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Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Saturday, November 16
Charleston, Ill.
2:30 PM
Florida Atlantic
1-9
6
at
47
Eastern Illinois
8-2
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Florida Atlantic
0
0
0
6
6
Eastern Illinois
14
27
0
6
47
Football Downed by Eastern Illinois
11/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 16, 2002
CHARLESTON, IL -- Florida Atlantic University was defeated 47-6, Saturday, by Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. The Panthers entered the game ranked as high as no. 3 in Division I-AA. With the loss, FAU drops to 1-9 while EIU improves to 8-2.
EIU jumped out early on FAU as J.R. Taylor scored on a 50-yard touchdown run to stake the Panthers to a 7-0 lead 1:03 into the first quarter. Taylor scored again with 1:59 left in the quarter to give EIU a 14-0 lead. On the day, Taylor ran for 308 yards on 35 carries with four touchdowns.
Eastern Illinois put the game away in the second quarter with 27 points. That included three touchdown passes by Tony Romo and a one-yard run by Taylor.
Both teams went scoreless in the third before Taylor added his final touchdown run with 3:51 left in the game. FAU avoided the shutout when Garret Jahn ran in from one yard out with 10 second left in the game.
For the day, EIU outgained FAU 494 yards to 107. The Owls put the ball in the air just 12 times with Jahn and starter Jared Allen both going 2-for-6 with no interceptions.
Aaron Sanchez rushed for 70 yards on 19 carries while Daveon Barron had 33 yards on 12 carries.
The Owls conclude their season November 23 when they host Florida International at 3:00pm at Pro Player Stadium.
Team Stats
FAU
EIU
Total Yards
107
494
Pass Yards
29
115
Rushing Yards
78
379
Penalty Yards
15
29
1st Downs
8
22
3rd Downs
3
7
4th Downs
0
1
TOP
28:43
31:17
1st Quarter
FAU 0, EIU 7
EIU - TAYLOR, J.R. 50 yd run (KUEHN, Steve kick), 3 plays, 59 yards, TOP 1:03
FAU 0, EIU 14
EIU - TAYLOR, J.R. 4 yd run (KUEHN, Steve kick), 7 plays, 66 yards, TOP 2:26
2nd Quarter
FAU 0, EIU 20
EIU - BUMPHUS, Will 6 yd pass from ROMO, Tony (KUEHN, Steve kickblocked) 4 plays, 33 yards, TOP 1:36
FAU 0, EIU 27
EIU - PARSILL, Adam 10 yd pass from ROMO, Tony (KUEHN, Steve kick) 8 plays, 59 yards, TOP 3:33
FAU 0, EIU 34
EIU - TAYLOR, J.R. 1 yd run (KUEHN, Steve kick), 10 plays, 50 yards, TOP 4:32
FAU 0, EIU 41
EIU - JONES, Andre 1 yd pass from ROMO, Tony (KUEHN, Steve kick) 4 plays, 35 yards, TOP 0:37
4th Quarter
FAU 0, EIU 47
EIU - TAYLOR, J.R. 3 yd run (KUEHN, Steve kickfailed), 10 plays, 95 yards, TOP 4:41
FAU 6, EIU 47
FAU - Jahn, Garrett 1 yd run (Myers, Mark kickblocked), 10 plays, 57 yards, TOP 3:32
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
2
TD
0
YDS
20
INT
0
CMP
2
TD
0
YDS
9
INT
0
Players Mentioned
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