Three Interceptions Sink Florida International at Florida Atlantic
Three interceptions. That was the game. Florida International outgained Florida Atlantic 357 yards to 258 and lost 16-10 anyway, because J.J. Kohl threw all three picks and the Owls turned them into a win that moves them to 2-1.
Florida Atlantic scored first and never gave it up. Leonard Farrow ran in from 4 yards with 2:12 left in the first quarter, and Collin Rogers kicked a 24-yard field goal on the last play of the quarter. Kohl got the Panthers on the board with a 3-yard touchdown run with 23 seconds left in the second quarter, cutting it to 10-7 at halftime.
The second half belonged to Rogers' leg. He hit from 30 yards at 7:34 of the third and from 36 yards at 2:53, which made it 16-7. Robert Czeremcha answered with a 36-yard field goal with 13:28 left in the fourth, and nobody scored again over the final 13 minutes. Florida International fell to 1-2.
The numbers say the Panthers should have won. They threw for 262 yards, with Maguire Anderson catching eight passes for 139 of them, while Florida Atlantic ran for only 56 yards and threw for 202. But FAU did not turn the ball over once and FIU did three times, and in a six-point game that is the whole thing. The loss drops Florida International to 1-2 on the year, while Florida Atlantic gets above .500 at 2-1.
Fantasy takeaway: Anderson topped everybody at 21.9 points without a touchdown, and Kohl was second at 17.9 even with the three picks.