Florida International 34, Charlotte 15
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Grayson James was 25-of-33 passing for 302 yards and one touchdown, and he added two rushing scores to help Florida International rout Charlotte 34-15.
James had two rushing scores, from 12 and 9 yards, in the first quarter and Lexington Joseph scored from the 1 and 15 in the second quarter to give FIU (3-4, 1-2 Conference USA) a 27-0 lead with 10:04 left before halftime.
The FIU defense intercepted Chris Reynolds three times. Andrew Volmar, Dorian Hall and Demetrius Hill each had a pick. The Panthers forced five turnovers.
Reynolds was 23 of 38 for 244 yards for Charlotte (1-7, 0-4).
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
FIU | Char |
| FIU |
TD |
13:31 |
Grayson James 12 yd run (Chase Gabriel kick) |
7 |
0 |
| FIU |
TD |
8:48 |
Grayson James 9 yd run (Chase Gabriel kick) |
14 |
0 |
| Second Quarter |
FIU | Char |
| FIU |
TD |
12:02 |
Lexington Joseph 1 yd run (Chase Gabriel kick) |
21 |
0 |
| FIU |
TD |
10:04 |
Lexington Joseph 15 yd run (blocked XP) |
27 |
0 |
| Third Quarter |
FIU | Char |
| FIU |
TD |
2:54 |
Kris Mitchell 5 yd pass from Grayson James (Chase Gabriel kick) |
34 |
0 |
| Fourth Quarter |
FIU | Char |
| Char |
TD |
12:10 |
Chris Reynolds 2 yd run (Antonio Zita kick) |
34 |
7 |
| Char |
TD |
1:20 |
Shadrick Byrd 5 yd pass from James Foster (Taylor Thompson 2pt pass from James Foster) |
34 |
15 |
| Team Stats |
| |
FIU |
Charlotte |
| First downs |
25 |
22 |
| Rushing |
11 |
5 |
| Passing |
12 |
14 |
| Penalty |
2 |
3 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
5-14, 36% |
5-14, 36% |
| 4th down efficiency |
1-3, 33% |
1-4, 25% |
| Rushes-Yards |
43-147 |
28-60 |
| Passing Yards |
306 |
277 |
| Return Yards |
0 |
128 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
26-34-1 |
25-43-3 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
0-0 |
5--34 |
| Punts |
3 |
2 |
| Punts-Average |
31.7 |
23.5 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
2-2 |
| Penalties - Yards |
6-45 |
3-33 |
| Time of Possession |
34:38 |
25:22 |
| FIU Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| G. James |
26 |
34 |
306 |
1 |
1 |
| Charlotte Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| C. Reynolds |
23 |
38 |
244 |
0 |
3 |
| J. Foster |
2 |
5 |
33 |
1 |
0 |
| FIU Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| L. Joseph |
17 |
72 |
4.2 |
2 |
| G. James |
10 |
53 |
5.3 |
2 |
| K. Owens |
4 |
13 |
3.3 |
0 |
| E. Wilson Jr. |
8 |
9 |
1.1 |
0 |
| H. Carlson |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
0 |
| Charlotte Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| S. Byrd |
9 |
42 |
4.7 |
0 |
| C. McEachern |
3 |
23 |
7.7 |
0 |
| J. Foster |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
| J. Martin III |
3 |
8 |
2.7 |
0 |
| V. Tucker |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| H. Rutledge |
2 |
-6 |
-3.0 |
0 |
| C. Reynolds |
9 |
-16 |
-1.8 |
1 |
| FIU Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Chambers |
10 |
143 |
14.3 |
0 |
| K. Mitchell |
8 |
84 |
10.5 |
1 |
| J. Bracey |
4 |
55 |
13.8 |
0 |
| E. Wilson Jr. |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
0 |
| J. Miamen |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| R. Fairweather |
1 |
-3 |
-3.0 |
0 |
| Charlotte Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| E. Spencer |
6 |
77 |
12.8 |
0 |
| G. DuBose |
4 |
48 |
12.0 |
0 |
| V. Tucker |
3 |
47 |
15.7 |
0 |
| T. Thompson |
1 |
40 |
40.0 |
0 |
| S. Byrd |
4 |
34 |
8.5 |
1 |
| J. Martin III |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
0 |
| C. McEachern |
3 |
12 |
4.0 |
0 |
| J. Clemons |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
0 |
| E. Minter Jr. |
1 |
-5 |
-5.0 |
0 |
| FIU Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| D. Hall |
1 |
0 |
| D. Hill |
1 |
0 |
| A. Volmar |
1 |
0 |
| Charlotte Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| W. Jones |
1 |
0 |
| FIU Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| D. Montiel |
2 |
88 |
44.0 |
| Charlotte Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| B. Rice |
2 |
47 |
23.5 |
| FIU Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Charlotte Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| G. DuBose |
1 |
13 |
13.0 |
| FIU Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Charlotte Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| S. Byrd |
4 |
98 |
24.5 |
| H. Rutledge |
1 |
17 |
17.0 |
| FIU Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| C. Gabriel |
21 |
| Charlotte Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
