo Toure had a game-high 12 tackles, a single-game career-high. His previous high was 11, set in 2023 while at Rutgers and matched last season in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.<\/p>\n
443: Miami\u2019s defense did give up 443 total yards to FSU, the most allowed under defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman and just the second time they\u2019ve given up more than 400 yards since he took over the role last season (also, fittingly, Florida State with 404 yards in last season\u2019s matchup).<\/p>\n
68: The Hurricanes were called for 68 yards of penalties in the first half against Florida State. This included four personal fouls \u2014 a first-quarter targeting by defensive back Zechariah Poyser on FSU quarterback Ashton Daniels, a Chase Smith facemask call on Daniels in the second quarter, a Bobby Pruit facemask call on a Miami second-quarter punt and an unsportsmanlike conduct call on Keona Davis at the end of that punt. All but the Poyser penalty directly led to FSU points.<\/p>\n