Southern Miss
7-5 , 5-3
Florida Atlantic
9-3 , 7-1
Football Falls in Regular-Season Finale at FAU
11/30/2019 8:02:00 PM | Football
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- Chris Robison threw for three touchdowns as Florida Atlantic beat Southern Mississippi 34-17 on Saturday to clinch the Conference USA East Division title.
Robison had 156 yards passing for the Owls (9-3, 7-1), who will host the Conference USA Championship game on Dec. 7. BJ Emmons ran for 71 yards and a score. Harrison Bryant had 75 yards receiving and caught three touchdown passes.
Vladimir Rivas scored for the Owls with a 40-yard field goal with 8:07 left in the first quarter. Robison followed up with a pair of touchdown throws to Bryant, of 38 and 15 yards, and FAU led 17-0 early in the second quarter.
Golden Eagles (7-5, 5-3) scored a field goal and a touchdown before the break, closing to 17-10 at halftime.
Akileis Leroy picked off Jack Abraham on the Golden Eagles' first play of the second half and returned it 24 yards to the Southern Miss 3, setting up Emmons' touchdown run and a 24-10 lead for the Owls.
Abraham threw for 182 yards and ran for a score for the Golden Eagles (7-5, 5-3). He was intercepted four times.
Team Stats
USM 0, FAU 3
FAU - RIVAS, Vladimir 40 yd field goal 7 plays, 11 yards, TOP 1:29
USM 0, FAU 10
FAU - BRYANT, Harriso 38 yd pass from ROBISON, Chris (RIVAS, Vladimir kick) 2 plays, 77 yards, TOP 0:47
USM 0, FAU 17
FAU - BRYANT, Harriso 15 yd pass from ROBISON, Chris (RIVAS, Vladimir kick) 2 plays, 34 yards, TOP 0:29
USM 3, FAU 17
USM - STEIN, Andrew 23 yd field goal 8 plays, 40 yards, TOP 4:09
USM 10, FAU 17
USM - ANDERSON, S. 8 yd run (STEIN, Andrew kick), 1 plays, 8 yards, TOP 0:07
USM 10, FAU 24
FAU - EMMONS, BJ 3 yd run (RIVAS, Vladimir kick), 1 plays, 3 yards, TOP 0:06
USM 17, FAU 24
USM - ABRAHAM, Jack 2 yd run (STEIN, Andrew kick), 14 plays, 70 yards, TOP 8:10
USM 17, FAU 31
FAU - BRYANT, Harriso 22 yd pass from ROBISON, Chris (RIVAS, Vladimir kick) 5 plays, 71 yards, TOP 2:16
USM 17, FAU 34
FAU - SHAHRIARI, A. 31 yd field goal 6 plays, 22 yards, TOP 2:04
