TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jacory Harris stood motionless on the Miami sideline with five seconds remaining, silently pleading for one more stop.

He had done his part.

And after one last review, so did Miami's defense.

Ailing arm and all, Harris threw for 386 yards — including a 40-yard pass over double coverage to Travis Benjamin that set up Graig Cooper's 3-yard touchdown run with 1:53 left — and led the Hurricanes past No. 18 Florida State, 38-34, in a wild, back-and-forth game last night.

"I was just thinking my team fought through this so long and so hard. All the preparation and it came down to this," Harris said of watching the final series from the sideline. "Our defense, I know they was going to pull through at the end."

It went down to the very last play, a pass from Florida State's Christian Ponder that Jarmon Fortson nearly scooped off the garnet-colored grass in the end zone as time expired. Fortson argued to no avail, replay officials confirmed that he didn't have the ball, and Miami (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) flooded the field that bears Bobby Bowden's name in celebration.

"It was a great game, though," Bowden said. "I guess it sounds funny to hear a losing coach say that."

Harris completed 21 of 34 passes for two touchdowns and two interceptions. He got hurt on the second of those turnovers; Harris was drilled by blitzing cornerback Greg Reid and his throw on that play resulted in nothing more than a pop fly that Markus White ran back 31 yards for a 31-24 Florida State lead with 11:45 remaining.

Harris connected with Cooper for a 24-yard score to tie the game at 31, and after Florida State (0-1, 0-1) took the lead again on Dustin Hopkins' 45-yard field goal with 4:11 left, the 'Canes went back to work. They went 59 yards in six plays, Harris' perfect lob to Benjamin accounting for most of them, and Cooper plowed in for the go-ahead score.

CINCINNATI 47, RUTGERS 15

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Tony Pike threw for a career-high 362 yards and three touchdowns, and Cincinnati used its high-speed, no-huddle offense to rout Rutgers.

"The pace was absolutely crucial today," Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly said. "You knew what Rutgers was going to do and that is control the clock. So we knew it was absolutely crucial to push the ball down the court."

New Scarlet Knights starter Domenic Natale threw three first-half interceptions and the senior left open the possibility that his first career start could be his last. Highly touted freshman Tom Savage played the second half.

Pike completed 27 of 34 passes, Mardy Gilyard caught eight passes for 89 yards and a score, and Isaiah Pead scored two TDs.

NOTES

Boise State: Coach Chris Petersen defended his decision not to suspend Byron Hout for his taunting that led to LeGarrette Blount's punch after the No. 14 Broncos' victory over Oregon on Thursday.

On a Western Athletic Conference teleconference yesterday, Petersen said the defensive end is being disciplined for yelling in Blount's face and slapping him on the shoulder pad. But Petersen added he believes "we've done the right thing" in not suspending him for any games.

"I do think Byron is being disciplined, there is no question about that," Petersen said. "It was the wrong thing to do to say anything to anybody. ... It's something everybody has learned from, in our program and teams from the outside, to say nothing and just play ball."