ORLANDO - It took Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya a while to get warmed up, but once he did he was really good, the junior tossing four touchdown passes to lead the Hurricanes to a 31-14 victory over 14th-ranked West Virginia in the 2016 Russell Athletic Bowl played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.
Miami (9-4) couldn’t get a single first down in the first quarter, but when the Hurricanes finally got one at the start of the second they kept getting them and getting them.
In all, Miami piled up 20 first downs and 366 yards of offense - 282 through the air - to register their first victory over a nationally ranked football team of the Mark Richt era.