Box Score MONROE, La. (AP) -- Darrell McNeal scored three touchdowns and Kinsmon Lancaster threw for 237 yards to lead Louisiana-Monroe to a 28-14 homecoming victory over Florida International on Saturday.
McNeal had seven catches for a career-high 120 yards for the Warhawks (2-5, 2-2 Sun Belt), including touchdown passes of 14 and three yards from Lancaster. McNeal also ran in a score from 13 yards out.
Lancaster, coming in on the game's fourth series after redshirt freshman Trey Revell's first start, completed 15 of 20 passes.
Florida International (0-7, 0-3) opened the scoring with a 23-yard touchdown run by Julian Reams.
Lancaster's and McNeal's first touchdown tied the game at 7-7 with 11:55 left in the second quarter; their second, with 51 seconds left, giving the Warhawks a 14-7 halftime lead.
Calvin Dawson tied a school career rushing touchdown record at 22 with a nine-yard run in the third quarter. He had 128 yards on 19 carries; his 15th career 100-yard rushing game and the 11th in the past 12 outings.
FIU pulled within a touchdown early in the fourth quarter on a 19-yard pass from Wayne Younger to Zap Hawkins with 13:35 left.
McNeal lined up at quarterback and broke a couple of tackles on his winning 13-yard run.
GAME NOTES
Sophomore P Chris Cook became the program's single-season leader in punt yardage, running his season totals to 2,115 yards on 105 punts, passing Doug Jones' (2002-04) previous mark of 2,113 yards on 58 punts in the 2003 season
WR Jeremy Dickens, in his first appearance since the season opener, posted team season highs with six receptions for 87 yards
DB Kreg Brown's blocked field goal in the fourth quarter was the first by a Golden Panther since Keyonvis Bouie blicked a field goal against Arkansas State on Sept. 30, 2006
WR Zap Hawkins' 19-yard touchdown grab in the fourth quarter was his first career catch as a Golden Panther
WR Elliott Dix' 42-yard grab in the third quarter was the longest of his career, more than doubling his previous long reception of 18 yards against Florida Atlantic last season
CB Anthony Gaitor's second-quarter sack of Kinsmon Lancaster for a loss of 9 yards was the first of his career and marked the 10th-different Golden Panther to record a sack this season
LB Scott Bryant's first-quarter sack of Kinsmon Lancaster for a loss of 10 yards was the first of his career and marked the ninth-different Golden Panther to record a sack this season
RB Julian Reams' 23-yard TD run in the first quarter was the fourth of his career and his first rushing TD since scoring two against Bowling Green on Sept. 16, 2006. It was also the longest touchdown run by a Golden Panther since A'mod Ned's 80-yard touchdown jaunt against Maryland on Sept. 23, 2006. For Reams, it was his longest run since a 27-yard gain against North Texas on Oct. 7, 2006
DB Lionell Singleton's 27-yard punt return was the longest of the season for the Golden Panthers and the longest by FIU since a 30-yard punt return against Louisiana-Lafayette on Nov. 18, 2006. Singleton accounted for 170 return yards for the Golden Panthers on five kickoff returns and one punt return His kickoff return totals moved him into first place on the kickoff return yards list at FIU with 894. For the season, Singleton has returned 17 kicks for 400 yards (23.5/return). He now needs 85 more yards on returns this season to become FIU's all-time leader in total return yards.
Game Captains For FIU: Tonight's FIU game captains were TE Moses Hinton and LB Scott Bryant.
