Stanford was tied with No. 9 Miami at halftime, however then the distinction between the rebuilding program and the playoff hopeful turned obvious.
Miami scored 35 unanswered factors in en path to a 42-7 win Saturday at Exhausting Rock Stadium.
The Cardinal (3-5, 2-3) fell to 0-4 on the street and 0-3 towards groups ranked within the AP Prime 25, whereas the Hurricanes (6-1, 2-1 ACC) bounced again from final week’s loss to Louisville.
After Miami missed a 44-yard subject objective try on its opening possession, Stanford drove 69 yards for a landing. Cole Tabb, coming off an 118-yard recreation towards Florida State, transformed on fourth-and-1 from midfield, and Ben Gulbranson, who began after injuring his knee towards the Seminoles, accomplished a 9-yard landing cross to Caden Excessive.
That 7-0 lead held till the ultimate two minutes of the primary half, when Miami scored to tie the sport going into halftime.
The third quarter was performed solely on Stanford’s aspect of the sphere. The Cardinal had 13 whole yards and Gulbranson threw two interceptions, whereas Miami had three quick landing drives.
Stanford completed with eight first downs towards a protection that’s ranked within the high 15 nationally in each factors and yards allowed.
Stanford beforehand misplaced 27-3 at No. 11 BYU and 48-20 at No. 16 Virginia. The Cardinal additionally misplaced its season opener at Hawaii. Stanford subsequent hosts Pittsburgh on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Stanford Stadium.
