MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Brad Kaaya picked on Pittsburgh’s secondary with his arm, and even caused problems with his legs.

Kaaya passed for 356 yards and four touchdowns, ran for another score and Miami snapped a four-game losing streak by beating Pittsburgh 51-28 on Saturday.

“This is like the home stretch,” Kaaya said. “This should provide us with some good momentum going forward, to stop the bleeding.”

Never accused of being overly mobile, Kaaya sent the Miami sideline into celebration with a 12-yard run — the longest of his career. But most important to Miami were these Kaaya numbers: 13 straight completions to start the game, a career-high 32 completions in 47 attempts, no interceptions and getting sacked only once by a Pittsburgh defensive front that came in averaging 3.5 per game this season.

“So many really good things happened, I don’t really know where to start,” Miami coach Mark Richt said. “The bottom line is we got a great victory in front of our home crowd, and I’m very thankful.”

Stacy Coley and David Njoku each caught two touchdown passes and Ahmmon Richards finished with 144 yards receiving for Miami (5-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). Mark Walton ran for 125 yards, the last 55 of those coming on a touchdown with 2:12 left for the Hurricanes — who avoided becoming the first Miami team to lose five straight in the same season since 1977.

“It definitely gets us back on track,” Miami defensive back Corn Elder said.

Nathan Peterman threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns for Pitt (5-4, 2-3). Quadree Henderson had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.