Owls Upend UTEP 35-31 in Final Seconds

Saturday, November 12

Boca Raton, Fla.

6:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

3-7 , 2-4

UTEP

3-7 , 1-5

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

UTEP

FAU

11/12/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football

Box Score

Nov. 12, 2016

Final Stats

#FAU wins after Jason Driskel caps off a 96-yard game-winning drive with this one-handed catch by Nate Terry! pic.twitter.com/RoV3Te5vLn
- FAU Football (@FAU_Football) November 13, 2016

BOCA RATON, Fla. â€" A seven-yard touchdown pass from Jason Driskel to Nate Terry capped off a 96-yard drive as the Florida Atlantic University football team marched down the field to beat UTEP 35-31 on Saturday.

Quotable
"I am proud of our football team and the resolve that they continue to show," FAU Head Coach Charlie Partridge said. "There are a lot of kids growing up in front of our eyes. There are some things that happened on the field, regardless of the outcome, a different look in more guys' eyes when we were down 11 there with about seven and a half minutes left. We had to do some things really well there to give ourselves a chance to win the game. The kids did that. They're growing up. For that I am proud of them. It was fun to see them sing. They deserve all the credit. The assistant coaches deserve all the credit."

Quick Hits

Driskel went 20 of 25 for 233 yards and a score while rushing for a career-high 79 yards
Driskel completed 11 of his final 12 passes, including a two-point conversion en route to a 15-point fourth quarter for FAU
Devin Singletary carried the ball 20 times for 145 yards a two touchdowns, breaking the FAU record for most rushing touchdowns in a season for a freshman with seven in 2016
Greg Howell scored his team-leading 11th rushing touchdown of the year to lead the squad to break the FAU program record with 22 team rushing scores on the season
Kalib Woods led the receiving corps with eight catches for 104 yards
Azeez Al-Shaair paced the defense with 11 tackles while Trey Hendrickson had a sack and 2.5 tackles for loss
The Owls opened the game with a 77-yard drive, culminating in a four-yard touchdown run by Singletary
UTEP responded with touchdowns on each of its next two drives to take a 14-7 lead
Singletary then ran for 73 yards on the next FAU drive, including a 36-yarder for a score to tie the contest
The two teams traded field goals at the end of the second quarter, including a 43-yarder from FAU's Greg Joseph with 20 seconds remaining to send the contest to halftime tied at 17
The Miners went 75 yards on six plays to open the third quarter with a touchdown to retake the lead
FAU again responded as Driskel and Singletary guided the offense 74 yards before Joseph made a 25-yard field goal to make it 24-20 UTEP
UTEP opened the fourth quarter with an 89-yard drive for a score to take the game's largest lead at 31-20
FAU marched 75 yards on its next possession as Howell scored before Driskel found Woods for a two-point field goal to slice the margin to three points
Hendrickson came up with a tackle for a loss of seven yards on third down to force UTEP to punt on its next drive, pinning FAU back at its own four-yard line with 2:46 to play
Driskel completed six-consecutive passes for a total of 76 yards to get FAU into scoring position as the clock ran down
On second-and-goal with 25 seconds to play, Driskel passed over the middle where Terry made a one-handed touchdown catch to put FAU up 35-31
UTEP's first play on the next possession was intercepted by Ocie Rose to seal the contest for the Owls

Up Next

FAU remains at home to play host to Old Dominion on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. for Senior Day. For tickets, call 1-866-FAU-OWLS or visit FAUSports.com. The contest will be televised by Campus Insiders and ESPN West Palm 106.3 will have the radio broadcast.