Courtesy of FAMU athletics
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –– The reigning HBCU National Champions and 24th-FCS-ranked Florida A&M (FAMU) Rattlers fell 56-9 to the 12th-ranked FBS Miami Hurricanes on the road Saturday night at Hard Rock Stadium.
The Miami Hurricanes improved to 2-0 on the season while the Rattlers dropped to 2-1.
Dorian Collier led all Rattlers rushers with 31 yards in the contest, picking up 6.2 yards per carry. Kelvin Dean also added 27 yards on the ground, averaging 4.5 yards per carry.
Jamari Gassett pulled in five catches for 57 yards.
Simion Hines showed out for the Florida A&M defense, recording 1.0 TFL and one sack. Deco Wilson had eight tackles in the loss.
How It Happened
Miami (FL) opened an early 15-0 lead, but Florida A&M got on the board with :49 left in the first quarter to cut the deficit to 15-3.The Rattlers responded with a field goal after Miami (FL) increased its lead to 25-3 to make it a 25-6 game.
Miami (FL) scored to increase their lead to 39-6 before FAMU answered with 7:29 remaining in the third quarter and narrowed the gap to 39-9. The HBCU champs didn’t score again in the game and Miami (FL) tacked on 17 more points to finish off the scoring.
Game Notes
» Miami (FL) outgained Florida A&M 549-190 in the contest.
» Florida A&M had their highest scoring quarter in the third period when they put up three points.
» Florida A&M converted 3 of 13 third downs while Miami (FL) was successful on 8 of 12.
» The Rattlers had three players with more than eight tackles in the ballgame led by Wilson, who had eight.
» Trey Wilhoit punted six times for the Rattlers with an average of 45.3 yards per punt while pinning the Hurricanes inside their own 20 one time.
» Daniel Richardson completed 76.5% of his passes on the day, going 13-for-17 while averaging 7.7 yards per attempt.
» Cameron Ward led the Hurricanes passing attack, completing 20 of his 26 attempts for 304 yards and three touchdowns.
» Xavier Restrepo was Miami (FL)’s leading receiver with 104 yards and one touchdown.
The official game attendance at Hard Rock Stadium was listed at 57,886.