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FIU running back O.J. Price plunges into
the end zone for a score as the Golden Panthers won for the
first time this season, 34-23, on Homecoming. |
Sophomore running back Adam
Gorman led an FIU ground attack with 187 rushing yards and three
touchdowns as the Golden Panthers won
for the first time this season, beating Holy Cross (1-7) on Homecoming,
34-23, under gray skies. “
We’re happy we won the football game,” said FIU head
coach Don Strock. “Adam Gorman kept plugging away. The offensive
line did a good job. We tried with the offense to keep our defense
off the field. At times we did and other times we didn’t.
We ended with the win, though, and you have to get your first before
you can get your second.”
FIU set the tone for the day when
it scored on its first possession, after return specialist Greg
Moss took the opening kickoff 50
yards to the Holy Cross 49. Playing in place of injured starting
running
back Diamos Demeritt and injured back-up Rashod Smith, Gorman
touched the ball five straight times, covering the 49 yards and
scoring
on a two-yard run.
Over the course of the day, Golden
Panthers quarterback Josh Padrick completed 12 of 19 passes for
159 yards, but it was the
FIU ground
game that accounted for 248 of the team’s 407 net yards.
Gorman’s 187 yards was not
only the first 100-yard-plus game for a Golden Panther runner
this season, but it was also the second-most
yards ever attained by an FIU running back. Only Smith and his
262 yards last year against Jacksonville had more.
FIU must regroup in a hurry as the
team hosts Jacksonville on Oct. 30 with a 7 p.m. start that will
be televised on the Sunshine
Network.
For ticket information, please call 305-FIU-GAME in Miami-Dade
or toll free at 866-348-4263. Online, visitors can go to fiusports.com.
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