November 4, 2017 Week 10 · Regular Season Belt defended

Miami defends the belt, 28–10, at home over Virginia Tech.

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MiamiAP No. 9 28

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Virginia TechAP No. 13 10

AP poll, week 10: Virginia Tech No. 13 at Miami No. 9 · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Miami came in 14 days into reign #300, which began with a win over Syracuse, with one defense already behind it; this was its second defense. Miami went on to defend it 2 more times before Pittsburgh took it on November 24, 2017, 34 days after the reign began.

For Virginia Tech this was its 17th shot at the belt; it had held the belt once before.

It was the 4th of 4 belt games between the two; going in, Miami led the belt series 3–0; all-time Miami leads 4–0. Every meeting →

AI-Written

Recap

Miami's defense forced four Virginia Tech turnovers while Malik Rosier orchestrated a dominant offensive performance to secure the belt at home. The Hurricanes struck first with a quick touchdown drive capped by Rosier's 8-yard pass to Braxton Berrios, then extended their lead significantly when Travis Homer raced 64 yards for a score in the second quarter. Virginia Tech's Josh Jackson managed a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, but Miami's defense held firm, with Rosier finding Christopher Herndon IV on a 43-yard touchdown pass later that same quarter to put the game out of reach. The Hurricanes sealed it with Rosier's 13-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter while limiting Virginia Tech to just a field goal in the opening half.

Travis Homer's 64-yard touchdown run in Q2 that extended Miami's lead to 14-0 and exemplified the Hurricanes' dominant ground game
Virginia Tech's four turnovers compared to Miami's three, with critical interceptions by Reggie Floyd and Greg Stroman stopping potential Hokies drives
Christopher Herndon IV's 43-yard touchdown reception in Q3 that gave Miami a commanding two-score lead and essentially decided the belt
Malik Rosier's 13-yard rushing touchdown in Q4 that capped Miami's fourth scoring drive of the night

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

MiamiVirginia Tech

Total yards429299

Rushing yards219102

Passing yards210197

First downs2122

3rd down conv.3/83/14

Turnovers34

Penalties–yards7–664–60

Time of possession27:0332:57

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 11:22	Miami	+24 yd	Malik Rosier pass complete to Braxton Berrios for 24 yds to the VTech 38 for a 1ST down
Q1 10:40	Miami	+36 yd	Malik Rosier run for 36 yds to the VTech 2 for a 1ST down
Q1 4:55	Virginia Tech	+60 yd	Oscar Bradburn punt for 45 yds, fair catch by Braxton Berrios at the MIAMI 30 MIAMI FL Penalty, Unsportsmanlike Conduct (15 Yards) to the MiaFl 15
Q2 9:41	Miami	+8 yd	Malik Rosier pass complete to Braxton Berrios for 8 yds for a TD, (Michael Badgley KICK)
Q2 12:15	Miami	+20 yd	Malik Rosier pass complete to Travis Homer for 20 yds to the VTech 27 for a 1ST down
Q2 9:41	Miami	+29 yd	Michael Badgley kickoff for 63 yds , Travon McMillian return for 29 yds to the VTech 31
Q2 7:09	Miami	+64 yd	Travis Homer run for 64 yds for a TD, (Michael Badgley KICK)
Q2 2:03	Virginia Tech	+50 yd	Joey Slye 50 yd FG GOOD
Q2 2:45	Virginia Tech	-13 yd	Josh Jackson run for a loss of 13 yards to the MiaFl 33 Josh Jackson fumbled, recovered by VTech Deshawn McClease
Q2 7:09	Miami	+25 yd	Michael Badgley kickoff for 64 yds , Travon McMillian return for 25 yds to the VTech 26
Q2 0:53	Miami	-18 yd	Malik Rosier pass intercepted Adonis Alexander return for 18 yds to the VTech 33
Q2 0:25	Virginia Tech	+27 yd	Josh Jackson pass complete to Cam Phillips for 27 yds to the MiaFl 18 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:12	Virginia Tech	+4 yd	Josh Jackson pass complete to Sean Savoy for 4 yds Sean Savoy fumbled, recovered by MiaFl RJ McIntosh , return for 35 yds to the MiaFl 49
Q2 0:02	Miami	-3 yd	Malik Rosier sacked by Tremaine Edmunds for a loss of 3 yards to the MiaFl 46 Malik Rosier fumbled, recovered by MiaFl Shaquille Quarterman , return for 0 yards
Q3 13:55	Miami	-37 yd	Malik Rosier pass intercepted Reggie Floyd return for 37 yds to the MiaFl 17
Q3 11:39	Virginia Tech	+1 yd	Josh Jackson run for 1 yd for a TD, (Joey Slye KICK)
Q3 9:44	Miami	-1 yd	Malik Rosier pass intercepted Greg Stroman return for 1 yd to the VTech 45
Q3 10:20	Miami	+9 yd	Malik Rosier pass complete to Ahmmon Richards for 9 yds Ahmmon Richards fumbled, recovered by MiaFl Christopher Herndon IV , return to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Q3 7:59	Virginia Tech	-7 yd	TEAM run for a loss of 7 yards to the MiaFl 39 TEAM fumbled, recovered by VTech Josh Jackson
Q3 7:00	Miami	+43 yd	Malik Rosier pass complete to Christopher Herndon IV for 43 yds for a TD, (Michael Badgley KICK)
Q3 3:20	Miami	+20 yd	Zach Feagles punt for 50 yds , Greg Stroman returns for 20 yds to the VTech 40
Q3 0:38	Virginia Tech	-20 yd	Josh Jackson pass intercepted Jaquan Johnson return for 20 yds to the MiaFl 44
Q4 14:50	Miami	+42 yd	Malik Rosier pass complete to Ahmmon Richards for 42 yds to the VTech 13 for a 1ST down
Q4 14:34	Miami	+13 yd	Malik Rosier run for 13 yds for a TD, (Michael Badgley KICK)
Q4 8:35	Virginia Tech	+32 yd	Josh Jackson pass complete to Cam Phillips for 32 yds to the VTech 38 for a 1ST down
Q4 0:08	Virginia Tech	-45 yd	Josh Jackson pass intercepted Sheldrick Redwine return for 45 yds to the MiaFl 45
Q4 1:15	Virginia Tech	+21 yd	Josh Jackson pass complete to Cam Phillips for 6 yds to the MiaFl 37 for a 1ST down MIAMI FL Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the MiaFl 22 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

Miami

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Malik Rosier	10/21	193	9.2	2	3	77.2
Braxton Berrios	1/1	17	17.0	0	0	67.4
DeeJay Dallas	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	9.7

Virginia Tech

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Josh Jackson	20/32	197	6.2	0	2	13.0

Rushing

Miami

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Travis Homer	14	95	6.8	1	64
Malik Rosier	13	84	6.5	1	36
DeeJay Dallas	6	32	5.3	0	19
Braxton Berrios	1	9	9.0	0	9
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Virginia Tech

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Travon McMillian	15	52	3.5	0	15
Deshawn McClease	9	29	3.2	0	9
Josh Jackson	15	12	0.8	1	10
Sean Savoy	4	9	2.3	0	6

Receiving

Miami

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Christopher Herndon IV	2	61	30.5	1	43
Ahmmon Richards	3	57	19.0	0	42
Braxton Berrios	3	50	16.7	1	24
Travis Homer	1	20	20.0	0	20
Malik Rosier	1	17	17.0	0	17
DeeJay Dallas	1	5	5.0	0	5

Virginia Tech

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cam Phillips	7	101	14.4	32
Sean Savoy	4	39	9.8	16
Eric Kumah	2	22	11.0	12
Chris Cunningham	2	17	8.5	11
James Clark	2	16	8.0	10
Deshawn McClease	2	4	2.0	3
Travon McMillian	1	-2	-2.0	0

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Defense

Miami

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Jaquan Johnson	7	6	0	0	0	0
Malek Young	7	5	0	0	0	0
Joe Jackson	7	4	1	2	0	2
Sheldrick Redwine	6	6	0	0	0	0
Michael Jackson	6	5	0	1	1	0
Shaquille Quarterman	5	3	0	0	0	0
Michael Pinckney	5	2	0	0	0	0
RJ McIntosh	4	2	0	0.5	0	1
Kendrick Norton	3	2	1	1.5	0	0
Mike Smith	2	2	0	0	0	0
Robert Knowles	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jhavonte Dean	2	2	0	0	0	0
Trent Harris	2	1	0	0	0	0
Pat Bethel	2	1	0	0	0	0
Zach McCloud	2	1	0	0	0	0
Trajan Bandy	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jeff Thomas	2	1	0	0	0	0
Amari Carter	1	1	1	1	0	0
Jonathan Garvin	1	1	1	1	0	0
Darrion Owens	1	1	0	0	0	0
De'Andre Wilder	1	1	0	0	0	0
Derrick Smith	1	1	0	1	0	0
Navaughn Donaldson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Trevor Darling	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Moten	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	1

Virginia Tech

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Tremaine Edmunds	9	8	1	1	1	0
Tim Settle	4	4	0	1	0	0
Andrew Motuapuaka	4	3	0	1	0	0
Mook Reynolds	3	3	0	1	0	1
Adonis Alexander	3	3	0	0	0	0
Reggie Floyd	3	3	0	0	0	0
Vinny Mihota	3	2	0	0.5	0	0
Terrell Edmunds	3	2	0	0	0	0
Travon McMillian	2	2	0	0	0	0
Trevon Hill	2	2	0	0	0	0
Ricky Walker	2	1	1	1.5	0	0
Brandon Facyson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Parker Osterloh	1	1	0	0	0	0
Houshun Gaines	1	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel Belmar	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jarrod Hewitt	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Miami

Player	FUM	REC
RJ McIntosh	0	1
Jonathan Garvin	0	1
Malik Rosier	1	0
Ahmmon Richards	1	0

Virginia Tech

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Josh Jackson	2	1	0
Sean Savoy	2	1	0

Interceptions

Miami

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Sheldrick Redwine	1	45	0
Jaquan Johnson	1	20	0

Virginia Tech

Player	INT	YDS
Reggie Floyd	1	37
Adonis Alexander	1	18
Greg Stroman	1	1

Kick Returns

Miami

No recorded stats in this category.

Virginia Tech

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Travon McMillian	2	54	27.0	29	0

Kicking

Miami

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Michael Badgley	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Virginia Tech

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Joey Slye	1/1	100.0	50	1/1	4

Punt Returns

Miami

No recorded stats in this category.

Virginia Tech

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Greg Stroman	1	20	20.0	20	0

Punting

Miami

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Zach Feagles	4	161	40.3	0	0	50

Virginia Tech

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Oscar Bradburn	6	238	39.7	0	0	45

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 400937513) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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