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Injury bug hits Florida Atlantic, still get first win of Coach James career 52-28

Hard hitting safety Damian Parms is known for his run support, here he shows off his coverage skills when he makes it a two score game in the 4th quarter with a 63 yard interception for a touchdown

Florida Atlantic Owls at South Florida Bulls
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Florida Atlantic Owls (1-1)	14	21	0	17	52
South Florida Bulls (1-2)	7	14	7	0	28

Team Stats Comparison
	FAU	USF
Total Offense	492	437
Rushing Yards	314	166
Passing Yards	178	271
First Downs	26	15
Punt Return Yards	0	21
Kick Return Yards	105	63
Total Yards	597	521
Turnovers	0	5
3rd Down Converstion	6/10	4/7
4th Down Conversion	1/1	0/0
2-Point Conversion	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-5-1	4-3
Penalties	0	0
Posession Time	19:29	12:31

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		FAU	USF
6:08	(FAU) TD FAU: Jay Warren 4 Yd Run	7	0
4:24	(USF) TD USF: Marlon Mack 13 Yd Run	7	7
0:35	(FAU) TD FAU: Jaquez Johnson 6 Yd Run	14	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		FAU	USF
7:31	(FAU) TD FAU: William Dukes 30 Yd Run	21	7
6:42	(FAU) TD FAU: Jay Warren 0 Yd Run	28	7
4:38	(USF) TD USF: D'Ernest Johnson 14 Yd Run	28	14
1:55	(USF) TD USF: Kennard Swanson 2 Yd Run	28	21
0:42	(FAU) TD FAU: Jenson Stoshak 4 Yd Run	35	21
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		FAU	USF
6:27	(USF) TD USF: Marlon Mack 25 Yd Run	35	28
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		FAU	USF
6:28	(FAU) TD FAU: Damian Parms returned interception 63 Yds	42	28
3:16	(FAU) TD FAU: Greg Hankerson 7 Yd Run	49	28
0:00	(FAU) FG FAU: Greg Josheph 29 Yd FG	52	28

Florida Atlantic Owls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Jaquez Johnson 4/6 80 0 0 Greg Hankerson 8/10 98 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jaquez Johnson 14 92 6.5 1 Jay Warren 14 63 4.4 2 Greg Howell 10 55 5.5 0 Greg Hankerson 8 39 4.8 1 WIlliam Dukes 3 36 12 1 Tony Moore 2 24 12 0 Jenson Stoshak 1 4 4 1 Derek Butcher (DT) 1 1 1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD William Dukes 2 60 30 0 Trey Rodriguez 2 45 22.5 0 Jenson Stoshak 2 52 26 0 Jay Warren 2 4 2 0 D.J. Juste 2 3 1.5 0 Lucky Whitehead 1 11 11 0 Alex Deleon 1 3 0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Christian Milstead 7 0 0 0 D'Joun Smith 5 1 0 0 Robinson Eugene 3 0 0 0 Josh Ballesteros 3 0 0 0 Trey Hendrickson 3 2 0 0 Kris Harris 3 0 0 0 David Lozandier 2 0 0 0 Damian Parms 2 0 1 1 Andrea Kirk 2 0 1 0 Cre'Von LeBlanc 2 0 2 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Greg Joseph 1/1 7/7 10 29 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Dalton Schomp 3 133 44.3 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Trey Rodriguez 4 105 26.2 0

South Florida Bulls PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Mike White 15/21 271 0 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Marlon Mack 14 101 7.2 2 Mike White 7 41 5.8 0 D'Ernest Johnson 3 22 7.3 1 Kennard Swanson 1 2 2 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Rodney Adams 6 68 11.3 0 Andre Davis 4 107 26.7 0 Sean Price 3 40 13.3 0 Delonte Welch 1 45 45 0 Kennard Swanson 1 11 11 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Nate Goodwin 9 0 0 0 Reshard Cliett 8 0 0 0 Lamar Robbins 6 0 0 0 Zack Bullock 5 0 0 0 Jamie Byrd 5 0 0 0 Johnny Ward 5 0 0 0 Nigel Harris 3 0 0 0 Todd Chandler 3 2 0 0 Chris Dunkley 3 0 0 0 Auggie Sanchez 3 0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Mattias Ciabatti 1 48 48 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Chris Dunkley 3 63 21 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Chris Dunkley 2 21 10.5 0

The Owl offense was clicking on all cylinders again this week. Almost 500 yards of total offense, 314 yards on the ground, and a more efficient passing game. The Owls had two rushing touchdowns from receivers, and spread the ball out really well. The defense played a lot better. They were getting to the quarterback more, and forced 5 turnovers. 4 were interceptions. Cre'Von LeBlanc had two of those, and Damian Parms took his for a big touchdown that made the game a two score game in the 4th quarter. Despite a few big runs, they were able to contain Marlon Mack. He had a 50 yard run but other than that he was shut down for the most of the game.


This isn't the image Owl fans want to see, Jaquez Johnson is out for 3 weeks after a shoulder injury.
The injury bug has bit the Owls this game. In the first half Jaquez Johnson was injured getting thrown to the ground after he completed a pass. He will be out for 3 weeks after an injury to his shoulder and should be ready to play in a big conference matchup against Marshall. Then freshman receiver playmaker Trey Rodriguez was injured and will be out for two with a back issue. The worst of them all will be running back committee leader Jay Warren is out for the season with a broken elbow.

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach James

While these injuries are unfortunate we will have to buckle down and get through it. We want to establish a next-man-up mentality, and Greg Hankerson did just that in the second half as he came in and controlled the game for us. At running back we are going to drop the committee approach for now and Greg Howell will be the lead man getting almost all of the carries out of the backfield. At receiver and in the return game we are going to miss TreyRod for two games but he isn't our only receiver that can make impact plays. We had two receivers run for touchdowns today and I think that is something to be excited about.

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach James

The defense stepped up big for us today. 5 turnovers and 4 of those were interceptions, we had that QB rattled with our pressure. We allowed a few big plays in the run game but overall we held them in check. There's still room for improvement though. It looked like a 7 on 7 out there only two of their passes touched the ground. We have got to get better at defending the pass because we aren't going to be able to expect 4 interceptions every game.