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11/22 15:11 CST Beck's 4 TD passes carry No. 14 Miami past Virginia Tech, 34-17
Beck's 4 TD passes carry No. 14 Miami past Virginia Tech, 34-17
By JIMMY ROBERTSON
Associated Press
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) --- Carson Beck threw for 320 yards and four touchdowns to
lead No. 14 Miami to a 34-17 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday.
Malachi Toney had career highs in receptions (12) and yards (146) and had a
touchdown, lifting the Hurricanes (9-2, 5-2 ACC, No. 13 CFP) to their third
straight win and keeping alive their hopes of making it to the Atlantic Coast
Conference championship game.
Beck, who completed his first 11 passes and finished 27 of 32, threw touchdown
passes of 20 yards to Elija Lofton and 3 yards to Mark Fletcher in the first
half, and Carter Davis added two field goals, as Miami scored on all four
first-half possessions to take a 20-3 halftime lead.
Virginia Tech (3-8, 2-5) cut the lead to 20-10 on a 38-yard touchdown run by
Jeffrey Overton on its first possession of the second half, but Miami answered
with a 16-yard TD pass from Beck to Girard Pringle Jr. nearly seven minutes
later.
Beck added a 20-yard touchdown pass to Toney in the final minute for the
Hurricanes, who finished with 418 yards.
Marcellous Hawkins finished with 72 yards on eight carries for the Hokies, who
had 194 yards rushing against the ACC's No. 1 rushing defense (81.8 ypg) and
lost their third straight game.
The Takeaway
Miami: The Hurricanes have won three consecutive games by at least 17 points
and are making a late-season push to get into the College Football Playoff.
Virginia Tech: The Hokies, who have lost five of six games, are playing out the
season and getting ready to usher in the James Franklin era. Franklin was
introduced Wednesday as the Hokies' new coach, taking over for his former
defensive coordinator at Penn State, Brent Pry, who was fired Sept. 14.
Up next
Miami plays at Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Virginia Tech plays at rival Virginia on Saturday.
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