Antoine and Robison Lead Football Over Wagner, 42-7

Saturday, September 21

Boca Raton, Fla.

6 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

2-2

Wagner

0-4

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

WAGNER

FAU

9/21/2019 10:34:00 PM | Football

Box Score

Gallery: (9/21/2019) Wagner vs FAU

BOCA RATON, Fla. – A pair of record offensive performances propelled the Florida Atlantic University football team to a 42-7 win over Wagner on Saturday. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Chris Robison tied Rusty Smith's record for touchdown passes in a game and Deangelo Antoine caught a school-record four touchdown passes in the contest. The Owls improved to 2-2 on the season with the victory.

Quotable

FAU Head Coach Lane Kiffin
"Good team win … Your goal is to improve and play better in all areas, and a lot of times we did that. Quarterback (Chris Robison) played really good again, two weeks in a row, nine touchdowns and no interceptions these past two weeks. Really good for another different receiver to step up, D-Lo (Deangelo Antoine) in his first start goes for four touchdowns, which was huge."

Postgame Comments
Lane Kiffin

Chris Robison

Deangelo Antoine

Rashad Smith

Quick Hits

FAU won the coin toss and chose to start on offense
After a nice kickoff return by Meiko Dotson, the Owls marched downfield for a quick nine-play drive to open the scoring. Robison found John Raine for a five-yard touchdown
The Owls' defense forced a three-and-out on their first drive
An exchange of possessions produced several defensive highlights, including two Tim Bonner tackles for loss and a Rashad Smith interception
FAU capitalized on the turnover, as Robison and Antoine hooked up on a 37-yard touchdown pass to put the Owls up 14-0 just before the end of the first quarter
Robison and Antoine connected on another scoring pass early in the second, this one from 17 yards out, giving FAU a 21-0 lead
Robison and Antoine collaborated on yet another touchdown reception for the Owls' final score of the half and stretching the margin to 28-0
Wagner's only score of the night came on a 32-yard pass on 4th-and-nine with just over a minute left in the first half
The score didn't change again until Antoine snagged another touchdown pass from Robison late in the third quarter, as the Owls went up 35-7
Nick Tronti saw his first action of the season and marched the FAU offense down the field, capping a 69-yard drive with a three-yard scamper to round out the scoring for the game
Wagner answered with an extended drive of its own, but the Owls' defense turned away a 4th-and goal from the two

Stats and Records

Robison ended the night with 379 passing yards, his second straight 300-yard game
He completed 25-of-36 passes and became just the second player in school history to throw five touchdown passes, joining Rusty Smith, who accomplished the feat three times
Antoine's four TD catches broke the previous school record of three, originally set by Cortez Gent against FIU on Nov. 29, 2008 and tied last week by John Mitchell
Antoine became just the eighth player in Conference USA history to catch at least four TD passes in a game and the first since 2016. He finished with 11 receptions for 173 yards on the night
Larry McCammon III had 48 rushing yards, once again leading the team
Tronti rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown, in addition to completing both of his pass attempts for eight total yards
Smith recorded a team-high 10 tackles, his second double-digit tackle game of the season, and picked off his first pass of the year

What's Next

The Owls open Conference USA play next weekend, when they travel to Charlotte to face the 49ers on Saturday, Sept. 28. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. and the game will air on NFL Network.