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Football
at FIU
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Saturday, October 20
Mobile, Ala.
3:30 PM
Florida Atlantic
1-6 , 0-4
34
at
37
South Alabama
2-5 , 1-2
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
OT
OT
F
FAU
14
3
7
7
3
0
34
South Alabama
7
7
3
14
3
3
37
Owls Fall in Double Overtime Heartbreaker
10/20/2012 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 20, 2012
MOBILE, AL - The Florida Atlantic football team fell in double overtime to the University of South Alabama Saturday, 37-34.
The Owls led all game, and were up 14 with 14:51 remaining after Graham Wilbert found Nexon Dorvilus in the end zone. But USA came back with one score at the 5:45 mark, and tied it with another with 1:09 to go. The last FAU drive ended on a blocked field goal to send it to overtime.
The teams exchanged field goals in the first overtime, with USA scoring first. Michel Chapuseaux was good from 37, as was FAU's Mitch Anderson. But in the second overtime, Anderson's kick was blocked for the third time in the game, and Chapuseaux gave USA the win with a 35-yarder that split the uprights.
Four Owls set career highs in the game: Wilbert with 303 passing yards (the first FAU quarterback to reach that mark since Jeff Van Camp threw for 302 against Troy on December 4, 2010), Jonathan Wallace with 101 rushing yards, William Dukes with 119 receiving yards (the team's first 100 yard receiver since Avery Holley in that same Troy game above), and safety Brent Harstad with 15 tackles, the most by an Owl this season.
Wallace got the Owls on the scoreboard first with a 1-yard plunge in the first quarter. After USA tied it, FAU went back up on a 14-yard Martese Jackson run late in the quarter.
Anderson gave the team a 17-14 lead at the half with a 23-yard field goal as time expired. The Owls then went up 10 on the first drive of the second half, with Wilbert finding Dukes for 50 yards, the team's longest offensive play of the year.
After a Chapuseaux field goal cut it to seven, Dorvilus' touchdown early in the fourth gave the Owls a two-touchdown lead and set it up for the Jaguars' comeback.
The Owls fall to 1-6 and 0-4 in the Sun Belt. The win was South Alabama's first conference victory. They're now 2-5 this season, 1-2 in the SBC.
FAU returns home next Saturday, October 27, when they host Troy at 5 p.m.
Team Stats
FAU
USA
Total Yards
471
369
Pass Yards
308
184
Rushing Yards
163
185
Penalty Yards
80
50
1st Downs
25
24
3rd Downs
8
4
4th Downs
0
0
TOP
29:32
30:28
1st Quarter
FAU 7, USA 0
FAU - Wallace, J. 1 yd run (Anderson, Mitch kick), 8 plays, 64 yards, TOP 3:37
FAU 7, USA 7
USA - Baker, Demetre 4 yd run (Chapuseaux, M. kick), 11 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:00
FAU 14, USA 7
FAU - Jackson, M. 14 yd run (Anderson, Mitch kick), 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:30
2nd Quarter
FAU 14, USA 14
USA - Metheny, Ross 5 yd run (Chapuseaux, M. kick), 3 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:09
FAU 17, USA 14
FAU - Anderson, Mitch 23 yd field goal 12 plays, 49 yards, TOP 2:33
3rd Quarter
FAU 24, USA 14
FAU - Dukes, William 50 yd pass from Wilbert, Graham (Anderson, Mitch kick) 1 plays, 50 yards, TOP 0:10
FAU 24, USA 17
USA - Chapuseaux, M. 32 yd field goal 12 plays, 55 yards, TOP 5:26
4th Quarter
FAU 31, USA 17
FAU - Dorvilus, Nexon 6 yd pass from Wilbert, Graham (Anderson, Mitch kick) 11 plays, 76 yards, TOP 4:25
FAU 31, USA 24
USA - Baker, Demetre 1 yd run (Chapuseaux, M. kick), 13 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:44
FAU 31, USA 31
USA - Loper, Gabe 16 yd pass from Metheny, Ross (Chapuseaux, M. kick) 9 plays, 85 yards, TOP 2:45
OT Quarter
FAU 31, USA 34
USA - Chapuseaux, M. 37 yd field goal 4 plays, 5 yards, TOP 0:00
FAU 34, USA 34
FAU - Anderson, Mitch 37 yd field goal 4 plays, 5 yards, TOP 0:00
FAU 34, USA 37
USA - Chapuseaux, M. 35 yd field goal 4 plays, 7 yards, TOP 0:00
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
27
TD
2
YDS
308
INT
0
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