Miami beats Syracuse 27–19 and takes the College Football Belt
The 5th reign for the program; it ends Syracuse’s 8-day reign.
Miami took the lineal College Football Belt on October 21, 2017, beating Syracuse 27–19 at home in week 8. It is reign 300 in the belt’s history, which starts with Rutgers over Princeton in 1869, and the 5th for Miami.
Syracuse had held it since October 13, 2017: 8 days and 0 defenses.
Miami last held the belt in 2003, 5,405 days before this one; that reign lasted 818 days with 31 defenses.
The reign lasted 34 days and 4 defenses, ending November 24, 2017 against Pittsburgh.
The game
Miami claimed the College Football Belt with a 27-19 victory over Syracuse, a win built on ball security and opportunistic scoring. The Hurricanes' defense was relentless, intercepting Eric Dungey four times throughout the contest, with Michael Jackson picking off two passes and converting one into a scoring drive that resulted in Christopher Herndon IV's 10-yard touchdown reception in the second…