NCAA Game Summary - Marshall at FIU

Miami, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - It was just another night at the office for Rakeem Cato and 25th-ranked Marshall.

Cato threw for 214 yards and four touchdowns with one interception while also putting himself in the record books, leading the Thundering Herd to a 45-13 rout of FIU on Saturday.

Cato set an FBS record with at least one touchdown pass in 39 straight games, breaking a tie with former North Carolina State and Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson.

Marshall (7-0, 3-0 C-USA), which is ranked for the first time in 12 seasons, allowed the first touchdown of the game, then ran off 45 straight points to turn the game into a laugher.

Devon Johnson rushed for 117 yards and also hauled in three passes for 79 yards with two touchdowns in the win. Angelo Jean-Louis and Ryan Yurachek also caught touchdown passes for the Thundering Herd, who have beaten the Panthers all three times the two teams have met.

Alex McGough connected on 14-of-27 passes for 176 yards with two interceptions. He did, however, add a rushing touchdown for FIU (3-5, 2-2), which has dropped two straight.

E.J. Hilliard tossed a touchdown pass late in the fourth in relief of McGough.

FIU opened the scoring with a 13-play, 80-yard drive that spanned 5:31 late in the first. McGough converted a 24-yard pass to Jonnu Smith on 3rd-and-14, then Alex Gardner rushed for 14 yards to convert another third down later in the march. McGough's 1-yard plunge into the end zone gave the Panthers a 7-0 lead.

Johnson started the ensuing Marshall series with a 71-yard run. Three plays later, Cato hooked up with Yurachek from a yard out to tie the game and set the record.

Ricardo Williams blocked Austin Taylor's 38-yard field goal attempt on FIU's next touch, then Cato broke the tie with a 13-yard TD pass to Jean-Louis late in the second quarter.

The Herd extended their lead to 17-7 after Justin Haig's 35-yard kick early in the third, and Cato found Johnson for a 46-yard score later in the stanza to make it a 24-7 game.

An interception of McGough by Jarquez Samuel on the first play in the fourth quarter set up Cato's 27-yard touchdown pass to Johnson. McGough was then intercepted again on the Panthers' next possession, this time Cory Tindal returned it 30 yards to the house for a 38-7 edge.

Steward Butler added a 61-yard touchdown run with 8:07 remaining in the game, and Hilliard hit Clinton Taylor for a 4-yard score to account for the final margin.