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MIAMI (AP) -Aaron Opelt threw for 343 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for another as Toledo defeated Florida International 41-31 on Saturday night.

FIU defeated the Rockets 35-16 on the road last year. But this time around, the visiting Rockets' 566 yards of total offense in the game - 223 of those rushing - led to five Toledo touchdowns.

Opelt, who was 18-for-32 with one interception, had a part in three of those.

The quarterback helped the Rockets (2-2) take a 7-0 lead on the opening drive when he scored on a 2-yard run with 11:05 left in the first quarter. He threw a 37-yard touchdown to Eric Page to put the Rockets ahead 38-17 with 8:50 left in the game.

Opelt and Page also hooked up in the third quarter on a 41-yard passing score.

Paul McCall was 19-for-42 with 224 yards and a score for FIU (0-3). T.Y. Hilton tied a career-high with nine receptions for 126 yards and one score.

FIU closed to within 24-17 on a McCall 1-yard run with 2:26 remaining in the third quarter, but Toledo scored two unanswered touchdowns in its first two possessions of the fourth quarter to put the game away.

FIU returns to action next week as they travel to Monroe, La. for a meeting with the ULM Warhawks.