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FIU Football will be holding walk-on tryouts Friday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. at the R. Kirk Landon Fieldhouse. Some of the most memorable Panthers have been walk-ons, including linebacker Toronto Smith, defensive lineman Armond Willis and defensive backs Jose Cheeseborough and O’Darris D’Haiti. To be eligible to participate you [...]
FIU football signed its largest, highest-rated and best academic recruiting class on National Signing Day, Feb. 1. Head coach Mario Cristobal said this class is a sign of things to come. “We spent our first years trying to build a competitive football team. Now our focus is building a great [...]
A blocked punt by Marshall in the fourth quarter set up what proved to be the game-winning field goal as the FIU Panthers fell, 20-10, Tuesday night in the 2011 Beef ’O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg. “We won eight games this year. [FIU head] coach [Mario] Cristobal has done [...]
FIU football will be playing in its second-consecutive bowl game as the Panthers have accepted an invitation to the 2011 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl to be played in St. Petersburg, Fla,. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m. (ET). The game, which will be played at Tropicana Field, will be [...]
The FIU Panthers set a new record as they closed the regular football season 8-4 with a 31-18 win over the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on Nov. 26. The victory was made possibly by 185 rushing yards, led by Kedrick Rhodes’ 117 and Jeremiah Harden’s 46. Both running backs had [...]
Wesley Carroll came off the bench to throw three touchdowns and lead the Panthers to a 28-17 victory over the ULM Warhawks, Sat., Nov. 19, in Monroe, La. Carroll, who came in after starter Jake Medlock got hurt on FIU’s second offensive play of the game, completed 16-of-34 passes for 213 yards and [...]
FIU hosts Florida Atlantic in the 2011 Shula Bowl Saturday, Nov. 12, at Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium. The annual football game between in-state rivals is the last home game of the season, as well as the last home game for wide receiver T.Y. Hilton and quarterback Wes Carroll with the [...]
Coming off their exhilarating 41-16 season-opening victory over Sun Belt Conference rival North Texas Sept. 1, the Panthers take on the Louisville Cardinals of the Big East Friday night, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN’s main network, and FIU’s Athletic Department is hosting [...]
