Panthers hope to overcome staunch ULM run defense
Following the team’s largest margin of victory of the season against rivals FAU, the Panthers now travel to Louisiana at Monroe to take on the Warhawks.
Following the team’s largest margin of victory of the season against rivals FAU, the Panthers now travel to Louisiana at Monroe to take on the Warhawks.
It was Medlock’s first ever start in college, and in the game he threw for one touchdown and ran for another, but also turned the ball over once on a fumble.
The Shula Bowl trophy resides at FIU for the first official time in the rivalry between the Panthers and FAU Owls in the decisive 41-7 win, and also the last time Hilton will play a home game.
The old saying in football is: “Offense wins games and defense wins championships.” The only problem with that is you have to win games before you can even get to a championship. Right now, the offense is simply not getting it done.
With no shot of obtaining first place in the conference, now that the team sits four wins behind Louisiana with just three SBC games to go, the focus has turned to finishing the season off strong and getting into a bowl game.
The final stretch of the regular season for FIU starts Saturday, Nov. 5 in Western Kentucky as the Panthers take on the Hilltoppers, one of the hottest teams in the Sun Belt.
Coming off the thrilling 23-20 overtime victory against Troy last week, the Panthers have been given 11 days off until the matchup at Western Kentucky on Nov. 5.
Despite having four turnovers in regulation, the Panthers were able to force the game into overtime and end it on a 22-yard field from Jack Griffin in a thrilling overtime victory over the Trojans on Oct. 25, to keep hopes of another conference title alive.
The historic start of the season for FIU has now quickly turned into desperation mode with a recent loss to Arkansas State, which now places FIU three games behind first place Louisiana with five games remaining on the season.
ASU was able to turn on their offense in the second half and produced 378 yards of offense by the time the game was over, 240 of them coming on the ground as they beat FIU 34-16.