October 17, 2025 Week 8 · Regular Season Belt changed hands

Louisville takes the belt, 24–21, on the road at Miami.

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MiamiAP No. 2 21

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Louisville 24

AP poll, week 8: Louisville unranked at Miami No. 2 · No. 1 that week: Ohio State. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Louisville took the belt here, ending Miami’s run of 34 days and 2 defenses (reign #328) and starting reign #329. It lasted 22 days and 2 defenses, until California took it on November 8, 2025.

For Louisville this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had never held the belt — and this was the day it took it.

This is the only time Louisville and Miami have met with the belt on the line.

AI-Written

Recap

Louisville dominated early, striking twice in the first quarter with Miller Moss leading a pair of touchdown drives capped by his 1-yard run and a 35-yard completion to Chris Bell to build a 14-7 lead. Miami's Carson Beck struggled with turnovers throughout, throwing four interceptions including one to Antonio Watts in the second quarter, but the Hurricanes kept pace with field goals and a second-quarter drive featuring a 61-yard completion to Malachi Toney. Louisville extended their advantage with a fourth-quarter touchdown pass from Moss to Bell for 36 yards, and despite Miami's late-game touchdown drive featuring Toney's 12-yard scoring run with a two-point conversion, the Cardinals held on for the 24-21 victory to claim the belt.

Miller Moss's two first-quarter scores (1-yard run and 35-yard TD pass to Chris Bell) gave Louisville an early 14-7 cushion
Carson Beck's four interceptions, including one to Antonio Watts in Q2 and one to JoJo Evans Jr. in Q4, killed Miami drives and limited their comeback chances
Chris Bell's second TD reception from Moss in Q4 (36 yards) extended Louisville's lead to 24-14 with under 14 minutes remaining
Malachi Toney's 12-yard scoring run with a two-point conversion in Q4 brought Miami within three but came too late to overcome the deficit

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	3	3	8	21
Louisville	14	0	3	7	24

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

MiamiLouisville

Total yards334367

Rushing yards63119

Passing yards271248

First downs1521

3rd down conv.5/125/14

Turnovers41

Penalties–yards9–676–64

Time of possession28:4431:16

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 11:51	Louisville	+28 yd	Isaac Brown run for 28 yds to the MIA 12 for a 1ST down
Q1 8:55	Louisville	+1 yd	Miller Moss run for 1 yd for a TD (Cooper Ranvier KICK)
Q1 5:09	Louisville	+35 yd	Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 35 yds for a TD (Cooper Ranvier KICK)
Q1 4:57	Miami	+30 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to CJ Daniels for 30 yds to the LOU 45 for a 1ST down
Q1 4:26	Miami	+39 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to Malachi Toney for 39 yds to the LOU 6 for a 1ST down
Q1 2:19	Miami	+2 yd	Mark Fletcher Jr. run for 2 yds for a TD (Carter Davis KICK)
Q2 13:04	Miami	+0 yd	Carson Beck pass intercepted Antonio Watts return for no gain to the LOU 32
Q4 7:50	Miami	+5 yd	Carson Beck pass intercepted JoJo Evans Jr. return for 5 yds to the LOU 28
Q4 7:42	Louisville	-3 yd	Isaac Brown run for a loss of 3 yards to the LOU 12 Isaac Brown fumbled, recovered by MIA Zechariah Poyser
Q4 7:37	Miami	+12 yd	M. Toney run for 12 yds for a TD (M. Toney pass to C. Daniels for Two-Point Conversion)
Q4 0:32	Miami	+0 yd	Carson Beck pass intercepted T.J. Capers return for no gain to the LOU 30
Q2 7:15	Miami	+0 yd	Carson Beck pass intercepted Jabari Mack return for no gain to the LOU 32
Q2 1:56	Miami	+27 yd	Carter Davis 27 yd FG GOOD
Q2 4:16	Miami	+61 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to Malachi Toney for 61 yds to the LOU 9 for a 1ST down
Q3 10:58	Louisville	+48 yd	Cooper Ranvier 48 yd FG GOOD
Q3 11:03	Louisville	+18 yd	Miller Moss pass intercepted Jakobe Thomas return for 18 yds to the MIA 41
Q3 1:51	Miami	+41 yd	Carter Davis 41 yd FG GOOD
Q3 4:13	Miami	+30 yd	Carson Beck pass complete to Keelan Marion for 15 yds to the LOU 41 for a 1ST down Louisville Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Wesley Bailey) to the LOU 26 for a 1ST down
Q3 1:30	Louisville	+20 yd	Isaac Brown run for 20 yds to the LOU 45 for a 1ST down
Q4 13:27	Louisville	+36 yd	Miller Moss pass complete to Chris Bell for 36 yds for a TD (Cooper Ranvier 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

Miami

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Carson Beck	25/35	271	7.7	0	4	67.7

Louisville

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Miller Moss	23/37	248	6.7	2	0	71.5

Rushing

Miami

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Mark Fletcher Jr.	8	18	2.3	1	6
Jordan Lyle	5	15	3.0	0	12
Malachi Toney	2	14	7.0	1	12
CharMar Brown	3	9	3.0	0	5
Carson Beck	5	8	1.6	0	5
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Louisville

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Isaac Brown	15	113	7.5	0	28
Deuce Adams	2	7	3.5	0	4
Keyjuan Brown	5	6	1.2	0	6
David Chapeau	1	3	3.0	0	3
Caullin Lacy	2	2	1.0	0	1
Team	3	-3	-1.0	0	0
Miller Moss	3	-9	-3.0	1	1

Receiving

Miami

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Malachi Toney	9	135	15.0	61
C.J. Daniels	7	74	10.6	30
Keelan Marion	5	33	6.6	15
Alex Bauman	1	14	14.0	14
Jordan Lyle	1	6	6.0	6
CharMar Brown	1	5	5.0	5
Elija Lofton	1	4	4.0	4

Louisville

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chris Bell	9	136	15.1	2	36
Caullin Lacy	5	39	7.8	0	12
Dacari Collins	2	21	10.5	0	14
Nate Kurisky	2	18	9.0	0	11
Treyshun Hurry	2	16	8.0	0	11
Keyjuan Brown	1	12	12.0	0	12
Isaac Brown	2	6	3.0	0	3

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Defense

Miami

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Keionte Scott	9	8	1	3	0	1
Zechariah Poyser	6	5	0	1	0	0
Mohamed Toure	6	3	0	0	0	0
Wesley Bissainthe	6	3	0	0	0	0
Akheem Mesidor	5	3	0	0	0	0
OJ Frederique Jr.	3	3	0	0	3	0
Ahmad Moten	3	2	0	1	0	2
David Blay	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jakobe Thomas	2	2	0	0	1	0
Xavier Lucas	2	2	0	0	0	0
Armondo Blount	2	1	0	0	1	0
Chase Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0
Raul Aguirre Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Rueben Bain Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Damari Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ethan O'Connor	1	1	0	0	0	0
Adam Booker	1	1	0	0	0	0
Malachi Toney	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bryce Fitzgerald	1	0	0	0	0	0

Louisville

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
TJ Quinn	6	4	0.5	1	0
D'Angelo Hutchinson	5	4	0	1	0
Jordan Guerad	5	3	0	0	0
Tayon Holloway	4	4	0	0	0
JoJo Evans	4	3	0.5	1	0
Rene Konga	3	3	0	0	1
Antonio Watts	3	2	1	0	0
Jabari Mack	3	2	0	1	0
T.J. Capers	3	2	0	0	0
Clev Lubin	3	2	0	0	0
Kalib Perry	2	2	0	1	0
Corey Gordon	2	1	0	0	0
Wesley Bailey	2	0	0	0	0
Caullin Lacy	1	1	0	0	0
Justin Agu	1	1	0	0	0
Justin Beadles	1	0	0	0	0
Denzel Lowry	1	0	0	0	0
Adonijah Green	1	0	0	0	0
Jerry Lawson	1	0	0	0	0
Braxton Jennings	1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Miami

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Zechariah Poyser	0	0	1

Louisville

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Isaac Brown	1	1	0

Interceptions

Miami

No recorded stats in this category.

Louisville

Player	INT	YDS
JoJo Evans	1	5
Antonio Watts	1	0
Jabari Mack	1	0
T.J. Capers	1	0

Kick Returns

Miami

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Keelan Marion	1	19	19.0	19	0

Louisville

No recorded stats in this category.

Kicking

Miami

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Carter Davis	2/2	100.0	41	1/1	7

Louisville

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Cooper Ranvier	1/1	100.0	48	3/3	6

Punt Returns

Miami

No recorded stats in this category.

Louisville

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Caullin Lacy	3	24	8.0	16	0

Punting

Miami

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Dylan Joyce	3	151	50.3	0	1	55

Louisville

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
David Chapeau	4	151	37.8	1	2	45
Carter Schwartz	2	80	40.0	0	1	47

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 401754564) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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