October 28, 2017 Week 9 · Regular Season Belt defended

Miami defends the belt, 24–19, on the road at North Carolina.

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Recap

Miami's defense made crucial plays late to hold off North Carolina and retain the belt in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels started strong with Freeman Jones kicking a pair of field goals in the first half to build an early lead, but Miami's offense found its rhythm through the air, with Malik Rosier connecting on long touchdowns to Christopher Herndon IV (51 yards) and Jeff Thomas (78 yards) to take control. North Carolina's passing game, led by Nathan Elliott, kept the game close and had opportunities to score, but three interceptions in the second half—including two by Rosier to Elliott—proved costly. Miami's defense sealed the victory with a goal-line stand in the final minutes, and despite both teams struggling with turnovers and third-down efficiency, Miami's explosive passing plays proved to be the difference.

Jeff Thomas 78-yard TD reception in Q3 gave Miami a 14-point lead and proved to be the decisive scoring play
Three Nathan Elliott interceptions in the second half, including back-to-back picks in Q3, derailed North Carolina's comeback bid
Christopher Herndon IV's 51-yard TD reception in Q2 gave Miami their first lead of the game
Freeman Jones's field goals (24 and 45 yards) in the first half kept North Carolina competitive early before Miami's offense took over

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

North CarolinaMiami

Total yards428415

Rushing yards17659

Passing yards252356

First downs2716

3rd down conv.6/184/17

Turnovers42

Penalties–yards7–565–60

Time of possession32:5127:09

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 10:00	North Carolina	+23 yd	Chazz Surratt pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 23 yds to the MiaFl 1 for a 1ST down
Q1 12:10	North Carolina	+56 yd	Jordon Brown run for 56 yds to the MiaFl 34 for a 1ST down
Q1 8:55	Miami	+35 yd	Malik Rosier pass complete to Travis Homer for 35 yds to the NCaro 49 for a 1ST down
Q1 6:48	Miami	+53 yd	Michael Badgley 53 yd FG MISSED
Q1 5:55	North Carolina	+33 yd	Anthony Ratliff-Williams pass complete to Nathan Elliott for 33 yds to the MiaFl 4 for a 1ST down
Q1 4:52	North Carolina	+24 yd	Freeman Jones 24 Yd Field Goal
Q2 5:42	North Carolina	+26 yd	Nathan Elliott pass complete to Beau Corrales for 26 yds to the MiaFl 36 for a 1ST down
Q2 3:48	North Carolina	+45 yd	Freeman Jones 45 Yd Field Goal
Q2 1:58	Miami	+51 yd	Christopher Herndon IV 51 Yd pass from Malik Rosier (Michael Badgley Kick)
Q2 1:06	Miami	-4 yd	Malik Rosier run for a loss of 4 yards to the MiaFl 36 Malik Rosier fumbled, recovered by MiaFl Malik Rosier
Q3 14:43	Miami	+78 yd	Jeff Thomas 78 Yd pass from Malik Rosier (Michael Badgley Kick)
Q3 15:00	North Carolina	+22 yd	Freeman Jones kickoff for 65 yds , Jeff Thomas return for 22 yds to the MiaFl 22
Q3 11:03	North Carolina	+0 yd	TEAM punt blocked by Jonathan Garvin blocked by Jonathan Garvin
Q3 9:52	Miami	+21 yd	Michael Badgley 21 yd FG GOOD
Q3 9:52	Miami	+43 yd	Michael Badgley kickoff for 61 yds , Anthony Ratliff-Williams return for 43 yds to the NCaro 47
Q3 7:59	North Carolina	+18 yd	Beau Corrales 18 Yd pass from Anthony Ratliff-Williams (Freeman Jones Kick)
Q3 9:00	North Carolina	+28 yd	Nathan Elliott pass complete to Jordon Brown for 28 yds to the MiaFl 30 for a 1ST down
Q3 4:47	North Carolina	+0 yd	Nathan Elliott pass intercepted Michael Jackson return for no gain to the MiaFl 4
Q3 4:30	Miami	+42 yd	Malik Rosier pass complete to Braxton Berrios for 42 yds to the MiaFl 48 for a 1ST down
Q3 0:53	North Carolina	+1 yd	Nathan Elliott pass intercepted Charles Perry return for a loss of 1 yard to the NCaro 44
Q4 9:26	Miami	+5 yd	Braxton Berrios 5 Yd pass from Malik Rosier (Michael Badgley Kick)
Q4 10:30	Miami	+49 yd	Malik Rosier pass complete to DeeJay Dallas for 49 yds to the NCaro 5 for a 1ST down
Q4 9:13	North Carolina	-17 yd	Nathan Elliott pass intercepted Sheldrick Redwine return for 17 yds to the NCaro 15
Q4 8:08	Miami	-8 yd	Malik Rosier pass intercepted J.K. Britt return for 8 yds to the NCaro 23
Q4 9:00	Miami	-4 yd	Malik Rosier run for a loss of 4 yards to the NCaro 19 Malik Rosier fumbled, recovered by MiaFl Malik Rosier
Q4 3:03	North Carolina	+9 yd	Nathan Elliott pass complete to Beau Corrales for 9 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Q4 2:56	Miami	-4 yd	Travis Homer run for a loss of 4 yards to the NCaro 48 Travis Homer fumbled, recovered by NCaro Aaron Crawford
Q4 2:30	North Carolina	+20 yd	Nathan Elliott run for 5 yds to the MiaFl 48 for a 1ST down MIAMI FL Penalty, Personal Foul (Zach McCloud) to the MiaFl 37 for a 1ST down

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Nathan ElliottNorth Carolina	16/39	173	4.4	1	3	23.9
Anthony Ratliff-WilliamsNorth Carolina	2/3	51	17.0	1	0	99.4
Chazz SurrattNorth Carolina	1/3	23	7.7	0	0	5.7
Manny MilesNorth Carolina	1/1	5	5.0	0	0	0.0
Malik RosierMiami	16/38	356	9.4	3	1	50.2
Evan ShirreffsMiami	1/3	0	0.0	0	0	2.0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jordon BrownNorth Carolina	19	88	4.6	56
Nathan ElliottNorth Carolina	21	79	3.8	16
Dazz NewsomeNorth Carolina	3	10	3.3	8
Chazz SurrattNorth Carolina	3	-1	-0.3	6
Travis HomerMiami	16	40	2.5	16
Malik RosierMiami	12	20	1.7	18
Trayone GrayMiami	1	2	2.0	2
DeeJay DallasMiami	1	0	0.0	0
TeamMiami	2	-3	-1.5	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Beau CorralesNorth Carolina	4	64	16.0	2	26
Jordon BrownNorth Carolina	4	51	12.8	0	28
Nathan ElliottNorth Carolina	1	33	33.0	0	33
Dazz NewsomeNorth Carolina	2	29	14.5	0	23
Anthony Ratliff-WilliamsNorth Carolina	2	25	12.5	0	17
Brandon FrittsNorth Carolina	2	15	7.5	0	10
Jordan CunninghamNorth Carolina	1	14	14.0	0	14
Jake BargasNorth Carolina	1	14	14.0	0	14
Roscoe JohnsonNorth Carolina	2	8	4.0	0	11
Johnathon SuttonNorth Carolina	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
Jeff ThomasMiami	3	101	33.7	1	78
Braxton BerriosMiami	7	78	11.1	1	42
Christopher Herndon IVMiami	2	60	30.0	1	51
Travis HomerMiami	3	57	19.0	0	35
DeeJay DallasMiami	1	49	49.0	0	49
Ahmmon RichardsMiami	1	11	11.0	0	11

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Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Cole HolcombNorth Carolina	9	4	0.5	0.5	3	0
Malik CarneyNorth Carolina	8	3	1	1	2	1
Cayson CollinsNorth Carolina	8	2	0	0	0	0
Myles DornNorth Carolina	5	3	0	0	0	0
J.K. BrittNorth Carolina	4	2	0	0	0	0
Jason StrowbridgeNorth Carolina	4	1	0	0	1	0
M.J. StewartNorth Carolina	3	3	0	1	3	0
Myles WolfolkNorth Carolina	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jalen DaltonNorth Carolina	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jeremiah ClarkeNorth Carolina	3	0	0.5	0.5	0	1
Ayden BonillaNorth Carolina	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dajaun DrennonNorth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	3
Cam DillardNorth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hunter CraffordNorth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brandon FrittsNorth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Ratliff-WilliamsNorth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Allen CaterNorth Carolina	1	1	0	0	0	0
Aaron CrawfordNorth Carolina	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tomon FoxNorth Carolina	1	0	0	0	0	3
Tyrone HopperNorth Carolina	1	0	0	0	0	0
K.J. SailsNorth Carolina	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jaquan JohnsonMiami	11	10	0	0	0	0
RJ McIntoshMiami	11	3	0	1	1	0
Joe JacksonMiami	8	4	0.5	1.5	0	1
Michael JacksonMiami	6	4	0	0	1	0
Sheldrick RedwineMiami	5	3	0.5	0.5	1	0
Zach McCloudMiami	5	3	0	1	0	1
Michael PinckneyMiami	5	2	0	0	0	1
Mike SmithMiami	4	2	0	0	0	0
Darrion OwensMiami	4	2	0	1	0	0
Demetrius JacksonMiami	3	2	1	2	1	0
Shaquille QuartermanMiami	3	2	1	1	2	0
Trajan BandyMiami	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Amari CarterMiami	2	2	0	0	0	0
Trent HarrisMiami	2	1	0	0	0	1
Anthony MotenMiami	2	1	0	0	0	0
Kendrick NortonMiami	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Malek YoungMiami	2	0	0	0	1	0
Chad ThomasMiami	1	1	0	1	0	0
Charles PerryMiami	1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert KnowlesMiami	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat BethelMiami	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jhavonte DeanMiami	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Aaron CrawfordNorth Carolina	0	0	1
Jordon BrownNorth Carolina	1	1	0
Jaquan JohnsonMiami	0	0	1
Malik RosierMiami	2	0	0
Travis HomerMiami	1	1	0

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
J.K. BrittNorth Carolina	1	8
Sheldrick RedwineMiami	1	17
Michael JacksonMiami	1	0
Charles PerryMiami	1	-1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Anthony Ratliff-WilliamsNorth Carolina	2	52	26.0	43	0
Jeff ThomasMiami	2	30	15.0	22	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Freeman JonesNorth Carolina	2/2	100.0	45	1/1	7
Michael BadgleyMiami	1/2	50.0	21	3/3	6

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Braxton BerriosMiami	1	15	15.0	15	0
Jonathan GarvinMiami	1	13	13.0	13	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Hunter LentNorth Carolina	5	240	48.0	0	0	68
Zach FeaglesMiami	8	305	38.1	0	0	46

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back.

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