First play of the fourth quarter is a 56-yard touchdown run from Ajay Allen. Freshman kicker Abram Murray with the extra point and Miami now leads 48-0. Scoring drive for the Canes was 2 plays, 90 yards and took 23 seconds off the clock.

Touchdown, Miami. Emory Williams 40 yards to Elija Lofton. Scoring drive: 3 plays, 57 yards, 1:14 off the clock. Miami 55, Ball State 0, 11:46 left.

HURRICANES WIN IT! 🙌🔥 #GoCanes

Canes HC Mario Cristobal opens his postgame presser crediting the fans who waited out tonight’s weather delays and said that meant a lot to the players.

Canes HC Mario Cristobal, on what it meant for Miami to play as well in front of the 1989 team, which was honored tonight. “Those were my teammates, now…there was a little pressure.” He said he hopes it meant a lot to both the current Canes, and the ‘89 team.

Canes HC Mario Cristobal, with a theme we’ve heard after all of Miami’s games so far this season… “You ask Cam, he’ll tell you he left some things out there…”

Canes HC Mario Cristobal says he doesn’t think Anez Cooper’s injury is too serious and he hopes to have him at practice on Tuesday.

“We expect highly of ourselves, and we understand there’s a standard…” The Canes had a big lead and were playing well. But d-line coach Jason Taylor knew his group could be even better against Ball State, so he asked for more. The line delivered. miamihurricanes.com/news/2024/09/1…

Before the 8th-ranked Hurricanes turn their focus to next week's game at USF, here's a look back at some of the key storylines, numbers of note and more from their record-breaking win over Ball State in our weekly Canes Rewind... miamihurricanes.com/news/2024/09/1…

ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week 🙌 🔗: canes.news/MauigoaPOWSept… #GoCanes | Francis. Mauigoa

Your weekly reminder: Yes, there will be updates in this space. But, if you'd like to watch Coach Cristobal, Coach Dawson and Coach Guidry's press conferences this afternoon, here's where you can find them.

Coach Mario Cristobal is at the podium and as he did on Saturday, he opens his presser thanking the fans that waited out that weather delay at Hard Rock. Says it definitely helped the guys. Now, though, "We put that one to bed and quickly got on our opponent for the week..."

Canes HC Mario Cristobal, on Francis Mauigoa, who was just named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week: "He has improved through a tremendous amount of strength and conditioning...he's elevated his play to become one of the best players in the country at any position."

Canes HC Mario Cristobal says offensive lineman Jalen Rivers and Anez Cooper will be ready for Saturday's game at USF.

Canes HC Mario Cristobal, on the Canes moving up int he polls and generating national attention early in the year: "We just want to get to work. We just want to get better. We want to play football and play to the Miami Hurricanes' standard..."

Canes HC Mario Cristobal, on Cam Ward keeping his focus despite the attention: "The great ones, they're just restless...They're uncomfortable in the right kind of way...He came to Miami for a lot of reasons and one of them is winning."

Canes HC Mario Cristobal, on what it means to play teams from Florida: "We like it. We really do. ... The amount of energy it brings out in the alumni and the fan bases, you can tell there's a lot of passion behind it...It's good stuff and we're just focused on getting better."

Canes OC Shannon Dawson, on the o-line handling injuries early on: "I think they've done excellent...that's part of the competitive depth that everyone talks about wanting and not always having, but our o-line room is really talented...A lot of our rooms are like that."

Canes OC Shannon Dawson: "We're not even close to scratching the surface with what we're going to do in certain aspects..."

Miami DC Lance Guidry, on how he thinks the Canes have tackled so far: "I think we've tackled well in space...each week has been a good test...each week it seems like we're getting better and better...but this week, we'll have a tall task."