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Football
vs. Memphis
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Saturday, October 24
Lafayette, LA
5:00 PM
Florida Atlantic
2-4 , 2-1
51
at
29
ULL
4-3 , 2-1
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
FAU
14
13
14
10
51
UL
14
2
13
0
29
Football beats Louisiana-Lafayette 51-29
10/24/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 24, 2009
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Rusty Smith threw for four touchdowns and Florida Atlantic rolled up a school-record 624 yards total offense in defeating Louisiana-Lafayette 51-29 Saturday night.
Smith passed for a season-high 359 yards and connected with Chris Bonner for touchdowns of 70 and 64 yards, the second coming late in the third quarter after the Ragin' Cajuns had cut the margin to 34-29 on quarterback Brad McGuire's third touchdown run.
Florida Atlantic (2-4, 2-1 Sun Belt Conference) scored on six of its last seven possessions and ended the game with 17 unanswered points. Alfred Morris capped the scoring with a 47-yard touchdown run to finish with 181 yards.
Smith also had scoring passes of 20 yards to Lester Jean and 7 yards to James Harmon.
McGuire, who alternated with Chris Masson at quarterback for the Ragin' Cajuns (4-3, 2-1), scored on runs of 1, 9 and 10 yards.
Team Stats
FAU
UL
Total Yards
624
372
Pass Yards
372
209
Rushing Yards
252
163
Penalty Yards
51
75
1st Downs
27
20
3rd Downs
9
5
4th Downs
0
1
TOP
31:16
28:44
1st Quarter
FAU 7, UL 0
FAU - Bonner, Chris 70 yd pass from Smith, Rusty (Gornall, Ross kick) 5 plays, 85 yards, TOP 1:19
FAU 7, UL 7
UL - Miller, Marlin 14 yd pass from Masson, Chris (Albrecht, Tyler kick) 2 plays, 18 yards, TOP 0:36
FAU 14, UL 7
FAU - Jean, Lester 20 yd pass from Smith, Rusty (Gornall, Ross kick) 6 plays, 46 yards, TOP 2:35
FAU 14, UL 14
UL - McGuire, Brad 9 yd run (Albrecht, Tyler kick), 8 plays, 49 yards, TOP 3:43
2nd Quarter
FAU 20, UL 14
FAU - Morris, Alfred 17 yd run (Gornall, Ross kickblocked), 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:05
FAU 20, UL 16
UL - Bentley, Dwight 98 yd PAT return
FAU 27, UL 16
FAU - Harmon, Jason 7 yd pass from Smith, Rusty (Gornall, Ross kick) 8 plays, 72 yards, TOP 3:03
3rd Quarter
FAU 27, UL 22
UL - McGuire, Brad 10 yd run (McGuire, Brad rushfailed), 10 plays, 62 yards, TOP 4:22
FAU 34, UL 22
FAU - Rose, Willie 14 yd run (Gornall, Ross kick), 5 plays, 58 yards, TOP 2:27
FAU 34, UL 29
UL - McGuire, Brad 1 yd run (Albrecht, Tyler kick), 10 plays, 77 yards, TOP 4:59
FAU 41, UL 29
FAU - Bonner, Chris 64 yd pass from Smith, Rusty (Gornall, Ross kick) 1 plays, 64 yards, TOP 0:15
4th Quarter
FAU 44, UL 29
FAU - Gornall, Ross 19 yd field goal 17 plays, 94 yards, TOP 9:36
FAU 51, UL 29
FAU - Morris, Alfred 47 yd run (Gornall, Ross kick), 5 plays, 62 yards, TOP 1:21
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
18
TD
4
YDS
359
INT
0
CMP
1
TD
0
YDS
13
INT
0
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