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The last winless teams in conference play in the C-USA meet up on Wednesday when the Florida International Panthers (3-4, 3-4 ATS, 0-4 C-USA) travel to take on the Sam Houston State Bearkats (0-6, 3-2-1 ATS, 0-3 C-USA). FIU just lost a home game to UTEP, going down 27-14 as 3.5-point favorites. Sam Houston lost on the road at New Mexico State 27-13 as 3.5-point dogs. FIU picked up three non-conference wins, while Sam Houston is still searching for their first win overall. Sam Houston is currently listed as 5-point favorites. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 EST from Elliott T. Bowers Stadium in Huntsville, Texas and can be found on CBSSN.
Florida International has three wins this season, one came against an FCS school (Maine), but two wins came against teams competing in the FBS. FIU defeated North Texas from the AAC, and the independent UConn. This would not typically be something to brag about, but their upcoming opponent is 0-6 on the year. FIU has lost three straight conference games, with the closest game being a 13-point loss to UTEP. The Panthers are hungry for their first conference win, and hope to pick it up this week on the road.
FIU is led by true freshman Keyone Jenkins at quarterback. He is 4th in the conference in passing yards with 1,474 on the year, which works out to 210.6 yards per game. Jenkins has seven interceptions on the year to only five touchdown passes, and needs to improve on his 57.8% completion percentage. Jenkins' QBR is only 18.5, which ranks 133rd in the nation. The Panthers have the top receiver in the conference in terms of yardage, Kris Mitchell has 636 yards on the season and averages 90.8 yards per game. Mitchell has four touchdowns on the year, and has over 350 more yards than any other pass catcher on the roster. Shomari Lawrence has been the top rusher, the 6'0 sophomore back is averaging 55.4 rushing yards per game and has three touchdowns on the year.
The Panthers rank 7th out of 9 teams in the C-USA in scoring with 19.7 points per game. Their defense ranks 6th allowing 27.0 points per game. Linebacker Donovan Manuel leads the team in tackles with 72, which is 2nd in the C-USA. The team has 12 sacks on the season, led by linebacker Alex Nobles with 3.5. The defense has nine takeaways on the season, five of which have come by interceptions, led by CJ Christian with three.
Injury Report: No injuries listed
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