FIU’s much-ballyhooed 30-24 victory over Miami in 2019 was considered improbable for a litany reasons, the largest of which being the fact the Panthers had been a disappointing team for the majority of that season.
Entering Saturday night’s contest against New Mexico State, an FIU victory would have been considered damn near impossible following a 73-0 thrashing just seven days ago.
For the first time in 1,043 days, FIU (2-2, 0-1 Conference USA) defeated an FBS opponent, beating two-score favorites NMSU (1-5) 21-7 to even their record and of most importance — put to bed a winless streak against FBS opponents that’s spanned almost three calendar years and a road-winless streak that dates back to November 17, 2018 — 1,414 days.