Florida Atlantic 44, Memphis 27
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  New Orleans Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total
Florida Atlantic 17 13 7 7 44 Final 
Memphis 7 13 7 0 27  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Owls - Tigers 
  1st Quarter
 Owls TD Rusty Smith passed to Charles Pierre to the left for 5 yard gain (Warley Leroy made PAT) 7 - 0 
 
 Tigers TD Martin Hankins passed to Brett Russell down the middle for 8 yard gain (Matt Reagan made PAT) 7 - 7 
 
 Owls FG Warley Leroy kicked a 22-yard field goal 10 - 7 
 
 Owls TD Rusty Smith passed to Di'Ivory Edgecomb to the right for 29 yard gain (Warley Leroy made PAT) 17 - 7 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Tigers FG Matt Reagan kicked a 38-yard field goal 17 - 10 
 
 Owls TD Rusty Smith passed to Chris Bonner to the left for 16 yard gain (Warley Leroy made PAT) 24 - 10 
 
 Tigers FG Joey Mack kicked a 35-yard field goal 24 - 13 
 
 Owls TD Rusty Smith passed to Willie Rose to the right for 4 yard gain (Warley Leroy missed PAT) 30 - 13 
 
 Tigers TD Martin Hankins passed to Earnest Williams down the middle for 19 yard gain (Joey Mack made PAT) 30 - 20 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Tigers TD Martin Hankins passed to Carlos Singleton to the right for 6 yard gain (Joey Mack made PAT) 30 - 27 
 
 Owls TD Rusty Smith passed to Jason Harmon to the right for 17 yard gain (Warley Leroy made PAT) 37 - 27 
 
  4th Quarter
 Owls TD Di'Ivory Edgecomb rushed to the right for 4 yard gain (Warley Leroy made PAT) 44 - 27 
 
 Team Statistics
  Owls Tigers 
  First Downs 25 24 
    Passing 17 13 
    Rushing 7 10 
    Penalty 1
  Third Down Efficiency 4-10 9-18 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 2-2 0-0 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 465 398 
    Total Plays 66 78 
    Average Gain Per Play 7.0 5.1 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 115 117 
    Rushes 33 32 
    Average Per Rush 3.5 3.7 
  NET YARDS PASSING 350 281 
    Completions-Attempts 26-33 26-46 
    Yards Per Pass Play 10.6 6.1 
    Times Sacked 1
    Yards Lost to Sacks 8
    Had Intercepted 1
  PUNTS 3 7 
    Average Punt 35.7 38.7 
  PENALTIES 5 5 
    Penalty Yards 29 45 
  FUMBLES 0 0 
    Fumbles Lost 0
 Passing                  
 Florida Atlantic Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 R. Smith 25 32 336 78.1 10.5 1 8 5
 S. Clayton 1 1 14 100.0 14.0 0 0 0
 Memphis Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 M. Hankins 25 39 281 64.1 7.2 0 0 3
 M. Malouf 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
 W. Hudgens 1 5 0 20.0 0.0 1 2 0
 Rushing            
 Florida Atlantic Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 C. Pierre 11 49 4.5 13 0
 S. Clayton 4 32 8.0 12 0
 D. Edgecomb 5 23 4.6 10 1
 W. Rose 5 22 4.4 8 0
 B. Manley 5 3 0.6 3 0
 R. Housler 1 0 0.0 0 0
 D. Walker 1 0 0.0 0 0
 R. Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0
 Memphis Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Doss 20 91 4.6 16 0
 M. Hankins 2 12 6.0 6 0
 M. Malouf 2 11 5.5 6 0
 W. Hudgens 6 10 1.7 4 0
 T. Pitts 1 0 0.0 0 0
 E. Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0
 Receiving            
 Florida Atlantic Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Harmon 7 97 13.9 29 1
 L. Jean 4 73 18.3 30 0
 C. Gent 3 52 17.3 32 0
 W. Rose 6 52 8.7 15 1
 D. Edgecomb 1 29 29.0 29 1
 C. Bonner 2 27 13.5 16 1
 J. Grant 1 14 14.0 14 0
 C. Pierre 2 6 3.0 4 1
 Memphis Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 C. Singleton 4 63 15.8 41 1
 B. Russell 4 45 11.3 16 1
 J. Doss 5 42 8.4 15 0
 D. Calhoun 4 40 10.0 17 0
 E. Williams 3 37 12.3 19 1
 C. Robinzine 2 25 12.5 21 0
 D. Onarheim 1 10 10.0 10 0
 G. Hinds 1 9 9.0 9 0
 S. Black 1 5 5.0 5 0
 M. Jones 1 5 5.0 5 0
 Kicking              
 Florida Atlantic XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 W. Leroy 5 6 1 1 22 100.0
 Memphis XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 J. Mack 2 2 2 2 38 100.0
 M. Reagan 1 1 0 0 0 0.0
 Punting            
 Florida Atlantic Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 M. Groody 2 40.0 44 0 1
 K. Peterson 1 27.0 27 0 0
 Memphis Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 B. Sutherland 6 45.2 70 1 3
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Florida Atlantic PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 D. Edgecomb 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 151 37.8 63
 W. Rivera 1 25 25.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
 D. Muniz 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 16 16.0 16
 G. Allen 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 15 15.0 15
 T. Polo 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0
 Memphis PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 M. Grandberry 0 0 0.0 0 0 8 153 19.1 29

Updated on Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008 2:44 am ET

 
 Top Performers
 Florida Atlantic
R. Smith R. Smith, QB
25-32, 336 yds
5 TDs, 1 INT
 Memphis
M. Hankins M. Hankins, QB
25-39, 281 yds
3 TDs
 Sun Belt Box Scores
Friday, Dec 21
Florida Atlantic 44
Memphis 27
Final

 Conference USA Box Scores
Friday, Dec 21
Florida Atlantic 44
Memphis 27
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Saturday, Dec 22
Southern Miss 21
Cincinnati 31
Final


Sunday, Dec 23
Boise St. 38
East Carolina 41
Final


Friday, Dec 28
TCU 20
Houston 13
Final


Saturday, Dec 29
UCF 3
Mississippi St. 10
Final


Sunday, Jan 6
Bowling Green 7
Tulsa 63
Final