Florida International vs Louisiana Tech
Associated Press
MIAMI - Grayson James threw three touchdown passes, Lexington Joseph had a 1-yard touchdown run in the second overtime and Florida International beat Louisiana Tech 42-34.
Louisiana Tech's Landry Lyddy threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-10 to end it.
FIU (4-4, 2-2 Conference USA), which beat Charlotte 34-15 last week, has won consecutive games for the first time since 2019 and ended a four-game losing streak to Louisiana Tech (2-6, 1-3).
James was 31-of-48 passing for 321 yards and connected with three separate receivers for scores. Joseph finished with 41 yards rushing and also had a 1-yard TD run in the first overtime.
Chase Gabriel's 28-yard field goal pulled FIU even at 27 with 16 seconds remaining in regulation.
Lyddy threw for 256 yards and was 28-of-40 passing for Louisiana Tech. Marquis Crosby had 115 yards rushing and a pair of touchdown runs.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
LaTech | FIU |
| LaTech |
TD |
10:40 |
Landry Lyddy 1 yard TD run (Jacob Barnes Extra Point) |
7 |
0 |
| LaTech |
FG |
3:54 |
Jacob Barnes 36 yard field goal |
10 |
0 |
| FIU |
TD |
0:46 |
Kris Mitchell 34 yard TD pass from Grayson James (Chase Gabriel Extra Point) |
10 |
7 |
| Second Quarter |
LaTech | FIU |
| LaTech |
TD |
13:18 |
Marquis Crosby 29 yard TD run (Jacob Barnes Extra Point) |
17 |
7 |
| FIU |
TD |
7:19 |
Jalen Bracey 16 yard TD pass from Grayson James (Chase Gabriel Extra Point) |
17 |
14 |
| FIU |
TD |
6:41 |
Tyrese Chambers 18 yard TD pass from Grayson James (Chase Gabriel Extra Point) |
17 |
21 |
| Third Quarter |
LaTech | FIU |
| FIU |
FG |
4:25 |
Chase Gabriel 45 yard field goal |
17 |
24 |
| Fourth Quarter |
LaTech | FIU |
| LaTech |
TD |
13:01 |
Charvis Thornton 9 yard TD run (Jacob Barnes Extra Point) |
24 |
24 |
| LaTech |
FG |
5:31 |
Jacob Barnes 32 yard field goal |
27 |
24 |
| FIU |
FG |
0:16 |
Chase Gabriel 28 yard field goal |
27 |
27 |
| OT |
LaTech | FIU |
| LaTech |
TD |
|
Marquis Crosby 5 yard TD run (Jacob Barnes Extra Point) |
34 |
27 |
| FIU |
TD |
|
Lexington Joseph 1 yard TD run (Chase Gabriel Extra Point) |
34 |
34 |
| 2nd OT |
LaTech | FIU |
| FIU |
TD |
|
Lexington Joseph 1 yard TD run (Kris Mitchell 2pt conversion attempt is GOOD) |
34 |
42 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Louisiana Tech |
FIU |
| First downs |
21 |
23 |
| Rushing |
8 |
5 |
| Passing |
10 |
16 |
| Penalty |
3 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
10-19, 53% |
7-15, 47% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-2, 0% |
0-1, 0% |
| Rushes-Yards |
41-184 |
25-57 |
| Passing Yards |
256 |
321 |
| Return Yards |
56 |
92 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
28-40-0 |
31-48-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
2-8 |
1-6 |
| Punts |
3 |
5 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
2-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
5-42 |
8-54 |
| Louisiana Tech Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| L. Lyddy |
28 |
40 |
256 |
0 |
0 |
| FIU Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| G. James |
31 |
48 |
321 |
3 |
0 |
| Louisiana Tech Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| M. Crosby |
21 |
115 |
5.5 |
2 |
| C. Thornton |
12 |
53 |
4.4 |
1 |
| P. McNeil |
1 |
15 |
15.0 |
0 |
| S. Lewis |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
| G. Garner |
2 |
5 |
2.5 |
0 |
| L. Lyddy |
3 |
-7 |
-2.3 |
1 |
| FIU Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| L. Joseph |
12 |
37 |
3.1 |
2 |
| E. Wilson Jr. |
7 |
18 |
2.6 |
0 |
| G. James |
5 |
3 |
0.6 |
0 |
| Louisiana Tech Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| N. Jones |
4 |
72 |
18.0 |
0 |
| S. Harris |
9 |
56 |
6.2 |
0 |
| C. Allen |
4 |
55 |
13.8 |
0 |
| T. Harris |
3 |
49 |
16.3 |
0 |
| K. Maxwell |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
0 |
| G. Garner |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| J. Lewis |
2 |
3 |
1.5 |
0 |
| C. Thornton |
2 |
0 |
0.0
|
0 |
| M. Crosby |
1 |
-1 |
-1.0 |
0 |
| FIU Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| R. Fairweather |
6 |
89 |
14.8 |
0 |
| T. Chambers |
7 |
81 |
11.6 |
1 |
| J. Bracey |
6 |
47 |
7.8 |
1 |
| K. Mitchell |
3 |
47 |
15.7 |
1 |
| J. Miamen |
3 |
30 |
10.0 |
0 |
| L. Joseph |
4 |
27 |
6.8 |
0 |
| E. Wilson Jr. |
2 |
0 |
0.0
|
0 |
| Louisiana Tech Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| FIU Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Louisiana Tech Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| P. Rea |
2 |
94 |
47.0 |
| A. McCready |
1 |
17 |
17.0 |
| FIU Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| D. Montiel |
5 |
185 |
37.0 |
| Louisiana Tech Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| FIU Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Louisiana Tech Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Locke |
1 |
24 |
24.0 |
| S. Harris |
1 |
32 |
32.0 |
| FIU Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| L. Joseph |
3 |
59 |
19.7 |
| E. Wilson Jr. |
1 |
33 |
33.0 |
| Louisiana Tech Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| J. Barnes |
29 |
| FIU Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
