FAU entered Saturday’s match up 1st place in Conference USA East (3-3), (2-0 C-USA) and University of North Texas entered the game as Conference USA West 1st place (4-2), (3-0 C-USA).
Owls offense came out firing early and gassed the North Texas defense on consecutive drives. The mean green found themselves down 24-0 with 1:16 left in the first quarter. FAU defense was hitting on all cylinders as they secured two turnovers in the first quarter, a fumble recovered by Defensive Tackle Jeremiah Taleni and an Interception by Cornerback Chris Tooley.
It was the Devin Singletary show early and often as he had two rushing touchdowns in the first quarter on consecutive FAU drives. Quarterback Jason Driskel went 10 of 13 for 166 yards, 1 Touchdown. Wide receiver Willie Wright who had 4 receptions, 112 yards, 1 Touchdown. Kicker Greg Joseph made a 44 yard Field goal late in the first quarter.
FAU continued to roll in the second quarter as Jason Driskel scored on a quarterback sneak from one yard out. The Devin Singletary show continued as he scored his third touchdown of the game on a 22 yard run. Kicker Greg Joseph made a 24 yard field goal to put the owls up 41-7 at halftime. The owl’s defense gave up only one touchdown in the first half on a North Texas pass from quarterback Mason Fine to wide receiver O’Keeron Rutherford.
The third quarter was much of the same as FAU opened the second half with a Jason Driskel touchdown pass to Tight end Harrison Bryant that pushed the FAU lead to 48-10 early in the third quarter. The mean green defense was very porous as FAU offense had a total of 532 yard mid-way through the third quarter.
FAU pulled its starters out with a little over a minute left in the third quarter, Dwyer High School alum quarterback Daniel Parr ran the show the rest of the night as the game was well in hand at this point with FAU up 62-17 after a 82 yard touchdown run by Seminole Ridge high school alum running back Kerrith Whyte Jr to end the third quarter. Kerrith’s run broke FAU’s longest rushing touchdown from scrimmage record. Kerrith credited his record breaking run to the offensive line “Honestly the O-line did a great job, I just stayed patient and a big hole opened up like the red sea and I ran as fast as I could.”
American Heritage- Delray alum Devin Singletary had himself a game as he tallied 17 carries, 123 yards, and 3 touchdowns. In addition to that, Devin now holds the single season rushing touchdown record with 14 total after his performance tonight. During the post-game interview Devin talked about FAU’s record breaking game and simply stated “We prepared, we had two weeks to prepare and we put it on tape today.”
FAU looked like a different team tonight and head coach Lane Kiffin talked about growth and earning respect from each and every opponent his team lines up against. When asked about the record breaking night, Kiffin jokingly stated “It was like madden when you have the cheat codes.”
Records broken by FAU tonight
– Most points in a game for (69), FAU record
– Most yards in a game 804 yards, Conference USA record.
– 925 all-purpose yards in a game, FAU record.
– 82 yard rushing Touchdown, FAU record. (Kerrith Whyte Jr)
– Single season rushing touchdown record (14), FAU record. (Devin Singletary)
– 15 points kicking, FAU record. (Greg Joseph)
FAU now (4-3) overall, (3-0 C-USA) will travel to Bowling green, Kentucky to take on Western Kentucky who holds a record of (5-2) overall, (3-1 C-USA) Saturday October 28th in another conference USA match up. Kickoff is at 4:30pm.
