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Blazers Roll Past Alabama State, 45-10
9/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 20, 2008
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BIRMINGHAM (AP) - Joe Webb threw for 223 yards, ran for 121 yards and accounted for three touchdowns to lead UAB to a 45-10 win over Alabama State on Saturday.
The Blazers (1-3) jumped out to a 28-7 halftime lead. It was the first meeting between the schools in 13 years.
Webb scored on a 41-yard touchdown run to give UAB a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. He threw a 24-yard touchdown to Jeffery Anderson in the opening quarter and connected with Anderson again 36-yard for a score to help the Blazers take a 28-7 halftime lead.
Junior running back Rashaud Slaughter scored the first of his two rushing touchdowns on the day with his 11-yard run with 12:53 remaining in the second quarter, giving the Blazers a 21-7 lead. With less than a minute left before halftime, Webb hooked up with Anderson for the second time in the game to give the Blazers their comfortable 21-point cushion at intermission.
Slaughter capped off an 8-play, 60-yard drive for the Blazers to open the second half as he scored on a 6-yard run at the 9:58 mark. He finished the game with 47 yards on nine carries.
Another Blazer running back, Justin Brooks, scored on a 15-yard run later in the quarter to give his team a 42-7 lead.
Freshman safety Chase Daniel was one of the defensive standouts for UAB as he recorded a team-high eight tackles and made a key interception after the Hornets had driven to the Blazer 28-yard-line on the first drive of the game.
"We are very happy and excited with winning this football game," said UAB head coach Neil Callaway. "It's something we desperately needed. 'The old saying is 'if you're going to be a good football team you have to win all the games you are supposed to and some games you're not.'
"Well, we won the one we were supposed to. Now we've got to go win some we are not supposed to. I think we can and I think we will."
Reid Herchenbach completed 25-of-33 passes for 259 yards and an interception for Alabama State (0-3). In the first quarter, he threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Darius Mathis, who caught seven passes for 118 yards.
UAB heads back on the road next weekend as the Blazers play their final non-conference game of the regular season, taking on SEC foe South Carolina on Saturday. Gametime in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. is set for 7:00 p.m. EDT.
