Middle Tennessee 33, Florida International 28
Associated Press
MIAMI - Jakobe Thomas returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to give Middle Tennessee a 33-28 victory over Florida International.
Thomas stepped in front of Rivaldo Fairweather, who had caught three touchdown passes, and ran untouched for the go-ahead score with 2:50 remaining. FIU drove to the Middle Tennesse 22-yard line on its final drive, but Haden Carlson threw his fourth interception on fourth-and-10 with 27 seconds left.
Chase Cunningham completed 29 of 42 passes for 279 yards and added 32 yards rushing with a pair of touchdown runs for Middle Tennessee (7-5, 4-4 Conference USA).
Carlson was 29-of-52 passing for 414 yards and threw four touchdown passes to go with his four picks for FIU (4-8, 2-6). Trailing 27-7 midway through the third quarter, Carlson and Fairweather connected on a 75-yard touchdown to pull to 27-14, and again for a 3-yard score that gave the Panthers a 28-27 lead with 10:51 remaining.
November 26, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
MiddTn | FIU |
| MiddTn |
FG |
9:03 |
Zeke Rankin 31 yd FG |
3 |
0 |
| MiddTn |
FG |
1:29 |
Zeke Rankin 25 yd FG |
6 |
0 |
| Second Quarter |
MiddTn | FIU |
| MiddTn |
TD |
9:30 |
Darius Bracy 1 yd run (Zeke Rankin kick) |
13 |
0 |
| MiddTn |
TD |
1:40 |
Chase Cunningham 16 yd run (Zeke Rankin kick) |
20 |
0 |
| FIU |
TD |
0:20 |
Rivaldo Fairweather 6 yd pass from Haden Carlson (Chase Gabriel kick) |
20 |
7 |
| Third Quarter |
MiddTn | FIU |
| MiddTn |
TD |
8:48 |
Chase Cunningham 2 yd run (Zeke Rankin kick) |
27 |
7 |
| FIU |
TD |
8:39 |
Rivaldo Fairweather 75 yd pass from Haden Carlson (Chase Gabriel kick) |
27 |
14 |
| FIU |
TD |
6:05 |
Josiah Miamen 21 yd pass from Haden Carlson (Chase Gabriel kick) |
27 |
21 |
| Fourth Quarter |
MiddTn | FIU |
| FIU |
TD |
10:51 |
Rivaldo Fairweather 3 yd pass from Haden Carlson (Chase Gabriel kick) |
27 |
28 |
| MiddTn |
TD |
2:50 |
Jakobe Thomas 28 yd interception return (failed 2pt pass) |
33 |
28 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Middle Tennessee |
FIU |
| First downs |
26 |
24 |
| Rushing |
10 |
3 |
| Passing |
15 |
20 |
| Penalty |
1 |
1 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
9-19, 47% |
4-12, 33% |
| 4th down efficiency |
2-2, 100% |
1-2, 50% |
| Rushes-Yards |
41-168 |
19-83 |
| Passing Yards |
279 |
414 |
| Return Yards |
98 |
79 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
29-42-0 |
29-53-4 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
3--17 |
2--15 |
| Punts |
5 |
5 |
| Punts-Average |
47.4 |
38.6 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-0 |
1-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
7-70 |
5-32 |
| Time of Possession |
34:36 |
25:24 |
| Middle Tennessee Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Cunningham |
29 |
42 |
279 |
0 |
0 |
| FIU Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| H. Carlson |
29 |
52 |
414 |
4 |
4 |
| Middle Tennessee Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| D. Bracy |
20 |
91 |
4.6 |
1 |
| F. Peasant |
9 |
55 |
6.1 |
0 |
| C. Cunningham |
10 |
32 |
3.2 |
2 |
| FIU Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| E. Wilson Jr. |
6 |
32 |
5.3 |
0 |
| H. Carlson |
5 |
21 |
4.2 |
0 |
| L. Joseph |
6 |
18 |
3.0 |
0 |
| D. Patterson |
2 |
12 |
6.0 |
0 |
| Middle Tennessee Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| I. Gathings |
7 |
77 |
11.0 |
0 |
| J. Lane |
5 |
60 |
12.0 |
0 |
| Y. Ali |
6 |
55 |
9.2 |
0 |
| D. England-Chisolm |
6 |
37 |
6.2 |
0 |
| F. Peasant |
1 |
26 |
26.0 |
0 |
| D. Bracy |
2 |
13 |
6.5 |
0 |
| E. Metcalf |
2 |
11 |
5.5 |
0 |
| FIU Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| R. Fairweather |
8 |
152 |
19.0 |
3 |
| D. Patterson |
5 |
100 |
20.0 |
0 |
| J. Miamen |
7 |
65 |
9.3 |
1 |
| K. Mitchell |
3 |
55 |
18.3 |
0 |
| A. Hooker |
2 |
20 |
10.0 |
0 |
| J. Bracey |
2 |
15 |
7.5 |
0 |
| L. Joseph |
2 |
7 |
3.5 |
0 |
| Middle Tennessee Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| J. Thomas |
2 |
87 |
| D. Patterson |
2 |
9 |
| FIU Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Middle Tennessee Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| K. Ulbrich |
5 |
237 |
47.4 |
| FIU Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| D. Montiel |
5 |
193 |
38.6 |
| Middle Tennessee Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Lane |
1 |
2 |
2.0 |
| FIU Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| D. Patterson |
3 |
3 |
1.0 |
| Middle Tennessee Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| FIU Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| L. Joseph |
4 |
76 |
19.0 |
| Middle Tennessee Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Z. Rankin |
43 |
| FIU Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| C. Gabriel |
54 |
