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Football
at Florida
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Saturday, September 1
Miami Gardens, Fla.
4:00 PM
Florida Atlantic
0-1
7
vs
40
Slippery Rock
1-0
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Slippery Rock
14
19
0
7
40
FAU
0
0
7
0
7
Florida Atlantic Drops Debut, 40-7
9/1/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept 1, 2001
MIAMI (AP) - Florida Atlantic waited three years to play its first game. It will have to wait a bit longer for its first victory.
The Owls lost 40-7 to Slippery Rock in their first football game in front of an announced crowd of 25,632 at Pro Player Stadium Saturday afternoon.
"It was an awesome day," said FAU quarterback Jared Allen, who split time with Garrett Jahn. "It finally came. I just wish we could have played better. We know we're going to be good in the future."
Florida Atlantic scored its only points with 3:37 remaining in the third quarter when Todd Poitier blocked a punt by Mike Halberg and recovered the ball in Slippery Rock's end zone. Mark Myers added the extra point.
The Owls are coached by former University of Miami coach Howard Schnellenberger, who led the Hurricanes to the national championship before leaving to rebuild the program at Louisville. He also was an assistant on Don Shula's staff when the Miami Dolphins went undefeated in 1972, and later had a short stint as head coach of the Baltimore Colts.
It was Schnellenberger's first game on the sidelines since the final game of a tumultuous 1995 season at Oklahoma.
Team Stats
SLIP
FAU
Total Yards
389
107
Pass Yards
72
74
Rushing Yards
317
33
Penalty Yards
75
26
1st Downs
21
10
3rd Downs
7
2
4th Downs
1
0
TOP
32:53
27:07
1st Quarter
SLIP 7, FAU 0
SLIP - Glenn, Dorrian 4 yd run (Campbell, Wyatt kick), 4 plays, 64 yards, TOP 1:18
SLIP 14, FAU 0
SLIP - Glenn, Dorrian 3 yd run (Campbell, Wyatt kick), 6 plays, 41 yards, TOP 2:15
2nd Quarter
SLIP 20, FAU 0
SLIP - Markus, Brandon 1 yd run (Campbell, Wyatt kickblocked), 10 plays, 71 yards, TOP 5:21
SLIP 26, FAU 0
SLIP - Vernillo, Mike 34 yd blocked punt return (Campbell, Wyatt kickfailed)
SLIP 33, FAU 0
SLIP - Markus, Brandon 8 yd run (Campbell, Wyatt kick), 3 plays, 30 yards, TOP 1:10
3rd Quarter
SLIP 33, FAU 7
FAU - Poitier, Todd 0 yd blocked punt return (Myers, Mark kick)
4th Quarter
SLIP 40, FAU 7
SLIP - Raisley, Larry 1 yd run (Campbell, Wyatt kick), 4 plays, 18 yards, TOP 1:25
Game Leaders
CMP
9
TD
0
YDS
52
INT
1
CMP
2
TD
0
YDS
22
INT
2
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