Singletary Motors Owls Over Middle Tennessee 38-20

Saturday, September 30

Boca Raton, Fla.

7:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

2-3 , 1-0

Middle Tennessee

2-3 , 0-1

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2nd

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Florida Atlantic

9/30/2017 12:00:00 AM | Football

Box Score

Sept. 30, 2017

Final Stats

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BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Sophomore Devin Singletary tied a Florida Atlantic University record with four rushing touchdowns in FAU's 38-20 win in its Conference USA opener against Middle Tennessee on Saturday. Singletary moves into a tie for third all-time in career rushing touchdowns with 21.

Quotable
"This game was played really well by our players," FAU Head Coach Lane Kiffin said. "I thought our coaches did a really good job today (and) our players did a good job today. We corrected some issues, won the turnover battle, three to nothing ... for our guys to do that, (it) obviously changes the game. As a coach, all you want is what you're practicing, what you're planning and what you're talking about happen, and it happened today. We're very pleased, we've got a long way to go today obviously, but that's a big win, a really big win. I'm glad for our players."

Quick Hits

The Owls (2-3, 1-0 C-USA) racked up 252 rushing yards, paced by Singletary's 133, while Greg Howell tallied 88 yards on the ground
Jason Driskel went 22 of 29 through the air with 187 yards and a touchdown, leading FAU to a turnover-free outing
Harrison Bryant had a breakout game to lead the receiving corps with a career-high 93 yards and a touchdown
Defensively, FAU recorded three interceptions and three tackles for loss with Hunter Snyder picking up 1.5 sacks
FAU was a perfect 6-of-6 in the red zone with five touchdowns and a 22-yard Greg Joseph field goal
The Owls took the opening possession 75 yards on seven plays, with Singletary running it in from 19 yards out for FAU's fastest opening score of the season
After the Blue Raiders (2-3, 0-1 C-USA) were held to a field goal on their first drive, the Owls crafted a 10-play, 57-yard drive with Singletary again scoring from 13 yards on a carry to extend the lead to 14-3
The Owls again held MT to a field goal as the teams traded scores, making it a 14-6 game at the end of a first quarter that saw 10 FAU first downs
FAU marched 75 yards in 3:08 on the next drive, featuring a one-yard touchdown run by Singletary for his second consecutive three-score game
The Blue Raiders missed a field goal on the next possession, giving the Owls the ball at their own 20. Driskel hit Bryant again for 20- and 18-yard gains on the drive before Joseph made his 47th career field goal to make it 24-6 Owls
FAU kept MT off the board for the remainder of the half as Jalen Young and Shelton Lewis intercepted passes on each of the following two drives
The Blue Raiders took the second-half opening possession 12 plays and 75 yards before John Urzua found Ty Lee for a 26-yard touchdown connection to cut the FAU advantage to 24-13
On the first play of the fourth quarter, Singletary joined Alfred Morris (2011) and Doug Parker (2001) in the record books with his fourth rushing touchdown of the game, a two-yard carry that capped off a 15-play, 89-yard drive to put FAU up 31-13
MT responded with an 87-yard drive featuring a four-yard touchdown pass from Urzua to Jocquez Bruce with 11:13 remaining
After Raekwon Williams picked off Urzua for the third turnover of the night, Driskel and Howell drove the Owls downfield before Driskel connected with Bryant for a dagger four-yard touchdown pass to put the Owls up by the final 38-20 with five minutes to play
The Blue Raiders got into FAU territory, but the Owl defense held strong to force a turnover on downs with 1:20 on the clock to seal the C-USA victory

Up Next
FAU goes on the road to take on Old Dominion in Norfolk, Virginia, Saturday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on Stadium, and WTCN in the Boca Raton area, while ESPN West Palm 106.3 will have the radio call.