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Price vs Liberty
21
FIU FIU 0-5 , 0-3
38
Winner WKU WKU 4-6 , 3-3
FIU FIU
0-5 , 0-3
21
Final
38
WKU WKU
4-6 , 3-3
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FIU FIU 7 6 0 8 21
WKU WKU 0 10 14 14 38

Game Recap: Football |

WKU Defeats FIU Despite Price's 100-yard Performance

Price rushes over 100 yards for fourth time this year

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (Nov. 21, 2020) - In just its second road game of the year, the FIU football team fell to WKU as the Hilltoppers took a 38-21 victory in Bowling Green. 
 
FIU held a 13-3 lead nearing halftime, but WKU scored 35 unanswered points to take control and earn the 38-21 victory at home.
 
Max Bortenschlager got the start at quarterback, finishing the game with 106 yards on 8-of-18 passing. The transfer QB had one touchdown pass, a 28-yard connection with JJ Holloman, and an interception. D'vonte Price earned 100 yards on the ground, earning his fourth game over the century mark this year.
 
For the second time this season, FIU's special teams returned a kickoff for a touchdown, as EJ Wilson Jr. went 100 yards for a score. On defense, Rishard Dames led the Panthers with eight tackles on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Panthers would score on its opening possession Saturday afternoon, as Bortenschlager found Holloman for a 28-yard touchdown pass down the sideline to put FIU up 7-0. WKU scored its first points of the day on a 39-yard field goal early in the second quarter, before Wilson returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards and put FIU up 13-3 following the missed extra point.
 
Nearing halftime, WKU's Tyrrell Pigrome would score from a yard out to trim the lead to 13-10 at the break. Coming out of the locker room, the Hilltoppers would score off turnovers in back-to-back possessions with touchdowns coming the way of a fumble return and interception to shift the game's momentum for good. 
 
FIU returns home next Saturday, Nov. 28, as the Panthers host Louisiana Tech at Noon. The game will serve as Senior Day for the Panthers. 

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GAME NOTES
  • The 13-3 lead for FIU over WKU in the first half was its largest of the season.
  • D'vonte Price rushed for over 100 yards for the fourth time this season.
  • EJ Wilson Jr. tied the school record for longest kickoff return, going 100 yards.
  • Lexington Joseph tied the same record to open the season, after going 100 yards against Liberty (9/26).
  • FIU has never had two different players return kickoffs for touchdowns in the same season prior to 2020. T.Y. Hilton returned two kickoffs himself in 2010.
  • FIU joins Kansas, Louisiana and Baylor as the only teams to score on multiple kickoff return touchdowns this season.
  • The touchdown for EJ Wilson Jr. was the first of his collegiate career.
  • The touchdown for JJ Holloman was his first as a Panther.
  • FIU has used a different startling offensive line alignment in four-straight games.
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