Miami (OH) 28, Central Michigan 27 · Box Score

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Final · Week 8 · Sat, Oct 24, 2026

Miami (OH)

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	1	2	3	4	T
M-OH	7	7	7	7	28
CMU	3	7	14	3	27

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Team stats

M-OH		CMU
25	First downs	16
360	Total yards	285
221	Passing yards	221
18-33	Comp-Att	18-31
6.7	Yards per pass	7.1
139	Rushing yards	64
36	Rushes	29
3.9	Yards per rush	2.2
6-12	3rd down	6-14
1-2	4th down	0-1
7-69	Penalties-yards	10-83
2	Turnovers	0
0	Fumbles lost	0
2	Interceptions thrown	0
31:12	Time of possession	28:48
2	Sacks	4
5	Tackles for loss	6
7	QB hurries	9
2	Passes defended	3
0	Defensive TDs	1
49	Kick return yards	22
16	Punt return yards	11
1	Passing TDs	1
3	Rushing TDs	1
4	Kicking points	9

Advanced stats

M-OH		CMU
-0.00	EPA per play	+0.05
41%	Success rate	38%
1.34	Explosiveness	1.06
+0.24	Rushing EPA per play	-0.10
50%	Rushing success rate	37%
-0.20	Passing EPA per play	+0.16
35%	Passing success rate	36%
47%	Standard downs success	41%
32%	Passing downs success	32%
3.39	Line yards per rush	2.56
1.34	Second-level yards	0.48
0.75	Open-field yards	0.00
19%	Stuff rate	22%
75%	Power success	67%
12%	Havoc caused	16%
7	Scoring chances	5
4.00	Points per chance	4.00
Own 30	Avg. starting field position	Own 35
7	Explosive plays	3
6%	Postgame win expectancy	94%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q19:31
Central MichiganFG
(09:32) #38 C.VanHuis field goal attempt from 23 yards GOOD (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #51 Z.Curtis), clock 09:31
Drive: 11 plays, 69 yds
0-3
Q10:31
Miami (OH)TD
(00:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #0 R.Nelson rush left for 6 yards gain to the CMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:31 #38 K.McLaughlin kick attempt good (H: #34 P.Stainton, LS: #60 T.Wallman)
Drive: 13 plays, 70 yds
7-3
Q23:41
Central MichiganTD
(03:45) Shotgun #43 N.Woodford rush middle for 5 yards gain to the Miami00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:41 #38 C.VanHuis kick attempt good (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #51 Z.Curtis) #38 C.VanHuis kick attempt good (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #51 Z.Curtis) PENALTY #38 C.VanHuis kick attempt good (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #51 Z.Curtis) PENALTY Miami Personal Foul (#99 O.Alexander) 15 yards from Miami00 to CMU50
Drive: 10 plays, 88 yds
7-10
Q20:20
Miami (OH)TD
(00:25) Shotgun #6 C.Heavner pass complete short left to #8 D.Witten caught at CMU00, for 7 yards to the CMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:20 #38 K.McLaughlin kick attempt good (H: #34 P.Stainton, LS: #60 T.Wallman)
Drive: 9 plays, 75 yds
14-10
Q313:24
Central MichiganINT TD
(13:34) Shotgun #6 C.Heavner pass intercepted by #14 J.Taylor at Miami46 QB hurried by #40 B.McCalla #14 J.Taylor return 46 yards to the Miami00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:24 PENALTY Miami UNR: Unnecessary Roughness (#18 B.Isom) 15 yards from Miami00 to Miami03, 1ST DOWN #38 C.VanHuis kick attempt good (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #51 Z.Curtis)
14-17
Q38:04
Miami (OH)TD
(08:13) Shotgun #6 C.Heavner rush middle for 27 yards gain to the CMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:04, 1ST DOWN #38 K.McLaughlin kick attempt good (H: #34 P.Stainton, LS: #60 T.Wallman)
Drive: 11 plays, 75 yds
21-17
Q30:57
Central MichiganTD
(01:01) Shotgun #5 J.Glasser pass complete short right to #20 L.Lewis caught at Miami04, for 9 yards to the Miami00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:57, 1ST DOWN #38 C.VanHuis kick attempt good (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #51 Z.Curtis)
Drive: 9 plays, 57 yds
21-24
Q44:17
Central MichiganFG
(04:18) #38 C.VanHuis field goal attempt from 22 yards GOOD (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #51 Z.Curtis), clock 04:17
Drive: 13 plays, 29 yds
21-27
Q41:41
Miami (OH)TD
(01:43) Shotgun #9 D.Jones rush middle for 2 yards gain to the CMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:41, 1ST DOWN #38 K.McLaughlin kick attempt good (H: #34 P.Stainton, LS: #60 T.Wallman)
Drive: 8 plays, 75 yds
28-27

Score shown M-OH-CMU.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Caleb Heavner	18/33	221	6.7	1	2	32.7

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Caleb Heavner	15	58	3.9	1	27
Rodney Nelson	10	43	4.3	1	17
D'Shawntae Jones	8	25	3.1	1	6
Scoop Smith	2	14	7.0	0	10
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Maleek Huggins	7	122	17.4	0	37
Damarion Witten	3	41	13.7	1	28
Scoop Smith	2	24	12.0	0	12
Christian Ross	3	21	7.0	0	7
Brendan Loftus	1	10	10.0	0	10
Lynel Billups-Williams	2	3	1.5	0	3

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Blayne Myrick	11	2	0	1	0	0
CJ Young	9	5	0	0	0	1
Roosevelt Andrews III	7	1	1.5	2	0	1
Amariyun Knighten	6	3	0	0	1	0
Dillon Tatum	6	1	0	0	0	0
Ben Minich	5	2	0	0	1	0
Mychal Yharbrough	4	1	0	0	0	0
Brach Rice	4	0	0.5	0.5	0	1
Luke Myers	3	1	0	0	0	0
Brock Uihlein	3	1	0	1	0	0
Grant Lyons	3	0	0	0	0	1
Malcolm Mccain	2	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Moore Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0
Oyeka Alexander	2	0	0	0	0	0
Toney Coleman Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Martin	1	1	0	0	0	0
Caleb Heavner	1	1	0	0	0	0
Eli Coppess	1	0	0	0	0	0
James Schott	1	0	0	0	0	1
Javon Hammonds	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zhaiylen Scott	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Bai Jobe	0	0	0	0	0	1
Devin Bell	0	0	0	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Kellan McLaughlin	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Pierse Stainton	4	183	45.8	1	1	68

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Scoop Smith	3	49	16.3	20	0

Punt returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Lynel Billups-Williams	2	16	8.0	15	0