South Florida takes down Florida International, 19-9

South Florida takes down Florida International, 19-9 at Raymond James Stadium. South Florida was the steadier side of a 10-point win.

The big plays only went one way

Florida International produced 10 plays of 15+ yards to South Florida's 0, led by J.J. Kohl (involved in 9), Maguire Anderson (involved in 2) and JoJo Stone (involved in 1). South Florida won the turnover battle 0-2, chiefly Tayvion Beasley (1 TFL, 1 INT, 4 tackles) and Tavin Ward (1 INT, 4 tackles). South Florida won anyway.

The names on it

D.J. Crowther ran 14 times for 42 yards and one score — that score from inside the 20. Jason Collins Jr. ran 17 times for 59 yards. For Florida International, J.J. Kohl threw for 301 yards on 50 attempts with one touchdown and ran six times for 31 yards, including five third-down conversions and a hand in nine plays of 15 yards or more. Maguire Anderson caught eight passes for 87 yards. James Resar caught three passes for 31 yards, one of them for a touchdown. Tayvion Beasley was the disruptive one for South Florida: 1 TFL, 1 INT, 4 tackles.

Three plays

The game turned on a handful of snaps. J.J. Kohl's 19-yard throw to Maguire Anderson on 2nd-and-10 at Q2 15:00. Then J.J. Kohl's 16-yard throw to Eric Nelson on 3rd-and-14 at Q2 01:54. Later, J.J. Kohl's 8-yard throw to Maguire Anderson on 4th-and-2 at Q3 15:00.

The order of events

South Florida struck first through Nico Gramatica, led 6-0 at the half and Florida International got the final points on a late score by James Resar.

The takeaway

A solid, earned win for South Florida; Florida International is left to clean up the details that cost it.