Darian Mensah threw for 338 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score as No. 6 Miami finished an unbeaten September with a 52-3 win over Central Michigan.
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Miami heads into October 4-0
Mensah completed 23 of 27 passes, Malachi Toney caught six balls for 120 yards and a touchdown, and all four of Mensah's scores came in the second quarter as the Hurricanes turned a 3-0 deficit into a 35-3 halftime lead and moved to 4-0 for the fourth consecutive season.
Cooper Barkate and Daylyn Upshaw also caught touchdown passes from Mensah, whose completion percentage for the year dropped from 89.9% entering the night to 88.7% (still pretty good, right?). He now has 14 touchdown throws, 12 incompletions and no interceptions this season.
Central Michigan was the first team to lead Miami this season. A pair of penalties and a sack stalled the Hurricanes' opening series, and the Chippewas answered with an 11-play drive that ended with Caden VanHuis' 49-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead.
QBJadyn Glasser came off the bench and completed 13 of 15 passes for 88 yards, but Central Michigan never found the end zone.
Miami was without starting running back Mark Fletcher Jr., who sat out with an upper-body injury. Javian Mallory and Chris Wheatley-Humphrey ran for touchdowns in his place, and offensive lineman Jamal Meriweather got a score after falling on a fumble in the end zone.
Prior to Meriweather's score, Miami had reached the end zone three times, but none of the TDs counted. Damon Wilson's 63-yard fumble return was wiped out when Marquise Lightfoot, who forced the turnover, was flagged for unnecessary roughness. Toney's 12-yard one-handed touchdown catch came off the board for offensive pass interference and Jordan Lyle's score on a direct snap did not count because referee Garrett Dickerson was still explaining a flag from the previous play.
What comes next is the most important part for Miami
The Hurricanes now have road victories at Stanford and Wake Forest, and home blowouts of Florida A&M and Central Michigan.
The remaining regular-season slate is where Canes fans will learn who this team actually is. Miami has eight games left, seven of them against ACC opponents, and a Nov. 7 trip to Notre Dame that will certainly carry College Football Playoff stakes.
Notre Dame dominated Purdue on Saturday to the tune of 49-10. While the Hurricanes' upcoming slate will be tougher than the first batch of games, the matchup against the Fighting Irish will define the 2026 season.
Miami might be able to recover if they can't pull that one out, but the Canes would need to run the table and win the ACC. Miami and Notre Dame will meet on Nov. 7... plan accordingly.
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