MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Mario Cristobal ran by the smoke together with the Miami Hurricanes as they entered the field, grabbed his headset and gave another person on the sideline a hug.
It was the initial of quite a few celebratory moments in Cristobal’s debut match as Miami’s mentor.
Henry Parrish rushed for 108 yards and 3 touchdowns, Tyler Van Dyke passed for two far more scores and No. 16 Miami begun its season by topping Bethune-Cookman 70-13 on Saturday. Miami rushed for 7 touchdowns on the day, piled up 582 yards of offense and turned a few takeaways into touchdowns.
“The aim was to be 1- by 7:15 tonight,” Cristobal reported. “And that was accomplished. … We did what we had to do.”
Thaddeus Franklin rushed for two scores, while Devon Perry and Terrell Walden II also ran for touchdowns for the Hurricanes (1-).
Gilbert Frierson experienced an interception return for a score, whilst Xavier Restrepo and Michael Redding III caught the TD passes from Van Dyke — who finished 13 of 16 passes for 193 yards. Jake Garcia accomplished all 8 of his passes for the Hurricanes in aid.
“Amazing to start out the year like that,” Frierson mentioned.
For Bethune-Cookman (-1), Que’Shawn Byrd caught a 34-yard touchdown go from Jalon Jones.
“It offers us a measuring adhere for our soccer group,” Bethune-Cookman mentor Terry Sims explained. “When you enjoy a staff the caliber of the University of Miami, you have no choice but to play at your best. Our men, I considered went out and they fought.”
It was Cristobal’s 12th time-opener at Miami — he experienced five as a player, which include his redshirt year, then a few as a graduate assistant and three more as a complete-fledged assistant.
But this was the very first, of what Miami expects to be a lot of, with him in demand of the procedure.
“The strength was by way of the roof,” Restrepo explained. “Coach Cristobal, he carries the total staff on his shoulders.”
There was much to like: Van Dyke’s passes were crisp, Parrish stepped up to direct an injury-depleted managing back corps, Frierson experienced the return landing, Key’Shawn Smith had three kickoff returns for 184 yards — hardly stepping out 17 yards from the finish zone on what would have been a return score — and the Hurricanes blocked a area intention.
There also ended up points that will jump off the film and requirements to be corrected, this kind of as Bethune-Cookman receiving seven performs of at the very least 20 yards, two of people staying passes that wound up likely for gains of 44 and 48. And a crimson-zone fumble also bothered Cristobal, nevertheless he blamed himself for the particulars that went mistaken on that participate in.
“Overall, I imagined we performed reasonably tricky,” Cristobal reported.
THE TAKEAWAY
Bethune-Cookman: All six video games have finished up as simple Miami wins — common margin 42 points — but the Wildcats can experience good about this. They scored initially in 4 of people six matchups, the most current entry on that listing coming when they converted a 3rd-and-23 on Saturday’s opening drive on the way to a industry aim.
Miami: There were being clearly not 56,795 people in the stands Saturday — Tough Rock Stadium retains about 65,000 for soccer — but that was the announced range of tickets dispersed. It was the fourth-best attendance figure for a Miami home opener given that the Hurricanes moved into the Miami Dolphins’ stadium 15 years ago.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Miami ought to stay ranked and likely won’t deviate significantly from the existing No. 16 spot. It’ll be the 159th time (out of a attainable 183) that the poll will contain Miami in the course of Cristobal’s several years with the Hurricanes as a participant, graduate assistant, assistant mentor and now head coach.
FOR OPENERS
Miami enhanced to 65-32-1 all-time in openers, starting off with the 1926 period when the Hurricanes fielded only a freshman team. But it is only the 2nd time in the past 5 yrs that Miami has begun 1-, just after losses to LSU in 2018, Florida in 2019 and Alabama past year. The Hurricanes opened 2020 with a earn around UAB.
UP Subsequent
Bethune-Cookman: Host South Carolina Condition on Sept. 10. South Carolina Point out led the Wildcats 42-7 final 12 months, but wanted an onside kick restoration to seal a 42-35 earn.
Miami: Host Southern Pass up on Sept. 10, the very first meeting involving the faculties. The Hurricanes will be looking for what would be just their seventh 2- start in the past 18 seasons.
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