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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 football suffered its first loss of the season, 36-31, against conference foe Louisiana-Lafayette at Alfonso Field in FIU Stadium. The Panthers went into the game allowing less than 100 yards rushing per game. Against the Rajun Cajuns, however, they gave up 187 yards rushing and 419 total yards. Senior [...]
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 [...]
Star player T.Y. Hilton pushed himself this summer so he can defend FIU’s Sun Belt Conference championship By Pete Pelegrin ’96 If you were looking for T.Y. Hilton this off-season as he prepared for his upcoming senior season you were likely to find him on the beach or with his parents [...]
By Pete Pelegrin ’96 Kyle Field in College Station, Texas – Home of the 12th Man — is one of the most hostile stadiums to play in for an opposing college football team. Yet that notion was lost on the FIU Panthers this past September. That night on Texas A&M’s home [...]
By Pete Pelegrin ’96 MAYBE THEY KNEW A boisterous, energetic, record crowd of 19,872 filled FIU Stadium for the season opener against Rutgers. The Panthers led the Scarlet Knights 14-13 in the fourth quarter before falling, but as nearly 20,000 would see, this was a different FIU team this season. [...]
A fumble with under three minutes to play cost the Panthers as FIU dropped a 28-27 decision to Middle Tennessee, Sunday night at FIU Stadium. With a chance to win the game, senior quarterback Wayne Younger, in for an injured Wesley Carroll, appeared to be leading the Panthers to yet another [...]
FIU football clinched the Sun Belt Conference championship with a 31-24 victory over the Arkansas State Red Wolves, Nov. 27 at FIU Stadium. The come-from-behind victory was sparked by an 11-play game-winning drive capped off by a touchdown from a familiar face. With the Panthers down by one and less [...]
The FIU football team tied a program-record with four rushing touchdowns en route to a 28-21 victory over the WKU Hilltoppers Oct. 9 at FIU Stadium. The win, FIU’s first of the season, is all the more important as it comes on FIU’s Sun Belt Conference opener. The Panthers got [...]
