MIAMI (AP) - Jake Medlock threw for 209 yards and rushed for 141 as Florida International defeated Akron 41-38 in overtime Saturday.
Medlock, who threw for 348 yards and two touchdowns in his debut last week, opened the scoring with a 29-yard touchdown run.
However, Akron's Dalton Williams threw three straight touchdowns to give the Zips (0-2) a 20-7 lead before Medlock's touchdown pass to Jairus Williams cut the deficit to 20-14 at halftime.
Williams threw his fifth touchdown to Marquelo Suel to give Akron a 38-35 lead with 1:53 to play but FIU's Jack Griffin connected from 30 yards out as time expired.
Griffin's 41-yarder in overtime sealed the victory for the Panthers (1-1).
Safety John Cyprien led the FIU defense with 11 tackles. The junior, who had nine tackles last week, now stands 10 tackles shy of tying the school-record of 302 total tackles.
Williams led Akron with 313 yards passing.
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| Scoring Summary |
| FIU | Jake Medlock 29 yd run (Jack Griffin kick) |
| AKRON | Marquelo Suel 15 yd pass from Dalton Williams (Robert Stein kick) |
| AKRON | Jawon Chisholm 11 yd pass from Dalton Williams (missed kick) |
| AKRON | L.T. Smith 5 yd pass from Dalton Williams (Robert Stein kick) |
| FIU | Jairus Williams 7 yd pass from Jake Medlock (Jack Griffin kick) |
| FIU | Darian Mallary 5 yd run (Jack Griffin kick) |
| FIU | Richard Leonard 49 yd punt return (Jack Griffin kick) |
| AKRON | Robert Stein 41 yd FG |
| AKRON | Jawon Chisholm 21 yd pass from Dalton Williams (Dee Frieson 2pt pass from Dalton Williams) |
| FIU | Darian Mallary 32 yd run (Jack Griffin kick) |
| AKRON | Marquelo Suel 15 yd pass from Dalton Williams (Robert Stein kick) |
| FIU | Jack Griffin 30 yd FG |
| FIU | Jack Griffin 29 yd FG |
| Team Stats | ||
| AKRON | FIU | |
| First Downs | 22 | 23 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 7-21 | 4-18 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 88-411 | 80-441 |
| Rushes-Yds | 34-98 | 50-232 |
| Passing Yds | 313 | 209 |
| Kick Return Yds | 16 | 103 |
| Punt Return Yds | 107 | 92 |
| Passes | 27-54-1 | 19-30-0 |
| Punts | 10-420 | 10-406 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| Penalties-Yds | 12-109 | 9-82 |
| Time of Poss. | 31:48 | 43:12 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| AKRON: Jawon Chisholm 12-43, Conor Hundley 8-31, Hakeem Lawrence 7-30, Quentin Hines 2-2, Dalton Williams 4--3, Team 1--5 |
| FIU: Jake Medlock 23-141, Darian Mallary 14-60, Kedrick Rhodes 11-47, Loranzo Hammonds 1-7, Team 1--23 |
| PASSING |
| AKRON: Dalton Williams 27-54-313-1 |
| FIU: Jake Medlock 19-30-209-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| AKRON: Marquelo Suel 7-99, L.T. Smith 5-23, Keith Sconiers 4-64, Zach D'Orazio 3-54, Tyrell Goodman 3-32, Dee Frieson 3-9, Jawon Chisholm 2-32 |
| FIU: Wayne Times 5-56, Jacob Younger 4-68, Jairus Williams 4-36, Akil Dan-Fodio 3-28, Kedrick Rhodes 2-10, Darian Mallary 1-11 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Akron | 7th Mid American East | 0-8 | 1-11 |
| Florida International | 8th Sun Belt | 2-6 | 3-9 |
