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Facing a 2^nd-and-8 from the ULM 16-yard line, FIU opted to pass instead of run and set up the potential game-winning field goal. Defensive end Ken Dorsey intercepted the Wesley Carroll pass and returned it 56 yards to the FIU 36-yard line with just 15 seconds to play.

Browning completed a quick strike to Brent Leonard for six yards, but was intercepted by Winston Fraser on a deflected pass to end regulation and send the game into overtime.

The Warhawks (4-5, 3-3 Sun Belt) wasted no time finding the end zone on their first possession of extra time as Browning hooked up with Anthony McCall on a fade route from the 3-yard line on the fourth play of the drive -- McCall finished the game with six catches for 88 yards.

Browning added 70 yards on the ground to his impressive passing total to finish the game with 409 yards of total offense -- the third highest total in ULM's Sun Belt history. His 339 yards through the air were the 26^th most in school history and the most since Kinsmon Lancaster threw for 377 yards at Kansas in 2006.

The redshirt freshman signal caller moved into a seventh-place tie with Bubby Brister on the ULM single-season completions list with 191. He also tied Stan Humphries for the ULM school record with his eighth straight 200-yard or better passing game. Browning also moved within 238 yards of the ULM top 10 for single-season passing yards with at least three games remaining.

The Panthers (3-5, 3-1) needed just one play to send the game into a second overtime as T.Y. Hilton took a reverse 25 yards for the score on the first play. Hilton finished the game with four total touchdowns and 291 all-purpose yards as he returned a kickoff for a score and caught a pair of touchdown passes.

FIU struck quickly in the second overtime as it needed just two plays -- both runs by Darriet Perry -- to find the end zone. Perry finished the game with 112 yards on 20 carries. The Warhawks moved down to the FIU 14-yard line on its second-overtime possession, but a sack on second down made them play behind the sticks on third and fourth down.

ULM outgained FIU 482-469 in the game with the teams accumulating their yards in two different ways. The Warhawks passed for 336 yards and ran for 116, while the Golden Panthers passed for 227 and rushed for 242.

Tavarese Maye, who finished the game with seven catches for a career-high 146 yards, started a ULM rally with a 26-yard touchdown reception from Browning with just over 11 minutes to play in the third quarter. The score pulled the Warhawks within four, 21-17, after FIU took a 21-10 lead into the half.

Radi Jabour closed the gap to one, 21-20, with his second field goal of the game, this one from 37 yards out with just under five minutes to play in the third quarter.

Hilton extended the FIU lead out to 28-20 after he hauled in a 67-yard pass from Carroll with just under 12 minutes to play in the game. Carroll finished the game 17-of-27 for 227 yards with three scores and a pair of interceptions.

The Warhawks tied the game on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Browning to Leonard less than a minute later -- Browning found Leonard again on the two-point conversion to tie the game. The touchdown pass followed an 82-yard completion from Browning to Maye that was reviewed for over 10 minutes -- it went down as the sixth longest reception in school history.

Frank Goodin put the Warhawks on the board with a 3-yard run on their first possession of the game. The score was the first touchdown allowed by FIU in the first quarter this season and moved the senior running back into fifth place on the ULM career scoring list with 162 career points.

Greg Ellingson caught an 18-yard touchdown pass on FIU's opening possession to give the Golden Panthers an early 7-0 lead. Hilton returned the kickoff following Goodin's touchdown 95 yards to push the lead back out to seven, 14-7.

Jabour nailed a 42-yard field goal in the closing minutes of the first quarter to close the gap to 14-10, but Hilton caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Carroll with just over two minutes to play before the half to give the Golden Panthers the 21-10 lead at the break.

The Warhawks travel to Baton Rouge next weekend for an in-state showdown with No. 10 LSU. It will be just the second meeting all-time between the two schools and ULM's third against an SEC West team this season.

Scoring Summary
FIU -- Ellingson 18-yard pass from Carroll (Griffin kick), 13:10, 1^st                                                          7-0
ULM -- Goodin 3-yard run (Jabour kick), 9:15, 1^st                                                                                  7-7
FIU -- Hilton 95-yard kickoff return (Griffin kick), 9:01, 1^st                                                                       14-7
ULM -- Jabour 42-yard field goal, 2:54, 1^st                                                                                            14-10
FIU -- Hilton 20-yard pass from Carroll (Griffin kick), 2:17, 2^nd                                                                21-10
ULM -- Maye 26-yard pass from Browning (Jabour kick), 11:11, 3^rd                                                        21-17
ULM -- Jabour 37-yard field goal, 4:51, 3^rd                                                                                            21-20
FIU -- Hilton 67-yard pass from Carroll (Griffin kick), 11:36, 4^th                                                               28-20
ULM -- Leonard 17-yard pass from Browning (Leonard pass from Browning), 10:42, 4^th                            28-28
ULM -- McCall 3-yard pass from Browning (Jabour kick), 1OT                                                                28-35
FIU -- Hilton 25-yard run (Griffin kick), 1OT                                                                                           35-35
FIU -- Perry 17-yard run (Griffin kick), 2OT                                                                                            42-35

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