NewzDarian Mensah and Malachi Toney set Miami single-game school records Friday night, powering the No. 7 Hurricanes to a dominant 45-6 season-opening victory over Stanford at Stanford Stadium.Mensah threw for a career high 400 yards and five touchdowns in his first start for Miami, while Toney set the Hurricanes’ single-game receiving record with 234 yards and caught three touchdown passes as the two connected for one of the most prolific performances in program history.It took Miami less than three minutes to score its first touchdown of the season.Mensah quickly found his favorite target from the opening drive, connecting with Toney three times for 75 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown pass to give the Hurricanes an early lead.Stanford found some success on the ground against a Miami defensive front replacing NFL draft picks Rueben Bain Jr. and Akheem Mesidor, but the Hurricanes held the Cardinal to a field goal.
Armondo Blount recorded Miami’s first sack of the game, helping force the stop.Miami’s offense continued to move the ball on its next possession. Mensah connected with former Duke teammate Cooper Barkate on a screen pass that went for 19 yards, while Mark Fletcher Jr. and Marty Brown helped establish the ground game.The drive ended with Mensah overcoming a bobbled snap before finding Toney for another touchdown, giving the receiver his second score of the first quarter.Marquise Lightfoot also made his presence felt defensively, blowing up multiple Stanford runs and helping force another Cardinal punt.Miami continued to pull away on its next possession as Mensah connected with Daylin Upshaw and Toney on downfield completions before Brown powered into the end zone to give the Hurricanes a 21-3 lead after a made extra point.
Blount continued to pressure Stanford quarterback Davis Warren, helping force another punt.The Mensah-to-Toney connection remained nearly unstoppable throughout the first half. Toney entered halftime with 10 catches for 182 yards and two touchdowns, setting a career high in receptions and putting Miami’s single-game receiving record within reach.Mensah added his third touchdown pass before halftime, dropping a back-shoulder throw to Upshaw. He completed 18 of 21 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns as Miami built a 28-3 lead.Stanford added another field goal by Emmet Kenney to cut the deficit to 28-6.While Miami managed just…
(AP) — Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney took almost no time to show how lethal a combination they can be this season for Miami.Mensah threw five touchdown passes in his Miami debut, Toney set a school-record with 234 yards receiving and the seventh-ranked Hurricanes opened their season with an 45-6 victory over Stanford on Friday night.“I was just eager to get on the field,” said Mensah, who transferred this offseason from Duke. It took a lot to get to where I’m at today so I was just was ready to go.”Mensah and Toney connected on touchdown passes on the first two drives of the game for Miami (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) and then again on a 47-yarder in the third quarter that set the school record. Eddie Brown had 220 yards receiving in 1984 against Boston College in what was known as the “Hail Flutie” game.“It means a lot knowing how many greats played at this university,” Toney said.
"For me to be the player to break that record and set a new one, it just means a whole lot.Mensah took little time to show the impact he could have on the Hurricanes by throwing a 48-yard pass to Toney on his first snap to set the tone against Stanford (1-1, 0-1).Mensah capped that drive with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Toney and the two connected on a 2-yard score on the next possession with Toney punctuating both TDs with a Heisman pose for the Hurricanes fans in that corner of the stadium.“You couldn’t draw it up any better,” Mensah said. “If you got one on one, if you’re leaving No. So just seeing that pre-snap just made it that much easier for me.
You want to go out and punch a team in the mouth."Mensah added another touchdown pass to Daylyn Upshaw in the second quarter, a 34-yarder to Cooper Barkate in the third and the deep strike to Toney. He finished 27 for 30 for 401 yards, setting records for the most yards and TDs in a debut for Miami.Mensah led all power conference quarterbacks last season with 3,973 yards passing last season and now is teamed with one of the most dynamic receivers in Toney, who had 109 catches for 1,211 yards last season as a freshman when he helped Miami reach the College Football Playoff title game.Davis Warren threw for 214 yards for Stanford but couldn't get the Cardinal in the end zone after leading them to a 37-27 win over Hawaii in his Cardinal debut …
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