Florida Atlantic Owls at South Florida Bulls

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Florida Atlantic Owls

3-4, 1-3 Away

Final
13 - 48

South Florida Bulls

6-1, 4-0 Home

Byrum Brown, No. 19 South Florida run over Florida Atlantic, 48-13

Byrum Brown lets it fly for a 60-yard USF TD

South Florida (6-1, 3-0 AAC) got touchdown receptions from Jeremiah Koger, Jonathan Echols and Wyatt Sullivan. The Bulls scored the final 27 points to turn a 21-13 lead into a blowout victory.

“I think for us, as complete of a game as we’ve played in terms of the ups and the downs, but continuing to play,” Bulls coach Alex Golesh said. “There was so much in terms of mistakes and non-execution on all three sides of the ball, but we kept answering the bell.”

Brown was 14 of 24 for 256 yards and ran for 111 yards and a touchdown. Nykahi Davenport rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown. Koger had four catches for 90 yards.

“Byrum continues to be a force that’s really hard to stop,” Golesh said. “He’s as special of a player as there is in the country.”

Florida Atlantic’s Caden Vetkamp was 35 of 50 for 244 yards with a touchdown pass and an interception. Assad Wassem had eight catches for 56 yards.

The takeaway Florida Atlantic (3-4, 2-2) had its two-game win streak snapped and fell a game below .500.

South Florida joins Tulane and Navy as the only teams with an undefeated ACC record. The Bulls will travel to No. 22 Memphis next weekend after the Tigers were upset by UAB.

Plugging the run South Florida held Florida Atlantic to minus-4 rushing yards in the first half and 23 yards for the game, most of which came on the final possession with both teams emptying their bench.

“Making a team one dimensional is huge. We made them pass 50 times and I think we had five sacks,” Golesh said. “Defensively we were really resilient, not perfect, but incredibly resilient. We were able to stop the run and make them attack us through the air.”

Bigger plans The Bulls become bowl eligible for the third consecutive season, but Golesh has bigger aspirations this season. South Florida is ranked inside the top 20 for the first time since the end of the 2016 season and in a position to be the Group of Five representative for the College Football Playoff.

“I guess we became bowl eligible tonight and I don’t know if a single guy in that locker room gives a heck about that,” Golesh said. “I said two years ago that’s not the standard here. We’ve got to continue to press forward.”

Up next Florida Atlantic: At Navy on Oct. 25.

South Florida: At No. 22 Memphis on Oct. 25.

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TV Channel: Owls at Bulls 2021 College Football, week 8, is broadcasted on ESPNU.
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Scoring Summary

TD	1st Period 11:46	Byrum Brown 22 Yd Run (Nico Gramatica Kick)
FG	1st Period 5:53	Garrison Smith 45 Yd Field Goal
TD	2nd Period 12:00	Jonathan Echols 19 Yd pass from Byrum Brown (Nico Gramatica Kick)
TD	2nd Period 9:40	Cole Skinner 1 Yd Run (Nico Gramatica Kick)
FG	2nd Period 0:00	Garrison Smith 28 Yd Field Goal
TD	3rd Period 12:12	Michael Kirch 3 Yd pass from Caden Veltkamp (Garrison Smith Kick)
FG	3rd Period 8:20	Nico Gramatica 41 Yd Field Goal
TD	3rd Period 4:10	Wyatt Sullivan 24 Yd pass from Byrum Brown (Nico Gramatica Kick)
TD	4th Period 13:39	Jeremiah Koger 60 Yd pass from Byrum Brown (Nico Gramatica Kick)
TD	4th Period 9:05	Nykahi Davenport 2 Yd Run (Nico Gramatica Kick)
FG	4th Period 2:50	Nico Gramatica 28 Yd Field Goal

Statistics

FAU		USF
25	1st Downs	26
6-21	3rd down efficiency	9-18
7-8	4th down efficiency	2-2
312	Total Yards	522
289	Passing	263
41/58	Comp/Att	15/25
5.0	Yards per pass	10.5
23	Rushing	259
30	Rushing Attempts	51
0.8	Yards per rush	5.1
9-75	Penalties	7-80
1	Turnovers	0
0	Fumbles lost	0
1	Interceptions thrown	0
31:26	Possession	28:34

Game Information

Raymond James Stadium

Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 45,169 · Capacity:

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