TAKEAWAYS: FIU Drops Homecoming Game To FCS Monmouth

MIAMI, FL - The last time the FIU Panthers dropped a game to an FCS team was on October 23 of 2020 against Jacksonville State, 19-10. Four years later on homecoming, FIU dropped their third game of the season to the Monmouth Hawks by a final score of 45-42. Following a tough game last week where sophomore quarterback Keyone Jenkins threw a career-high three interceptions, Jenkins threw for 349 passing yards, a career high, with no interceptions. "I thought Keyone did really well and did some really good things with some receivers," said head coach Mike MacIntyre. "Everybody made some nice catches and did some good things there." The Monmouth offense converted five times out of seven on fourth down attempts on Saturday. "Three or four of those fourth downs were like half a yard or a yard," said MacIntyre. "One of them really hurt us. We ran in there and hit him and he bounced off of him and the other guy kind of got caught and he came out. It was a weird deal. That was a really bad one, but we knew they were