C-USA Football: Games for Week of 11-11-17


For the only time this season, seven conference games will be played on Saturday as Conference USA heads into the final three weeks of the regular season.
 
North Texas (6-3, 5-1) can clinch the West Division title and a spot in its first C-USA Championship Game with a win over UTEP. Mean Green senior RB Jeffery Wilson has rushed for 1,001 yards and 13 TDs on the season, placing him in the top 20 of the FBS in both categories.
 
East-leading Florida Atlantic (5-0, 6-3) will take its five-game winning streak to Louisiana Tech (4-5, 2-3). The Owls, led by the nation’s leading scorer in Devin “Motor” Singletary (20 touchdowns) will go against a hard luck Bulldogs team that has three one-point losses and another in double-overtime.

After rushing for more than 200 yards for the second straight game and scoring a pair of touchdowns in a 30-25 victory over Marshall, Singletary was named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row. The Defensive Player of the Week went to Florida Atlantic junior S Jalen Young, who tied the school record and became just the 11th player in C-USA history to have three interceptions in a game.
 
The teams that have combined to win the last three East Division titles meet in Huntington when Marshall (6-3, 3-2) welcomes WKU (5-4, 3-2). The winner can keep alive hopes of a possible division crown this year. The Thundering Herd is already bowl-eligible and the Hilltoppers can join them with a win.
 
In its first year back playing football, UAB (6-3, 3-2) has reached bowl-eligibility and the Blazers will visit a UTSA team (5-3, 2-3) needing just one more W to gain bowl-eligibility for the second straight year. UAB RB Spencer Brown, second in the FBS in rushing among freshmen with 1,054 yards, will have a challenge facing UTSA’s rushing defense that leads C-USA at 119.5 yards allowed per game.
   
FIU (6-2, 4-1) is off to the best start in school history and bowl-eligible for the first time since 2011 as the Panthers get ready to host an ODU team (3-6, 1-4) that just posted the first shutout in school history.
 
Southern Miss (5-4, 3-2) will play at Rice, looking to get back into the win column and become bowl-eligible for the 21st time in the last 24 years.
 
Middle Tennessee (4-5, 2-3) will look to even its record when it visits Charlotte to begin Saturday’s action.


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11

Middle Tennessee at Charlotte (ESPN3) 2 pm

Florida Atlantic at LA Tech (Stadium) 3:30 pm

Southern Miss at Rice (STAD FB) 3:30 pm

UTEP at North Texas (ESPN3) 5 pm

WKU at Marshall (beIN) 6:30 pm

Old Dominion at FIU (CUSA TV) 7 pm

UAB at UTSA (KCWX/CUSA TV) 7 pm

FINAL:

Middle Tennessee 35 Charlotte 21

The Blue Raiders (5-5) close in on bowl eligibility.

FINAL:

Southern Miss 43  Rice  34

The other Owls post some decent points, but give up more.

FIU not holding up their end of the bargain for the Shula Bowl showdown - down 10 to ODU at the half.

owlsdad said

FIU not holding up their end of the bargain for the Shula Bowl showdown - down 10 to ODU at the half.

Posted On: Nov 11th 2017, 8:38 PM #373172

They didn’t show up to Game Day either, that program is a joke.

FINAL:

LA Tech 23   FAU 48

Owls Continue Romp Through C-USA With Rout of LA Tech - FAU Owl's Nest

FINAL:

UTEP 10  North Texas 45

This was a 14-7 game at the half, and the Mean Green lock up the west division with the win.

FIU loses to old Dominion 37-30. FAU wins the Eastern Conference if it wins one of its 2 last games.

FINAL:

WKU 23  Marshall 30

FINAL:

UAB 24  UTSA 19