September 20, 2025 Week 4 · Regular Season Belt defended

Miami defends the belt, 26–7, at home over Florida.

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Recap

Miami dominated Florida from start to finish, establishing control early with CharMar Brown's 2-yard touchdown run in the first quarter capping a drive featuring a 22-yard Carson Beck completion to the same receiver. The Hurricanes methodically built their lead through the first half with field goals from 53 and 28 yards by Carter Davis, keeping Florida completely off the board through two quarters. While Florida finally broke through with a 7-yard Jadan Baugh touchdown run in the third quarter, Miami's offense put the game away in the fourth with two more rushing touchdowns—Brown's 1-yard plunge and Fletcher's 1-yard score—to seal a convincing 26-7 victory and retain the belt.

CharMar Brown 2-yard TD run (Q1) — set early tone with Miami's first score and established the dominant rushing game
Two Carter Davis field goals in Q2 (53 and 28 yards) — extended lead to 13-0 before Florida scored, effectively decided the game
Florida's 0-13 third-down performance — complete offensive shutdown highlighted Miami's defensive dominance and ball control
Miami's fourth-quarter rushing TDs by Brown and Fletcher — closed out the game and demonstrated control when it mattered most

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.

By Quarter

Line score

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
Miami	7	6	0	13	26
Florida	0	0	7	0	7

Pulled directly from CFBD’s play-by-play record, the same source as every score in the lineage.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

MiamiFlorida

Total yards349141

Rushing yards18980

Passing yards16061

First downs217

3rd down conv.8/160/13

Turnovers10

Penalties–yards6–303–20

Time of possession36:3023:30

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 10:53	Miami	+22 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to CharMar Brown for 22 yds to the FLA 6 for a 1ST down
Q1 9:25	Miami	+2 yd	CharMar Brown run for 2 yds for a TD (Carter Davis KICK)
Q2 14:04	Miami	+53 yd	Carter Davis 53 yd FG GOOD
Q2 9:59	Miami	+20 yd	Mark Fletcher Jr. run for 20 yds to the FLA 46 for a 1ST down
Q2 1:29	Miami	+28 yd	Carter Davis 28 yd FG GOOD
Q3 9:27	Florida	+27 yd	Ja'Kobi Jackson run for 27 yds to the FLA 47 for a 1ST down
Q3 3:24	Florida	+7 yd	Jadan Baugh run for 7 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Q3 3:16	Miami	+0 yd	Carson Beck pass intercepted Cormani McClain return for no gain to the FLA 48
Q4 4:08	Miami	+1 yd	CharMar Brown run for 1 yd for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Q4 1:56	Miami	+1 yd	Mark Fletcher Jr. run for 1 yd for a TD (Carter Davis KICK)

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
Carson BeckMiami	17/30	160	5.3	0	1	51.4
D.J. LagwayFlorida	12/23	61	2.7	0	0	24.1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Mark Fletcher Jr.Miami	24	116	4.8	1	20
CharMar BrownMiami	18	80	4.4	2	12
Carson BeckMiami	2	-7	-3.5	0	1
Jadan BaughFlorida	12	46	3.8	1	11
Ja'Kobi JacksonFlorida	7	39	5.6	0	27
Eugene WilsonFlorida	2	3	1.5	0	3
D.J. LagwayFlorida	8	-8	-1.0	0	5

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
CharMar BrownMiami	4	53	13.3	22
Elija LoftonMiami	4	43	10.8	17
Malachi ToneyMiami	4	40	10.0	16
C.J. DanielsMiami	4	16	4.0	9
Keelan MarionMiami	1	8	8.0	8
Vernell Brown IIIFlorida	2	22	11.0	12
Jadan BaughFlorida	3	9	3.0	4
Tony LivingstonFlorida	1	8	8.0	8
Eugene WilsonFlorida	1	7	7.0	7
J.Michael SturdivantFlorida	1	5	5.0	5
Ja'Kobi JacksonFlorida	1	4	4.0	4
Hayden HansenFlorida	2	4	2.0	2
Tawaski AbramsFlorida	1	2	2.0	2

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Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Mohamed ToureMiami	10	5	1	1	0	0
Wesley BissaintheMiami	8	3	0	0.5	0	0
Rueben Bain Jr.Miami	7	4	0.5	1	0	1
David BlayMiami	6	0	0	0.5	0	0
Jakobe ThomasMiami	5	2	1	1.5	0	0
Akheem MesidorMiami	4	3	0.5	0.5	0	2
Keionte ScottMiami	3	2	0	0.5	0	1
Zechariah PoyserMiami	3	2	0	0	0	0
Marquise LightfootMiami	2	1	1	1	0	0
Xavier LucasMiami	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Raul Aguirre Jr.Miami	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cam PruittMiami	1	1	0	0	0	0
Damari BrownMiami	1	0	0	0	0	0
OJ Frederique Jr.Miami	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan CastellFlorida	10	5	0	0	0	0
Myles GrahamFlorida	7	2	0	0.5	0	1
Devin MooreFlorida	6	4	0	0	0	0
Kofi AsareFlorida	5	3	0	0.5	0	0
Brendan BettFlorida	5	3	0	0	0	0
Kamran JamesFlorida	5	2	0	0	0	0
Sharif DensonFlorida	4	4	0	0	0	0
Dijon JohnsonFlorida	4	3	0	0	1	0
Jamari LyonsFlorida	4	2	0	1	0	0
Bryce ThorntonFlorida	4	1	0	1	0	0
Jayden WoodsFlorida	3	2	1	1	0	0
Cormani McclainFlorida	3	1	0	0	0	0
Tyreak SappFlorida	3	1	0	0	0	0
Brien Taylor Jr.Florida	3	1	0	0	0	0
Grayson HowardFlorida	2	2	0	0	0	0
Joseph MbatchouFlorida	2	1	0	0	0	0
Aaron ChilesFlorida	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jaden RobinsonFlorida	1	1	0	0	1	0
Teddy FosterFlorida	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeramiah MccloudFlorida	0	0	0	0	1	0

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Cormani McclainFlorida	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Keelan MarionMiami	1	19	19.0	19	0
Vernell Brown IIIFlorida	1	19	19.0	19	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Carter DavisMiami	2/2	100.0	53	2/2	8
Trey SmackFlorida	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Malachi ToneyMiami	1	14	14.0	14	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Dylan JoyceMiami	4	174	43.5	2	2	50
Tommy DomanFlorida	7	332	47.4	1	0	57

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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