BOCA RATON, Fla. – (Sept. 7, 2019) – The Florida Atlantic University football team played its second top-20 opponent in as many games, losing 48-16 to 18th-ranked UCF on Saturday night.
Quotable
FAU Head Coach Lane Kiffin
“(UCF wears) you out. Everything’s going to go really fast and it can get lopsided like it did.”
Quick Hits
· On the opening drive and aided by two FAU penalties, the Knights (2-0) went 75 yards in seven plays to take an early 7-0 lead
· After a nice kickoff return, the Owls begin their first possession at midfield. ChrisRobison found Harrison Bryant on 4th and 5 for an FAU first down before the Owls were forced to punt later in the possession
· The Knights quickly turned the new possession into a 57-yard touchdown pass to go up 14-0 with 9:36 left in the first quarter
· The Owls went three and out on their second possession of the game. UCF took over on their own 29-yard line
· FAU’s defense forced the first three and out of the day for UCF. FAU took over at its own 25-yard line
· On the next UCF drive, the Knights advanced into the red zone, then missed a field goal attempt to keep the score 14-0
· Vladimir Rivas missed a 46-yard try of his own early in the second quarter
· An 11-yard Adrian Killins rush put UCF up 21-0 with just six minutes left in the half
· Rivas put the Owls on the board with a career-long 48-yard make at the 2:51 mark of the second quarter
· The Knights answered quickly with a four-play touchdown drive to go up 28-3
· Rivas came back with his second field goal of the quarter, this one from 31 yards out, to make the score 28-6 at the half
· The first score of the second half came at the 7:55 mark of the third quarter, when UCF’s Killins scored on a 74-yard touchdown pass to make the score 35-6
· After another quick FAU drive, the Knights added to their lead, going ahead 41-6. Marcel Southall blocked the extra point attempt
· A Robison pass was picked off by the Knights, which UCF quickly converted into a 28-yard touchdown
· Larry McCammon scored his second career touchdown on a three-yard rush, followed by Robison finding Dante Cousart for a successful two-point conversion, completing the scoring for the night
· UCF was unsuccessful on a 4th-and-2 attempt from the FAU 7
· The Owls had just punted the ball back when the game was ended early due to lightning in the area
Stats and Records
· The game was the highest attended game in FAU Stadium history with an announced crowd of 30,811. The previous best was 30,321 against Miami in 2015
· Rivas’ 48-yard field goal was a career-long, surpassing the 44-yarder he made against Middle Tennessee last season
· Larry McCammon had 69 rushing yards and a touchdown on 18 attempts to lead the Owls’ ground gainers
· Malcolm Davidson had 66 yards on eight attempts, including a 32-yarder
· John Raine led the FAU receivers with five catches for 47 yards
· Harrison Bryant had 51 yards on four grabs. Dante Cousart snagged three catches for 16 yards, while McCammon and John Mitchell each recorded a pair of receptions for 19 and 15 yards, respectively
· Matt Hayball averaged 39.8 yards per punt, with a long of 47
What’s Next
The Owls travel to Muncie, Indiana to take on Ball State on Saturday, Sept. 14. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Eastern and will be on ESPN+.
– FAUSports.com –
Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
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