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<\/p>\nGLENDALE, Ariz. — No. 10 seed Miami is headed home to play for a national championship after continuing its unlikely postseason run with a thrilling 31-27 win over No. 6 seed Ole Miss in the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night. <\/p>\n
The Hurricanes will face either No. 1 seed Indiana or No. 5 seed Oregon on Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium as they chase their first national title since the 2001 season. <\/p>\n
After sneaking into the 12-team College Football Playoff as the final at-large team, Miami delivered its third straight gritty postseason victory over a higher-seeded opponent. This one required even more late-game heroics, as quarterback Carson Beck engineered a game-winning drive over the final 3:13. <\/p>\n
Beck capped the march with a 3-yard touchdown run with 18 seconds remaining. It was his first rushing touchdown since a Week 3 win over South Florida and it capped off a 15-play, 75-yard drive that will live in Miami lore. <\/p>\n
Miami overcame 10 penalties and a costly interception to win a game it largely controlled but never fully put away. The Hurricanes held the ball for 23 more minutes than Ole Miss but struggled to shake a persistent Rebels team. <\/p>\n
Ole Miss briefly seized the lead when quarterback Trinidad Chambliss connected with Dae’Quan Wright for a 24-yard touchdown with 3:13 remaining. The Rebels, however, left too much time for Beck and a Miami offense that finally wore them down when it mattered most. <\/p>\n
Ole Miss still had one final opportunity, driving to Miami’s 35-yard line in the closing seconds. Chambliss’ last pass fell incomplete in the back of the end zone as time expired. <\/p>\n
Freshman Malachi Toney also made his mark. He turned a short flat route into a 36-yard touchdown with 5:04 remaining to give Miami a 24-19 lead. Toney finished with five catches for 81 yards. Keenan Marion added seven receptions for 114 yards and a touchdown, matching a career high in catches. <\/p>\n
Beck finished 23 of 37 for 268 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. <\/p>\n
By the numbers\u00a0 <\/p>\n
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Miami <\/p>\n
Advanced to the CFP National Championship Game for the first time in school history \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Will play in the 2026 CFP National Championship Game on Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
First team in the BCS\/CFP era (1998-present) to play a national championship game in its home stadium \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Hard Rock Stadium has been Miami’s home venue since 2008 \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Set a school record with 13 wins \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Seeking its sixth national championship (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001) \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
First Fiesta Bowl win in school history (previously 0-4) \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Lowest-seeded team (No. 10) to reach the CFP National Championship Game \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Second ACC program to reach the CFP title game, joining Clemson (four appearances) \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Won against an AP-ranked opponent in each of its last four games \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Recorded seven AP-ranked wins this season, most in school history \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Won five straight games vs. SEC opponents, including a 3-0 mark this season \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
First national championship game appearance since the 2002 season (loss to Ohio State) \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Carson Beck, QB <\/p>\n
23-for-37 passing for 268 yards, two touchdowns and one interception \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Added the game-winning 3-yard rushing touchdown \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Logged his eighth career fourth-quarter comeback as a starter \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Game-winning rushing TD was his second of the season and first since Week 3 vs. South Florida \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Threw a career-high 29 touchdown passes this season, tied for second-most in school history \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Career record of 37-5 as an FBS starter, including 16-3 vs. AP-ranked teams \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Fifth quarterback in FBS history to win at least 36 games over a three-year span \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
First QB since Marcus Mariota (2012-14) to reach that mark \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Tied with Matt Leinart for second-most wins (37) over a three-year span \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Tied for second-most wins vs. AP-ranked teams since 2010 \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Took a season-high four sacks \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Mark Fletcher Jr., RB Malachi Toney, WR <\/p>\n
Five receptions for 81 yards and a touchdown \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Finished the season with 99 receptions, most in Miami history \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Set the ACC freshman record for receptions \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Miami: Fiesta Bowl History \tSeasonOpponentResult2025Ole MissW 31-272002Ohio StateL, 31-24 (2 OT)1993ArizonaL, 29-01986Penn StateL, 14-101984UCLAL, 39-37Most QB Wins vs. AP-Ranked Teams Since 2010 QuarterbackWinsJalen Hurts17Carson Beck16Kevin Hogan16Baker Mayfield15Most QB Wins Over a Three-Year Span (FBS)<\/p>\n
Excludes overlapping streaks<\/p>\n
QuarterbackYearsWinsKellen Moore2009-1138Carson Beck2023-2537Matt Leinart2003-0537Marcus Mariota2012-1436AJ McCarron2011-1336<\/p>\n
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Ole Miss <\/p>\n
Seven-game winning streak snapped \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Eight-game streak of scoring at least 30 points ended, previously the longest active streak in FBS \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Pete Golding suffered his first loss as an FBS head coach (2-1) \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
Trinidad Chambliss, QB Kewan Lacy, RB <\/p>\n
The SEC will not be represented in the national championship game for the third straight season \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n
That follows eight consecutive appearances by SEC teams, including six national titles \t\t \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GLENDALE, Ariz. — No. 10 seed Miami is headed home to play for a national championship after continuing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[191821,191820,1607,5688,58021,191814,68064,191816,191819,191818,191815,19502,191817,99],"class_list":["post-396916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cfb-title-game","tag-cfp-title-game","tag-college-football","tag-college-football-playoff","tag-fiesta-bowl","tag-fiesta-bowl-score","tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","tag-miami-vs-ole-miss-score","tag-national-championship-teams","tag-national-title-teams","tag-ole-miss-national-titles","tag-ole-miss-rebels","tag-ole-miss-vs-miami-score","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}