JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -Josh Arauco kicked a 31-yard field goal with 2 seconds left to give Arkansas State a 27-24 victory Saturday over Florida International.

Arauco's winning kick was set up by Darren Toney's 60-yard kickoff return after FIU (0-9, 0-4 Sun Belt Conference) scored a touchdown and 2-point conversion to tie it at 24 with 48 seconds left.

FIU has the nation's longest Division I losing streak at 21 games.

Toney also had eight tackles and two interceptions, one he returned 17 yards for a touchdown. That score and Arauco's extra point gave ASU (4-5, 2-3) a 10-9 lead less than a minute into the second half.

The Panthers got a 16-10 lead when Wayne Younger hit Jeremy Dickens on a 4-yard pass with 3:02 left in the third. Chris Abed kicked the extra point.

Arkansas State's Reggie Arnold, who rushed for 120 yards on 20 carries, scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead an Indians comeback. His final score, a 31-yard run with 2:24 left, gave ASU a 24-16 lead.

FIU responded with a 65-yard, eight-play drive that was capped by Greg Ellingson catching a 29-yard scoring pass from Younger with 48 seconds left. On the two-point try, Younger scrambled out of the grasp of three Indians and hit Moses Hinton for the tying extra points.

Arnold started the ASU rally with a 16-yard scoring run with 4:45 left in the final period. Arnold scored his second touchdown with 2:24 left in the game.

FIU finished with 250 yards of offense, while ASU had 381 yards. Younger ran for 53 yards and passed for 110.

Travis Hewitt got his first start of the season for ASU because quarterback Corey Leonard was held out because of an injury. Hewitt, who started four games last season, passed for 174 yards and ran for 24.

The Panthers owned a 9-3 halftime lead even though their offense produced none of the points. Hewitt fumbled in the Indian end zone and fell on the ball for a safety with 10:10 left in the half to give FIU its first points. The Panthers took the lead on Lionell Singleton's 80-yard punt return with 2:50 left in the half.

The Indians dominated the first quarter, running 16 plays to FIU's three, but barely managed a 3-0 lead. Arauco hit a 26-yard field goal with 35 seconds left in the first quarter.

FIU at Arkansas State Game Notes
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007
Indian Stadium, Jonesboro, Ark.

DB Cory Fleming's sack of Travis Hewitt in the first quarter was his first of the season and the second of his career (Nov. 18, 2006 vs. La.-Lafayette). He is the 13th Golden Panther to record a sack this season.

The safety FIU scored in the second quarter was its first since recording a safety against Florida Atlantic on Nov. 23, 2002.

DB Lionell Singleton's 80-yard punt return for a touchdown was FIU's first since Cory Fleming returned a punt 22 yards for a touchdown against Troy on Dec. 2, 2006. It was the third-longest punt return in FIU history, behind Greg Moss' 86-yard TD return against Carson-Newman (Sept. 27, 2003) and Chandler Williams' 82-yard TD return against South Florida on Sept. 6, 2006.

ASU's three points are the fewest allowed by FIU in the first half this season, and the fewest since holding Louisiana-Lafayette to three points in the first half on Nov. 18, 2006.

The 9-3 halftime score marked the first halftime lead for FIU since leading Louisiana-Lafayette 7-3 at intermission on Nov. 18, 2006 and it is the largest halftime lead for FIU since a 20-7 lead against South Florida on Sept. 9, 2006

WR Jeremy Dickens' 4-yard TD reception in the third quarter was the first of his career and gave FIU a 16-10 lead.

FIU built a 16-10 lead at the end of the third quarter, it's first time leading a team heading into the fourth quarter since posting a 13-5 lead against North Texas in a 25-22 overtime loss on Oct. 7, 2006.

FIU scored a season-high 24 points, its highest offensive output since a 33-28 loss against Bowling Green on Sept. 16, 2006.