Layne Hatcher threw for 393 yards and four touchdowns, the last with 3:37 to play, in Arkansas State's 34-26 win over Florida International in Saturday's Camellia Bowl at Cramton Bowl.
Hatcher was 27-for-51 passing with an interception.
His four touchdowns went to four different receivers: a 4-yarder to Omar Bayless, a 9-yarder to Kirk Merritt, a 15-yarder to Reed Tyler and a 13-yarder to Jonathan Adams.
Bayless finished with nine catches for 180 yards to win the Bart Starr MVP award for the Red Wolves (8-5). Austin Maloney caught 10 passes for 178 yards for the Panthers (6-7).
Jose Borregales kicked a career-high four field goals for FIU, including a Camellia Bowl-record 52-yarder.
But he missed a potential go-ahead 29-yarder with 5:10 remaining and Arkansas State leading 27-26. The Red Wolves followed with a five-play, 80-yard TD drive.
Borregales' field goals were for 25, 25, 48 and 52 yards. He was one shy of tying both an FIU record and an all-time bowl record.
Arkansas State ended FIU's last two possessions with interceptions, the final with 19 seconds to go.
The eight-point final margin made it the most-lopsided Camellia Bowl in history. The game's previous five games were decided by no more than five points, including two final-play field goals.
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