Ward and Restrepo rewrite the record book, and No. 5 Miami rallies to down Duke 53-31

Heisman Trophy hopeful Cam Ward threw for 400 yards and 5 much touchdown passes, 3 to Xavier Restrepo connected a record-setting time for some of them, and No. 5 Miami erased a double-digit shortage for nan 3rd clip this play to rotation past Duke 53-31 ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Heisman Trophy hopeful Cam Ward threw for 400 yards and 5 much touchdown passes, 3 to Xavier Restrepo connected a record-setting time for some of them, and No. 5 Miami erased a double-digit shortage for nan 3rd clip this play to rotation past Duke 53-31 connected Saturday.

Ward now has 29 touchdown passes, tying Steve Walsh's Miami play grounds group successful 1988. A 66-yard scoring drawback pinch 7:36 near was nan large history-maker: Restrepo tied Mike Harley's Miami profession reception grounds pinch his 182nd, collapsed Santana Moss' profession receiving yards grounds pinch 2,573, and Ward tied Walsh's TD walk people for nan Hurricanes (9-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Maalik Murphy threw for 325 yards and 3 touchdowns for Duke (6-3, 2-3), but was intercepted 3 times and fumbled nan shot distant once. Sahmir Hagans had 9 catches for 139 yards and a people for nan Blue Devils, who had a 28-17 lead successful nan 3rd 4th successful Duke coach Manny Diaz's first crippled against Miami since nan schoolhouse fired him successful 2021.

Duke trailed 14-0 early, past went connected a 28-3 tally and seemed poised for what would person been its first triumph against a top-5 force since 1960.

Then it each changed, nan comeback Canes striking again.

Miami scored 5 touchdowns successful a span of six second-half drives — a 36-3 tally successful a span of hardly much than a 4th — and turned it into a blowout.

Miami trailed by 10 aliases much points earlier pulling disconnected 2 of its wins earlier this season. It trailed Virginia Tech by 10 (three different times, including nan 4th quarter) earlier rallying for a 38-34 victory, past was down by 25 successful nan 3rd quarter astatine California a week later earlier pulling disconnected a 39-38 win.

Ward and Restrepo led them to different comeback Saturday.

Duke: The Blue Devils astir apt didn't want to get into an violative slugfest. Since nan commencement of nan 2018 play Duke is 31-2 (.939) erstwhile holding teams to 21 aliases less points, and now 10-40 (.200) otherwise.

Miami: Ward moved into nan No. 5 spot connected nan NCAA all-time passing list, passing Landry Fields. He became nan first Miami backmost pinch a 400-yard crippled against Duke, and Restrepo's 146-yard time was nan astir ever by a Hurricane against nan Blue Devils.

Miami could move up a spot — it depends wherever nan voters put Penn State, which was No. 3 this week and lost to No. 4 Ohio State.

Duke makes nan short travel to Raleigh to return connected N.C. State connected Nov. 9.

Miami plays astatine Georgia Tech connected Nov. 9.

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