{"id":57205,"date":"2025-11-23T01:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/57205\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T01:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:34:10","slug":"kejon-owen-has-135-yards-rushing-and-a-td-fiu-beats-jacksonville-state-27-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/57205\/","title":{"rendered":"Kejon Owen has 135 yards rushing and a TD, FIU beats Jacksonville State 27-21"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MIAMI (AP) Joe Pesansky threw two touchdown passes, Kejon Owen had 135 yards rushing and a TD on 21 carries, and Florida International beat Jacksonville State<\/a> 27-21 on Saturday night to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2019.<\/p>\n

Florida International (6-5, 4-3 Conference USA) has won three in a row and has four conference wins for the first time since 2018.<\/p>\n

Dante Anderson forced a fumble by Caden Creel that was recovered by Johnny Chaney Jr. at the FIU<\/a> 32 and two plays later Alex Perry caught a pass near midfield, eluded three would-be tacklers and raced to the end zone for a 64-yard touchdown that gave the Panthers a 24-21 lead with 12:56 left in the game.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville State (7-4, 6-1) had its five-game win streak snapped and fell into a three-way tie with Western Kentucky and Kennesaw State atop the conference. The Gamecocks wrap up the regular season next Saturday at home against WKU.<\/p>\n

Owens opened the scoring with a 3-yard TD run with 7:06 left in the first quarter, and offensive lineman Chad Staley caught a 1-yard touch pass from Pesansky – the first scoring reception by an offensive lineman in program history – to cap a 10-play, 75-yard drive that opened the second half and made it 14-all.<\/p>\n

Noah Grant kicked field goals of 35 yards late in the third quarter and 42 yards with 1:54 to play.<\/p>\n

Creel threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Deondre Johnson and a 20-yarder to Pearson Baldwin. Cam Cook had 138 yards rushing, which included a 1-yard TD, on 25 carries.<\/p>\n

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