Football Edged Out 33-31 in Shula Bowl

Saturday, October 1

Miami, Fla.

7:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

1-4

FIU

1-4

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

FAU

FIU

10/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football

Box Score

Oct. 1, 2016

Final Stats

MIAMI, Fla. - (October 1, 2016) - In a game that saw the momentum change several times, the Florida Atlantic University football team came up just short, losing to rival FIU 33-31 in the Shula Bowl on Saturday night.

Notables

The Owls ran for a season high 236 yards as a team in the game.
Gregory Howell Jr. ran for 101 yards, including a career long 68-yard carry and a touchdown.
Freshman Devin Singletary had career highs in carries (17) and yards (86) and scored his first career touchdown in the contest.
Tyler Cameron led the Owls in receptions (three) and receiving yards (31).
Marcus Clark had his first career receiving touchdown.
Azeez Al-Shaair recorded his first career interception and his first career touchdown. Al-Shaair also had 12 tackles on the night.
Jalen Young led the Owls with 14 tackles in the game and added an interception.
Trey Hendrickson blocked a FIU extra point, it was his second extra point block of the season (SIU).
Raekwon Williams had five tackles and two pass breakups.
Greg Joseph hit a career long 50-yard field goal.

Key Plays

After a field goal put the Panthers ahead 33-31 with 12:14 left in the game, FIU forced back-to-back three and outs for the Owls' offense and used a 12-play drive to eat up the final 6:02 of the game.

Quotable

FAU Head Coach Charlie Partridge

"(Our) guys played well at times, but not well enough to finish the game, so we have to get back to work on some things that didn't work for us tonight."

Up Next

The Owls return to Boca Raton to host Charlotte on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 3:30 p.m. The game will be streamed live on FAUsports.tv and can be heard on ESPN 106.3 FM or on the ESPN smartphone app. For tickets, call 1-866-FAU-Owls or go online (https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/fau/EN/buy/details/FB2016).