Miami's first road test was a breeze. The 15th-ranked Hurricanes scored on their first three possessions and dominated defensively during a 49-21 rout of winless South Florida on Saturday. Miami (4-0) has yet to trail this season, but coach Al Golden felt USF was much better than its record and posed a different challenge for his team in its final tuneup for Atlantic Coast Conference play. Stephen Morris and a talented group of speedy receivers set the tone for an impressive offensive display, and the Hurricanes played stifling defense before giving up a long touchdown drive at the end. "I think we were ready to go," Golden said. "Our whole game plan was to continue to push the ball and continue to play smart," Morris added. Offensively, the receivers had a great game. Morris threw for two touchdowns before limping off with an ankle injury that's not considered serious, and Duke Johnson scored a TD in his eighth consecutive game for the Hurricanes, who are off to their best start since 2004, when they opened the season with six straight wins. "That's a really good football team, and we've got to play so much better in order to have a chance ... because of where we're at right now," Taggart said. Until we get to where we want to be, we've got to play perfect football in order to compete with a team like Miami. Miami's defense also scored, with Shayon Green sacking Penn State transfer Steven Bench and forcing a fumble that Jimmy Gaines recovered for the sixth defensive TD scored against USF in four games. USF's offense has six touchdowns all season, including Marcus Shaw's 3-yard run that made it 7-7. "Like I told our guys, we're 0-4, no one is going to say anything positive," Taggart said. It's the reality of it, so let's not get caught up in that. Keep working, and let's find a way to make plays. He limped off the field early in the second quarter with the Hurricanes up 21-7 and did not return, spending the rest of the afternoon watching backups Ryan Williams and Gray Crow finish up. We protected him well. He started to get hit a little bit there, the last touchdown, and it was time to get him out and move on to Ryan," Golden said. He kept saying that he was good, but we had enough lead, I thought, that we could move on.