FIU Fumble Recovery Touchdown Sinks Long Island 20-3
Maguire Anderson caught three passes for 58 yards, and the best thing he did all day was not one of them. In the second quarter he came up with a fumble recovery for a touchdown, which made it 14-3 Florida International, and FIU led from its first score to its last on the way to a 20-3 win over Long Island University.
The first score came early. J.J. Kohl hit Tyson Carter from 48 yards out in the first quarter. Long Island answered with a 46-yard Will Johnson field goal in the second, then the fumble recovery pushed the lead back to 11, and Robert Czeremcha added field goals of 25 and 37 yards (the second with 8:57 left in the fourth). That was the end of the scoring. LIU's three points were the only ones it got.
FIU gained 396 yards, 227 through the air and 169 on 38 carries, and the defense sacked the quarterback three times. The offense threw one interception and split the passing between two quarterbacks: Kohl went 6 of 11 for 135 yards, and Zach Marker went 6 of 10 for 92. Twelve completions on 21 attempts will win you a game if a fumble recovery is in the neighborhood. Anthony Carrie led the ground game with 14 carries for 71 yards.
FIU is 2-2 now. LIU is 0-2. For fantasy purposes this was a game of modest numbers: Anderson topped the board at 14.8 points, and Carter's 13.6 was a season high for him. Take away the fumble return and FIU still wins 13-3. It was that kind of game.