Hurricanes score 2 TDS in 7 seconds

NO. 2 MIAMI 44, VIRGINIA 28

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.» The undefeated season was slipping away, and so was any realistic chance Miami had of getting into the College Football Playoff and competing for a national championship.

That is, until seven seconds changed everything. Just like that, a 14-point deficit was gone — and perfection remains within the Hurricanes’ reach.

Malik Rosier threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, and No. 2 Miami pulled off its biggest comeback in five years to beat Virginia 44-28 on Saturday.

“It’s amazing, this train we’re riding right now,” linebacker Shaquille Quarterman said. “We just want to keep it going.”

Jaquan Johnson had an interception return for a touchdown for Miami (10-0, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 3 CFP), which scored the game’s last 30 points and twice climbed out of two-touchdown deficits.

Kurt Benkert was brilliant for Virginia (6-5, 3-4), completing 28of-37 passes for 384 yards and four touchdowns.

He started 18-for-19 for 288 yards and four touchdowns in a little over a half, the only incompletion in that span being an intentional one.

Benkert’s 20th throw wasn’t incomplete, technically. It was just to the wrong team.

Johnson’s fourth interception of the season became a 30-yard return for a score. It was Miami’s second touchdown in seven seconds after Lawrence Cager hauled in a 9-yard scoring pass from Rosier, a 28-14 Virginia lead was gone — and the Hurricanes left no doubt the rest of the way. Rosier and Travis Homer had touchdown runs in the final 4:03.