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Football
at FIU
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Saturday, October 31
Fort Lauderdale, FL (Lockhart) Homecoming
4:00 PM
Florida Atlantic
2-5 , 2-2
20
vs
27
Middle Tennessee
5-3 , 3-1
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
MT
7
6
0
14
27
FAU
10
7
0
3
20
Owls Fall To Middle Tennessee, 27-20
10/31/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 31, 2009
Final Stats
Saturday's Gallery
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -Dwight Dasher ran for a 74-yard touchdown on a quarterback draw to give Middle Tennessee a 27-20 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday.
D.D. Kyles also scored a touchdown for the Blue Raiders (5-3, 3-1 Sun Belt Conference) and Sherman Neal returned a blocked punt for a score.
On Florida Atlantic's final drive, a fourth-down pass to the Middle Tennessee 8-yard line was ruled out of bounds with 59 seconds left.
Dasher was only 7-for-21 for 90 yards passing but rushed for 108 yards.
Rusty Smith went 23-for-45 for 304 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions for Florida Atlantic (2-5, 2-2). He left the game with five minutes to go with a shoulder injury in his non-throwing arm.
After Ross Gornall's 42-yard field goal stretched Florida Atlantic's lead to 20-13, the Blue Raiders tied it on an 80-yard drive capped by Kyles' 8-yard touchdown run.
Team Stats
MT
FAU
Total Yards
329
478
Pass Yards
90
377
Rushing Yards
239
101
Penalty Yards
63
66
1st Downs
11
28
3rd Downs
1
5
4th Downs
1
2
TOP
20:03
39:57
1st Quarter
MT 0, FAU 3
FAU - Gornall, Ross 38 yd field goal 6 plays, 35 yards, TOP 2:37
MT 0, FAU 10
FAU - Holley, Avery 2 yd pass from Smith, Rusty (Gornall, Ross kick) 8 plays, 27 yards, TOP 3:43
MT 7, FAU 10
MT - Neal, Sherman 29 yd blocked punt return (Gendreau, Alan kick)
2nd Quarter
MT 10, FAU 10
MT - Gendreau, Alan 46 yd field goal 4 plays, 8 yards, TOP 0:58
MT 10, FAU 17
FAU - Gent, Cortez 18 yd pass from Smith, Rusty (Gornall, Ross kick) 7 plays, 76 yards, TOP 3:22
MT 13, FAU 17
MT - Gendreau, Alan 23 yd field goal 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:31
4th Quarter
MT 13, FAU 20
FAU - Gornall, Ross 42 yd field goal 13 plays, 59 yards, TOP 6:20
MT 20, FAU 20
MT - Kyles, D.D. 8 yd run (Gendreau, Alan kick), 4 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:12
MT 27, FAU 20
MT - Dasher, Dwight 74 yd run (Gendreau, Alan kick), 2 plays, 74 yards, TOP 0:42
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
23
TD
2
YDS
304
INT
2
CMP
5
TD
0
YDS
73
INT
0
Players Mentioned
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