Unranked Michigan State Rolls Past No. 24 UM, 38-17

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Payton Thorne passed for 261 yards and 4 touchdowns, 2 of those scoring throws going to Jalen Nailor, and Michigan State extended its unbeaten commencement by topping No. 24 Miami 38-17 connected Saturday.

Kenneth Walker III rushed for 172 yards and caught a touchdown walk for the Spartans (3-0), who are disconnected to their champion commencement since 2015.

Jayden Reed besides had a scoring drawback and a touchdown tally for Michigan State, which forced Miami backmost D’Eriq King into 4 turnovers.

King was 38 of 59 passing — some of them Miami schoolhouse records — for 388 yards, with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Charleston Rambo tied a schoolhouse grounds with 12 catches for Miami, bully for 156 yards and some of the Hurricanes’ touchdowns. Andres Borregales kicked a 55-yard tract extremity — matching the fourth-longest successful schoolhouse past — for the Hurricanes midway done the fourth, getting them wrong a touchdown.

Thorne didn’t request agelong to extremity their hopes, coming up large with his legs arsenic good connected what became the game-sealing drive.

He got 22 yards up the mediate connected third-and-6 and past fell guardant hardly acold capable — possibly by a concatenation link, 2 astatine the astir — connected fourth-and-1 with 4:25 near to widen the series.

The effort was worthwhile and 1 play later, Thorne had Miami fans leaving for the exits successful droves. He recovered a wide-open Nailor for an casual 39-yard people that made it 31-17 and ensured Michigan State would yet bushed the Hurricanes for the archetypal clip successful 5 tries.

The Hurricanes were outgained 193-52 successful rushing and were minus-4 successful the turnover battle.

After expressing vexation each week implicit not getting red-zone touchdowns — the Hurricanes turned 8 specified trips into lone 2 TDs successful the archetypal 2 games — Miami near the discourtesy connected the tract and King deed a wide-open Rambo successful the backmost of the extremity portion for a 7-3 lead.

Walker caught a 7-yard walk from Thorne with 2:56 near successful the fractional to enactment Michigan State backmost connected top, 10-7. The Spartans wouldn’t way again.

THE TAKEAWAY

Michigan State: It was 87 degrees astatine kickoff with a vigor scale making it consciousness similar 97 — the warmest crippled for the Spartans since a travel to Arizona State successful 2018. They had sun-shielding canopies implicit the benches with misting fans and immoderate players resorted to putting bedewed towels atop their heads. And clearly, they weren’t bothered by immoderate of the upwind challenges.

Miami: This was Miami’s worst location non-conference nonaccomplishment since a 31-6 decision to East Carolina successful 1996. The Hurricanes person trailed astatine halftime successful 5 consecutive games going backmost to past season, their longest specified streak since midway done the 2013 season.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

Michigan State could instrumentality to the AP Top 25 for the archetypal clip since being ranked 25th successful the canvass of Sept. 29, 2019. Miami’s tally of 19 consecutive weeks successful the canvass — the eighth-longest specified streak successful the federation — volition end.

WELCOME BACK

Miami’s 1991 nationalist title squad — with manager Dennis Erickson and backmost Gino Torretta beforehand and halfway — was recognized astatine halftime.

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