Miami tailback Marty Brown was racing to the endzone with no one around him, and the Hurricanes were about to go up 20-0 on Florida early in the second half.
Following an abysmal first half from the Gator offense, Florida looked dead in the water. Faced with a 3-touchdown advantage, Miami fans would have liked their chances.
But the touchdown was wiped away. Officials blew the play dead early and ruled that Brown’s forward progress had stopped after he gained 3 yards on fourth-and-1. Brown ran headfirst into a pile of bodies, kept his legs moving, broke an arm tackle, and then left the pile in his dust.
Observers — neutral and subjective alike — were left wondering when, exactly, Brown’s forward progress actually stopped.
Miami’s drive stopped dead in its tracks after the play and the Hurricanes punted it away to Florida.
The Gators picked up 27 yards on their first play of the half. Taillback Jadan Baugh ran in a 7-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 6 with 3:29 to go in the third quarter.
Florida defensive back Cormani McClain then picked off Miami quarterback Carson Beck on the first play of the following drive, and the momentum was squarely on the side of the Gators.
The Gators weren’t able to completely flip the game and take a lead, but fans were still fuming over the call that cost Miami a touchdown. A 20-0 lead early in the third would have made for a much different game. Instead, the Hurricanes went to the fourth, leading by just 6.
In what world is this running back down or forward progress stopped?#Refs #NCAAF #LetsGoCanes #Gators #TheU Miami got robbed a TD. Horrible officiating. pic.twitter.com/iSvP0lSxBC
— Politasports.com (@Politasports1) September 21, 2025Running backs coach Matt Merritt is livid on the field after a long touchdown run was called back due to a stoppage in forward progress. An objectively terrible call after watching the replay.
— Gaby Urrutia (@GabyUrrutia247) September 21, 2025Horrible whistle there in Miami. Just cost the Canes a big 6 points.Hope it's not costly. :/
— Steve Bittenbender (@BittGDCG) September 21, 2025Genuinely the worst forward progress call i’ve ever seen smh
— Sebastian Font (@S_Font_Sports) September 21, 2025The very early forward progress whistle changed the game
— Justin (@JustR_02) September 21, 2025What a ridiculous call to blow that play dead by the officials in the Miami Florida game. The refs take 7 off of the board from Miami when he never stopped making forward progress. Disgusting.
— Jimmy Roundball (@JamesRoundball) September 21, 2025That’s a brutal early whistle that steals a touchdown from Omahas own Marty Brown in the Miami vs Florida game.
— Ravi Lulla (@ralulla) September 21, 2025I get the RB is in the pile there but that's an appalling early whistle against the Canes lol
— Kyle Crabbs (@KyleCrabbs) September 21, 2025CharMar “Marty” Brown gets his touchdown called back from 50-yards out.I’m pretty sure that should be a touchdown still.
— Geo Milian (@GeoMilian) September 21, 2025Officials just stole a touchdown from Miami RB Brown. Brutal
— Steve Muench (@yougoodmuench) September 21, 2025The game was over when Marty Brown scored that touchdown…
— camdenjm (@CamdenJm) September 21, 2025Marty Brown was moving forward the whole time. Awful call.
— David Furones (@DavidFurones_) September 21, 2025Not sure where Marty Brown was stopped.
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) September 21, 2025Controversial forward progress call costs Miami a TD, momentum flips to Florida Saturday Down South.
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