Saturday, September 23
Oxford, Ohio
3:30 p.m.
Miami University
3-1 , 0-0
62
vs
20
Delaware State
0-4 , 0-0
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Delaware St.
7
6
7
0
20
Miami (OH)
17
17
21
7
62
Kenny Tracy was one of five RedHawks to score a rushing touchdown in today's 62-20 win
RedHawks Sting Delaware State 62-20 in Home Opener
9/23/2023 6:44:00 PM | Football
OXFORD, Ohio– The Miami University football team scored on its first nine drives Saturday afternoon en route to defeating Delaware State 62-20 in the 2023 home opener.
Five different RedHawks produced rushing touchdowns, led by Keyon Mozee's two scores, as Miami (3-1) rolled up 466 yards on the ground. Brett Gabbert completed 75% of his passes (15 of 20) for 180 yards and two touchdowns. Marqui Adams had 274 passing yards and 60 rushing yards to lead the Hornets (0-4).
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTES
UP NEXT:
The RedHawks begin MAC play on Saturday, Sept. 30 with a trip to Kent State. Kick time is set for 2:30 p.m. in Kent, Ohio.
Five different RedHawks produced rushing touchdowns, led by Keyon Mozee's two scores, as Miami (3-1) rolled up 466 yards on the ground. Brett Gabbert completed 75% of his passes (15 of 20) for 180 yards and two touchdowns. Marqui Adams had 274 passing yards and 60 rushing yards to lead the Hornets (0-4).
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Miami went on top less than three minutes into the contest. After the Hornets went three-and-out, Gage Larvadain returned the ensuing punt 23 yards to give the RedHawks good field position. Larvadain then raced 46 yards on a reverse on Miami's second play from scrimmage, and Rashad Amos scored a five-yard rushing touchdown on the next play to give Miami a 7-0 lead.
- After DSU tied the game on a 50-yard screen pass, the RedHawks quickly re-took the lead. Miami took over at midfield after a kickoff out of bounds, and Gabbert connected with Kevin Davis and Joe Wilkins Jr. on back-to-back passes to move the Red and White into field goal range. Graham Nicholson ended the drive with a 44-yard kick to make it 10-7.
- Miami extended its advantage on the next possession. After a key third-down conversion to Wilkins, a 25-yard rush by Amos carried the RedHawks into the red zone and Javon Tracy caught a 10-yard slant for a touchdown on the next play.
- The RedHawks struck again the next time they got the ball, marching five plays in 75 yards to take a 24-7 lead on a 34-yard scoring strike to Reggie Virgil, his first career touchdown catch.
- Miami stretched the lead to 31-7 with 7:21 remaining in the half on a six-yard touchdown run by Kenny Tracy. The key play on the six-play scoring drive was a strong 24-yard run by Amos.
- DSU scored with 1:24 left in the half to cut the deficit to 31-13, but the Hornets' extra point attempt was no good. Miami promptly responded with a 10-play, 63-yard scoring drive, including three consecutive catches by Cade McDonald, to take a 34-13 lead into the locker room. Nicholson capped the drive with a 20-yard field goal as time expired.
- The RedHawks picked up right where they left off after halftime, needing only two plays to find the end zone again. After a career-long 42-yard run by Kenny Tracy, Mozee raced 23 yards to pay dirt to put Miami up 41-13 with only 40 seconds gone.
- Aveon Smith checked in at quarterback on the RedHawks' next drive and ripped off a 48-yard run on his fourth snap to get Miami down to the DSU six-yard line. Mozee did the rest, punching it in for another touchdown run on the next play to give Miami a 48-20 lead.
- It was Jordan Brunson's turn to carry the load on the next RedHawk possession, as Brunson went 57 yards on the first play to get Miami back into the red zone again. Brunson crossed the goal line on his third carry of the 57-second scoring drive to make it 55-20 midway through the third quarter.
- On Miami's final touchdown drive of the day, Nate Milanowski had 11 carries for 69 yards, including a one-yard scoring plunge with 3:05 to play.
NOTES
- Brunson led the RedHawks with 109 rushing yards, good for the first 100-yard game of his career; he averaged 12.1 yards on his nine carries.
- Gabbert passed Josh Betts (7,029 yards from 2002-05) for third on the program's career passing yardage list; Gabbert now has 7,105.
- Gabbert also tied Betts for fourth in career touchdown passes (54).
- Miami rolled up 336 first-half yards on 33 offensive plays and finished the game with 646 yards of offense; it was the first time Miami cracked 600 yards in total offense since 2017 (612 vs. Bowling Green).
- Miami owns a 3-1 record (and has won three non-conference regular-season games in a year) for the first time since 2003.
- With his 48th career win as Miami head coach, Chuck Martin matched Terry Hoeppner for second-most in program history (Randy Walker has 59).
- This was Miami's highest-scoring game under Martin and the most points the RedHawks have put up since a 62-26 win over Kent State in 1997.
- Amos, Brunson and Milanowski each scored the first touchdowns of their college careers.
- After kneel-downs on the last two plays of the game, the RedHawks ended with 466 rushing yards (narrowly missing the school record of 478 set in 1975) while holding DSU to just 77.
- Miami had eight tackles for loss, led by Josh Lukusa's 1.5.
- Including the RedHawks' game-winning overtime touchdown at Cincinnati last week, Miami scored points on 10 consecutive possessions before coming up short on a 4th-and-1 play late in the third quarter.
UP NEXT:
The RedHawks begin MAC play on Saturday, Sept. 30 with a trip to Kent State. Kick time is set for 2:30 p.m. in Kent, Ohio.
Team Stats
DSU
Mia
Total Yards
351
646
Pass Yards
274
180
Rushing Yards
77
466
Penalty Yards
67
45
1st Downs
14
28
3rd Downs
5
8
4th Downs
2
0
TOP
31:35
28:25
1st Quarter
DSU 0, Mia 7
Mia - Amos,Rashad 5 yd run (Nicholson,Graham kick), 3 plays, 57 yards, TOP 01:09
DSU 7, Mia 7
DSU - Inge,Wade 50 yd pass from Adams,Marqui (Cardoza-Chicas,Jonathan kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:22
DSU 7, Mia 10
Mia - Nicholson,Graham 44 yd field goal 6 plays, 24 yards, TOP 02:45
DSU 7, Mia 17
Mia - Tracy,Javon 10 yd pass from Gabbert,Brett (Nicholson,Graham kick) 5 plays, 50 yards, TOP 01:56
2nd Quarter
DSU 7, Mia 24
Mia - Virgil,Reggie 34 yd pass from Gabbert,Brett (Nicholson,Graham kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 00:04
DSU 7, Mia 31
Mia - Tracy,Kenny 6 yd run (Nicholson,Graham kick), 6 plays, 55 yards, TOP 02:27
DSU 13, Mia 31
DSU - Core,EJ 4 yd pass from Adams,Marqui () 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 05:56
DSU 13, Mia 34
Mia - Nicholson,Graham 19 yd field goal 9 plays, 63 yards, TOP 01:24
3rd Quarter
DSU 13, Mia 41
Mia - Mozee,Keyon 23 yd run (Nicholson,Graham kick), 2 plays, 65 yards, TOP 00:35
DSU 20, Mia 41
DSU - Inge,Wade 10 yd pass from Adams,Marqui (Cardoza-Chicas,Jonathan kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 02:02
DSU 20, Mia 48
Mia - Mozee,Keyon 6 yd run (Nicholson,Graham kick), 5 plays, 66 yards, TOP 02:18
DSU 20, Mia 55
Mia - Brunson,Jordan 4 yd run (McLaughlin,Kellan kick), 3 plays, 74 yards, TOP 00:57
4th Quarter
DSU 20, Mia 62
Mia - Milanowski,Nate 1 yd run (McLaughlin,Kellan kick), 12 plays, 77 yards, TOP 08:37
Game Leaders
CMP
15
TD
2
YDS
180
INT
0
CMP
0
TD
0
YDS
0
INT
0
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