Saturday, November 22, 2008

Ark St 28 FAU 14 FINAL

Although most of Arnold's yards came during "garbage" time, Arnold picked up his third 1,000 yard season during the 28-14 win over FAU on Saturday. Arnold is the first player in ASU history to have three 1,000 yard seasons.

ASU's first four home crowds of the 2008 season all rank among the top 10 in ASU Stadium history. It is the first time in ASU history that the football team played four home games each in front of 20,000 or more spectators during the same season. The combined crowds for ASU's first three games this season (94, 680) is the largest for any four games played at ASU Stadium.

However, the attendance for the game against FAU on Saturday was 10,845 was the lowest on the season.

Junior quarterback Corey Leonard finished 19 of 27 for 280 yards with three touchdowns. Junior running back Reggie Arnold rushed for 150 yards. He has 3,022 yards in his career with two games remaining.

Corey Leonard rushed for 45 yards on 14 carries and Derek Lawson rushed for 22 on five carries.

Junior wide receiver Brandon Thompkins finished with 98 yards on six catches with one touchdown. His 98 yards leaves with one yard short of becoming the 12th player in ASU history to record 1,000 career receiving yards. With Thompkins needs seven more receptions to take over 10th place for the most receptions in ASU history.

A.J. Carrington led the defense with 6 tackles while Van Dolah had five unassisted tackles.

Arkansas State gets back to .500 (5-5, 3-2) with the 28-14 win over FAU, who drops to 5-6 and 3-3 in the Sun Belt.
Troy needs to defeat Louisiana-Lafayette to claim sole possession of 1st place in the Sun Belt. That game begins at 6 p.m. Both Lafayette and Troy are 4-1 in the Sun Belt.

Check www.asuherald.com later for the complete story plus pictures.

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