MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Demetre Baker and Ross Metheny scored late touchdowns and Michel Chapuseaux made three field goals to help South Alabama rally and beat Florida Atlantic 37-34 Saturday in two overtimes.
Mitch Anderson kicked a 23-yard field goal to give FAU (1-6, 0-4 Sun Belt Conference) a 17-14 lead at halftime and the Owls pushed that lead to 31-17 in the fourth quarter behind two touchdown passes from Graham Wilbert.
South Alabama (2-5, 1-2) rallied however, as Baker scored on a 1-yard run and Metheny connected with Gabe Loper from 16-yards out to even the score with 1:09 to play.
Chapuseaux and Mitch Anderson both connected on 37-yard field goal attempts in the first overtime period, but after Pat Moore blocked Anderson's 44-yard attempt in the second overtime, Chapuseaux converted from 35 yards to seal the win.
Anderson converted just 2 of 5 field goal attempts with three blocked kicks.
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| Scoring Summary |
| FAU | Jonathan Wallace 1 yd run (Mitch Anderson kick) |
| SALA | Demetre Baker 4 yd run (Michel Chapuseaux kick) |
| FAU | Martese Jackson 14 yd run (Mitch Anderson kick) |
| SALA | Ross Metheny 5 yd run (Michel Chapuseaux kick) |
| FAU | Mitch Anderson 23 yd FG |
| FAU | William Dukes 50 yd pass from Graham Wilbert (Mitch Anderson kick) |
| SALA | Michel Chapuseaux 32 yd FG |
| FAU | Nexon Dorvilus 6 yd pass from Graham Wilbert (Mitch Anderson kick) |
| SALA | Demetre Baker 1 yd run (Michel Chapuseaux kick) |
| SALA | Gabe Loper 16 yd pass from Ross Metheny (Michel Chapuseaux kick) |
| SALA | Michel Chapuseaux 37 yd FG |
| FAU | Mitch Anderson 37 yd FG |
| SALA | Michel Chapuseaux 35 yd FG |
| Team Stats | ||
| FAU | SALA | |
| First Downs | 25 | 24 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 8-19 | 4-16 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 80-461 | 80-359 |
| Rushes-Yds | 39-158 | 53-180 |
| Passing Yds | 303 | 179 |
| Kick Return Yds | 72 | 55 |
| Punt Return Yds | 27 | 1 |
| Passes | 27-41-0 | 13-27-0 |
| Punts | 7-252 | 6-259 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 10-80 | 4-50 |
| Time of Poss. | 29:32 | 30:28 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| FAU: Jonathan Wallace 21-101, Martese Jackson 7-24, Graham Wilbert 7-22, Travis Jones 1-21, Damian Fortner 2-5, Team 1--15 |
| SALA: Demetre Baker 16-73, Terrance Timmons 11-36, Ross Metheny 13-34, T.J. Glover 6-29, Jereme Jones 1-4, Trey Fetner 4-3, Kendall Houston 2-1 |
| PASSING |
| FAU: Graham Wilbert 27-41-303-0 |
| SALA: Ross Metheny 13-27-179-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| FAU: Daniel McKinney 6-57, William Dukes 5-119, Nexon Dorvilus 4-52, Alex Deleon 4-23, Travis Jones 3-9, Byron Hankerson 2-35, Jonathan Wallace 2-4, Terrell Mitchell 1-4 |
| SALA: Gabe Loper 4-91, Jereme Jones 3-19, Greg Hollinger 2-34, Bryant Lavender 1-17, Desmond Jones 1-11, Corey Besteda 1-6, Jared Palmer 1-1 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Florida Atlantic | 8th Sun Belt | 2-6 | 3-9 |
| South Alabama | 10th Sun Belt | 1-7 | 2-11 |
