Seminoles Lose to No. 6 Miami

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Florida State football team fell to No. 6 Miami, 36-14, at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday night in Miami Gardens, Florida.

FSU saw its three-game win streak against UM snapped, and Miami picked up its third win in the last 10 games in the in-state series. The Seminoles (1-7, 1-6 ACC) were playing their second top-15 opponent of the season and first on the road on Saturday night.

It was a one- or two-score game for the first 39 minutes before the Hurricanes (8-0, 4-0 ACC) went on a 19-0 run in the second half.

Florida State had 248 yards, 133 rushing and 115 passing, while Miami had 445 yards, 230 on the ground on 215 through the air.

Starting quarterback Brock Glenn was 5-for-18 for 54 yards with one touchdown. Making his second career appearance, quarterback Luke Kromenhoek was 6-for-14 for 61 yards passing, and he also ran for 71 yards on 11 attempts. His passing and rushing attempts and yards and passing completions all are career-best totals.

Wide receivers Ja'Khi Douglas and Malik Benson were two of eight Seminoles with at least one catch, as Douglas had a team-long reception of 29 yards and Benson paced the squad with three catches and scored his second career touchdown and first in 2024. Running back Caziah Holmes also found the endzone with a rushing touchdown. It is his seventh career score, the fifth on the ground, and his first of any kind in 2024.

Defensive backs Earl Little Jr. and Fentrell Cypress II and defensive tackle KJ Samson all had six tackles for FSU. Little Jr. led the team with four solo tackles. Defensive lineman Darrell Jackson had two of Florida State's four sacks on the night.

Miami scored a touchdown on the opening drive of the game, as a one-yard touchdown run nearly four minutes into regulation gave the Hurricanes a 7-0 lead. UM made it 14-0 less than a minute into the second quarter on an 18-yard rushing score.

The Seminoles answered on their next drive to make it 14-7 with 6:44 left in the first half. The 12 play, 78 yard drive was punctuated by Holmes' one-yard rushing touchdown. A 42-yard run by Kromenhoek on fourth-and-one at the FSU 45 kept the drive alive, and the freshman quarterback also had runs of 14 and 12 yards in the drive.

UM used the final six-plus minutes of the half to set up a 20-yard field goal attempt as time expired to take a 17-7 lead into halftime.

Florida State entered Hurricane territory on its first two drives of the second half. However, the visitors were unsuccessful on fourth down both times, and Miami answered with a pair of field goals to extend its lead to 23-7.

An incomplete pass on fourth-and-seven from UM's 45 early in the fourth quarter preceded a Hurricane drive that ended with a seven-yard touchdown pass to make it 29-7 with 4:32 remaining in the game.

After a 12-yard rushing score with 1:53 left, the Seminoles found the back of the endzone on a five-yard touchdown pass from Glenn to Benson with 18 seconds remaining. The 12 play, 75 yard drive took 1:33.

Up next, the Seminoles return home to face North Carolina on Saturday, November 2, at Doak Campbell Stadium. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. ET on the ACC Network.

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Team Stats

Luke Kromenhoek

Brock Glenn

Players Mentioned

Malik Benson

Fentrell Cypress II

Ja’Khi Douglas

Brock Glenn

Caziah Holmes

Luke Kromenhoek

Earl Little Jr.

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