Central Florida 40, Florida Atlantic 14
Associated Press
BOCA RATON, Fla. - John Rhys Plumlee passed for 339 yards and a touchdown and ran for 121 yards and two more scores to help UCF rally from an early deficit and beat Florida Atlantic 40-14.
Plumlee completed 25 of 36 passes and scored on runs of 7 and 5 yards, the latter of which gave UCF (2-1) its first lead at 16-14 midway through the second quarter. His 20-yard TD pass to Javon Baker capped the scoring with 7 minutes to play.
Baker finished with seven receptions for 83 yards and Alec Holler added 115 yards on three catches for the Knights. Isaiah Bowser and RJ Harvey scored on third-quarter touchdown runs of 3 and 1 yards, respectively, to make it 30-14 heading into the fourth.
Zuberi Mobley, who finished with 10 carries for 83 yards, gave FAU (2-2) a 7-0 lead when he scored on a 15-yard run just 2 minutes into the game and N'Kosi Perry threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to LaJohntay Wester that made it 14-7 at the end of the first quarter.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
UCF | FlaAtl |
| FlaAtl |
TD |
13:00 |
Zuberi Mobley 15 yd run (Morgan Suarez kick) |
0 |
7 |
| UCF |
TD |
5:12 |
John Rhys Plumlee 7 yd run (Colton Boomer kick) |
7 |
7 |
| FlaAtl |
TD |
0:08 |
LaJohntay Wester 4 yd pass from N'Kosi Perry (Morgan Suarez kick) |
7 |
14 |
| Second Quarter |
UCF | FlaAtl |
| UCF |
FG |
12:10 |
Colton Boomer 41 yd FG |
10 |
14 |
| UCF |
TD |
8:03 |
John Rhys Plumlee 5 yd run (missed kick) |
16 |
14 |
| Third Quarter |
UCF | FlaAtl |
| UCF |
TD |
9:25 |
Isaiah Bowser 1 yd run (Colton Boomer kick) |
23 |
14 |
| UCF |
TD |
4:01 |
RJ Harvey 3 yd run (Colton Boomer kick) |
30 |
14 |
| Fourth Quarter |
UCF | FlaAtl |
| UCF |
FG |
13:15 |
Colton Boomer 29 yd FG |
33 |
14 |
| UCF |
TD |
7:00 |
Javon Baker 20 yd pass from John Rhys Plumlee (Colton Boomer kick) |
40 |
14 |
| Team Stats |
| |
UCF |
Florida Atlantic |
| First downs |
32 |
18 |
| Rushing |
11 |
10 |
| Passing |
17 |
6 |
| Penalty |
4 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
12-18, 67% |
5-13, 38% |
| 4th down efficiency |
2-2, 100% |
0-0, -% |
| Rushes-Yards |
56-314 |
30-188 |
| Passing Yards |
339 |
108 |
| Return Yards |
66 |
64 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
25-36-1 |
13-29-0 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--1 |
1--7 |
| Punts |
1 |
7 |
| Punts-Average |
46 |
48.3 |
| Fumbles Lost |
4-2 |
2-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
3-30 |
7-82 |
| Time of Possession |
37:05 |
22:55 |
| UCF Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Plumlee |
25 |
36 |
339 |
1 |
1 |
| Florida Atlantic Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| N. Perry |
13 |
29 |
108 |
1 |
0 |
| UCF Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Florida Atlantic Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| D. Toombs II |
1 |
49 |
| UCF Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. McCarthy |
1 |
46 |
46.0 |
| Florida Atlantic Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| R. Thompson |
7 |
338 |
48.3 |
| UCF Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| X. Townsend |
4 |
26 |
6.5 |
| Florida Atlantic Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| L. Wester |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
| Florida Atlantic Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Platt |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
| UCF Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Florida Atlantic Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| M. Suarez |
19 |
