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This year’s Homecoming showdown looks to be the best one yet: the Panthers vs. the Blue Devils of Duke. Game time is 7 p.m. at Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium. The Panthers are experiencing their best season ever, opening with convincing wins over North Texas, Louisville and University of Central [...]
Fans didn’t let a little rain get in the way of their fun as thousands turned out Sept. 1 to tailgate and watch FIU begin its defense of the Sun Belt Conference title. The Panthers responded with a win against North Texas, 41-16, on Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium, backed [...]
FIU’s football team got everyone’s attention last season with its first championship and bowl win. Now they are hungry for more By Pete Pelegrin ’96 Walk into the FIU football offices and you are greeted by the sparkling gold 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Champions trophy and the 2010 Sun Belt [...]
Alumnus David F. Alfonso ’96 has a prediction for FIU graduates who have never been to an FIU football game: “Come to the first game on Sept. 1, and you will come to all the rest.” When you do, you’ll be watching FIU’s champion football team play on the newly [...]
FIU fans got their first look at the 2011 football team April 2 at the Blue & Gold Spring Game. On the strength of a late touchdown catch by Glenn Coleman, the FIU offense defeated the defense, 19-10. Alberto Padron ’98, MBA ’09, a die-hard FIU football fan and one [...]
The FIU Athletic Department and FIU alumnus David F. Alfonso ’96 have announced the exclusive naming rights for the Panther football team’s home field, which will now be called “Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.” “Although this is incredibly fulfilling for our family, this is solely about FIU and the path our [...]
