Jacory Harris threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Travis Benjamin with 1:08 left, and No. 18 Miami rallied to beat Wake Forest, 28-27, yesterday in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Harris threw for 330 yards and three scores for the Hurricanes (6-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who trailed, 27-14, going into the fourth quarter. Miami took advantage of a muffed punt to score a touchdown, then took its first lead when Harris directed an 82-yard scoring drive in the final minutes that ended with Benjamin’s diving catch near the left pylon.
Riley Skinner threw for 349 yards and two touchdowns for the Demon Deacons (4-5, 2-3), but may have sustained a concussion when he took a hard hit on a keeper that ripped off his helmet with about 6 1/2 minutes left. The four-year starter sat out the rest of the game, watching backup Ryan McManus direct Wake Forest’s desperate final drive.
McManus got the Deacons across midfield to set up a 60-yard field goal attempt from Jimmy Newman, but the kick fell well short on the game’s final play.
It was a frustrating finish for the Deacons, who scored the first 17 points and looked to be in control until Harris directed the decisive final drive.
Wake Forest made several costly mistakes, including a 45-yard missed field goal by Newman and a couple of dropped interceptions in the fourth quarter. None was bigger than when punt returner Devon Brown fumbled one of Matt Bosher’s numerous booming kicks and Miami recovered at the 2. On the next play, Harris connected on a short pass to Tervaris Johnson that made it 27-21 with 11:47 left.
Florida St. 45, N.C. State 42 - The host Seminoles got back to .500 on the season by outlasting the
N.C. State (3-5, 0-4) took its first lead at 42-38 with 3:50 left when Russell Wilson found Jarvis Williams for his third TD catch of the game. The Seminoles answered with an eight-play, 66-yard drive.
Wilson hit on 20 of 30 throws for 349 yards and a career-best five TDs. He was also intercepted twice - the last pick by Florida State’s Jamie Robinson at the goal line ending the game.
Georgia Tech 56, Vanderbilt 31 - Josh Nesbitt had four TDs (two passing, two running), Jonathan Dwyer rushed for a career-high 186 yards with three TDs, and the No. 11 Yellow Jackets (8-1) rallied in Nashville.
The Commodores (2-7) held a 31-28 lead in the third quarter, but Dwyer helped Georgia Tech pull away. He scored his second and third TDs on 3-yard runs 40 seconds apart at the end of the third to give the Yellow Jackets a 42-31 advantage.
Duke 28, Virginia 17 - Thaddeus Lewis hit Conner Vernon on a 42-yard TD pass with 3:45 remaining, rallying the Blue Devils in Charlottesville, Va.
Will Snyderwine made five field goals for Duke (5-3, 3-1), which added a TD when Charlie Hatcher recovered a Jameel Sewell fumble with 3:22 left.
Duke is on its first three-game winning streak since 1989.
Virginia (3-5, 2-2) lost its second in a row as its pass defense, ranked fifth in the nation coming in, was unable to slow Lewis. He was 24 for 40 for 343 yards, despite being sacked six times.
Clemson 49, Coastal Carolina 3 - Jacoby Ford caught a TD pass and threw for one in the host Tigers’ third straight win since a 2-3 start.![]()



