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12 p.m.
Football
vs. East Carolina
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Saturday, September 8
Murfreesboro, TN
7:00 PM
Florida Atlantic
1-1 , 0-1
17
at
31
Middle Tennessee
1-1 , 1-0
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
FAU
0
0
3
14
17
Middle Tennessee
0
7
17
7
31
Owls Fall on the Road to Middle Tennessee, 31-17
9/8/2012 12:00:00 AM | Football
The Florida Atlantic Owls began Sun Belt Conference play on Saturday, falling to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, 31-17.
The Owls trailed 7-0 at the half, and cut it to 14-3 on a Vinny Zaccario field goal with 6:02 to go in the third quarter.
A fourth quarter drive of nine plays and 79 yards ended with a four-yard touchdown pass from Graham Wilbert to running back Damian Fortner, cutting the MTSU lead to 24-10 at the 11:10 mark.
After the Blue Raiders scored again, the Owls marched down the field and into the end zone with 5:12 to go. Wilbert went 4-5 through the air on the drive, culminating with an 8-yard hookup with Byron Hankerson, to make it 31-17. That proved to be the final margin.
Wilbert was 25-32 on the night, for a career-high 260 yards. He completed six passes to both William Dukes (60 yards) and Travis Jones (55), and Daniel McKinney had five catches for a team-high 75 yards. Fortner led the Owls on the ground with 42 yards on 13 carries.
The Owls are 1-1 on the season, 0-1 in SBC play. They next travel to Athens to take on the University of Georgia Bulldogs, a 7:30 kickoff on Saturday, September 15. Live audio and game stats can be found on FAUSports.com.
Team Stats
FAU
MT
Total Yards
361
485
Pass Yards
260
178
Rushing Yards
101
307
Penalty Yards
26
61
1st Downs
19
24
3rd Downs
5
5
4th Downs
0
2
TOP
28:03
31:57
2nd Quarter
FAU 0, MT 7
MT - Amos, Anthony 38 yd pass from Kilgore, Logan (Lopez, Carlos kick) 3 plays, 52 yards, TOP 0:26
3rd Quarter
FAU 0, MT 14
MT - Griswould, Kyle 3 yd run (Lopez, Carlos kick), 10 plays, 66 yards, TOP 2:51
FAU 3, MT 14
FAU - Zaccario, Vinny 39 yd field goal 10 plays, 52 yards, TOP 3:29
FAU 3, MT 17
MT - Lopez, Carlos 36 yd field goal 7 plays, 42 yards, TOP 2:56
FAU 3, MT 24
MT - Amos, Anthony 26 yd pass from Kilgore, Logan (Lopez, Carlos kick) 4 plays, 45 yards, TOP 1:49
4th Quarter
FAU 10, MT 24
FAU - Fortner, Damian 4 yd pass from Wilbert, Graham (Zaccario, Vinny kick) 9 plays, 79 yards, TOP 4:19
FAU 10, MT 31
MT - Calhoun, D. 29 yd run (Lopez, Carlos kick), 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:30
FAU 17, MT 31
FAU - Hankerson, B. 8 yd pass from Wilbert, Graham (Zaccario, Vinny kick) 7 plays, 60 yards, TOP 2:28
Game Leaders
CMP
25
TD
2
YDS
260
INT
0
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