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Football Loses Shula Bowl 38-10
10/3/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 3, 2014 MIAMI, Fla. - Turnovers proved to be the downfall of the Florida Atlantic University football team, Thursday night, as the Owls dropped their Conference USA matchup at rival FIU 38-10. The Panthers (3-3, 2-0 C-USA) forced four turnovers, and recovered each of the three fumbles they forced, converting the turnovers into 21 points.
The Owls (2-4, 1-1 C-USA) led in nearly all of the offensive categories in the longest game in school history, lasting officially five hours and nine minutes after a weather delay of almost two hours that began at halftime.
"It's obviously a tough locker room right now. They are very disappointed in how we performed. They are very disappointed how the game went," said Charlie Partridge, FAU's head coach. All the credit goes to FIU, the plan they put together and the turnovers they were able to create. We got down in the red zone and we weren't able to finish those drives. We turned the ball over. That's the story of the game. It's disappointing that we weren't able to come up with some plays to finish the game and finish the drives. You've got to come out with at least a field goal, but because of the turnovers we weren't able to do that."
The first half was a game of turnovers. FAU had the first drive of the game and was stopped at their 36-yard line. Following Dalton Schomp's punt which was received at the FIU 25, FAU's Sharrod Neasman forced a fumble which was recovered by teammate Alex Deleon. The Owls started their second drive that ended six plays later with a 26-yard field goal that gave them a 3-0 lead. FIU then drove 70 yards in 2:38 and carried it in with a 24 yard rush to take a 7-3 lead.
FAU then opened the second quarter with a fumble on its own 18-yard line. The Panthers took advantage of the miscue seven plays later with a one-yard run straight-up the middle to increase their lead to 11 points. Jaquez Johnson, the reigning Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week, then led a four-play scoring drive that saw sophomore Jay Warren scamper 31 yards for his first TD of the season with 9:29 remaining in the half. Neither team found the end zone the remainder of the half and entered the locker room where they waited 1:50 minutes for the weather to clear. FIU would connect on a 37-yard field goal in the Panthers' first possession of the second half to take a 17-10 lead. FAU fumbled in the end zone on its next possession, allowing FIU's Richard Leonard to return it 100 yards to hand the Panthers a 24-10 lead with 3:39 remaining in the third quarter.
On the first possession of the fourth quarter, the Owls got into the red zone once more, but then threw their first interception of the season in the end zone. That interception snapped a streak of 171 FAU pass attempts without an interception, dating back to the 2013 matchup against the Panthers. FIU would go 80 yards in 10 plays and score on a one-yard rush to go up 31-10 with 8:23 remaining.
. Johnson went 19-of-42 for 225 yards. The junior also ran for 64 yards, averaging 6.4 yards per carry. Warren carried the ball 11 times for 58 yards and the score. Lucky Whitehead continued his impressive season, tallying 173 total yards, including a team-high 84 yards receiving.
Whitehead was named the Shula Bowl MVP for the Owls while Leonard took the honor for FIU.
Florida Atlantic will have a bye week next week and will return to action October 18th when they play host to Western Kentucky University. For individual game tickets call 1-866-FAU-Owls. All FAU games will be carried on ESPN West Palm 106.3, which has an APP for the Smart Phone platform, and on www.fausports.com.
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