The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Saturday, October 6
Ruston, LA
6 p.m.
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Louisiana Tech
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UAB Moves Into First Place With 28-7 Win at Louisiana Tech
10/6/2018 11:17:00 PM | Football
RUSTON, La. – Spencer Brown found the end zone two times on Saturday night to compliment a dominant performance from the Blazer defense as the UAB football team took sole possession of first place in the C-USA West Division with a 28-7 victory over Louisiana Tech.
UAB's (4-1, 2-0 C-USA) win marks its first in Ruston and clinched back-to-back wins over Louisiana Tech for the first time in school history, while the 21-point margin of victory was the Blazers' largest in a road game since winning 45-24 at Southern Miss on Nov. 29, 2014.
Brown was the Green and Gold's most lethal player on the offensive side of the ball, rushing 20 times for 90 yards and two scores. Brown has now recorded a multi-touchdown game four times in his career and in back-to-back games after finding the back of the end zone twice against Charlotte.
Quarterback A.J. Erdely also provided a spark on the ground, rushing 13 times for 76 yards and touchdown, while adding 136 yards passing and throwing for one score. Erdely was one yard shy of his career high of 77 set last year at Ball sTate.
UAB finished the night with 229 of its 365 total yards on the ground, the fourth game that the Blazers have had at least 200 yards of total rushing this year.
Three Blazer receivers hauled in two catches on the night, paced by Xavier Ubosi, who finished the night with 50 yards and his second career touchdown catch. Collin Lisa tacked on 46 yards through the air on two receptions, while Kailon Carter matched his career high with two catches for 31 yards.
Defensively, Kris Moll led the way with career highs in tackles (8) and tackles for loss (2), while forcing a fumble late in the third quarter to set up a Blazer touchdown. Tre' Crawford and Mar'Sean Diggs each recorded seven tackles, respectively, with Diggs capturing his second interception of the season.
As a unit, the Green and Gold notched five sacks, their third consecutive game with at least five, while recording 10 tackles for loss on the evening. UAB also did well to get off the field, holding Louisiana Tech to just two third-down conversions on 12 attempts.
Louisiana Tech (3-2, 1-1 C-USA) seized the early momentum three plays into the game when it forced Erdely into an early interception on the Blazers' opening drive. The home team wasted no time getting on the board, capping a three-play, 44-second drive with a five-yard run by Kam McKnight to go up 7-0 early.
After a big forced fumble by Keely was recovered by Mofor, the offense got to work and marched down the field with relative ease. Facing a long second down, Erdely stepped up and hit a streaking Ubosi, who skirted down the sideline for the 40-yard touchdown to tie the game at 7-7 with 10:26 to play in the first half.
UAB capitalized on a big forced fumble by Moll midway through the third quarter, taking the ball 26 yards to the one yard line on four plays. Facing third and goal, Brown took the handoff and muscled his way across the goal line to give UAB its first lead of the night, 14-7, with 7:18 remaining in the third quarter.
Brown was the beneficiary of a critical score to put the Blazers up 21-7 midway through the final period of play, finding a big hole up the middle and coasting into the end zone from 26-yards out for the second time to polish off an impressive 10-play, 89-yard drive.
After the UAB defense forced a turnover on downs, the UAB offense applied the dagger in just three plays when Erdely kept the ball himself and flew around the outside, taking the ball 38-yards to the house to put UAB ahead 28-7.
From there, the Blazers' defense finished off a dominant night with a Diggs interception to seal the deal in Ruston and give UAB's fourth win of the season.
UAB held Louisiana Tech quarterback J'Mar Smith to just 9-of-23 passing for 107. The Blazers entered the game third nationally in passing yards allowed, and through five games, opposing quarterbacks are 45-of-109 for 671 yards, four touchdowns and five interceptions.
UAB wraps up its two-game road swing on October 13 when it heads west to Houston to face off with Rice. Kickoff is slated for noon on ESPN+.
UAB's (4-1, 2-0 C-USA) win marks its first in Ruston and clinched back-to-back wins over Louisiana Tech for the first time in school history, while the 21-point margin of victory was the Blazers' largest in a road game since winning 45-24 at Southern Miss on Nov. 29, 2014.
Brown was the Green and Gold's most lethal player on the offensive side of the ball, rushing 20 times for 90 yards and two scores. Brown has now recorded a multi-touchdown game four times in his career and in back-to-back games after finding the back of the end zone twice against Charlotte.
Quarterback A.J. Erdely also provided a spark on the ground, rushing 13 times for 76 yards and touchdown, while adding 136 yards passing and throwing for one score. Erdely was one yard shy of his career high of 77 set last year at Ball sTate.
UAB finished the night with 229 of its 365 total yards on the ground, the fourth game that the Blazers have had at least 200 yards of total rushing this year.
Three Blazer receivers hauled in two catches on the night, paced by Xavier Ubosi, who finished the night with 50 yards and his second career touchdown catch. Collin Lisa tacked on 46 yards through the air on two receptions, while Kailon Carter matched his career high with two catches for 31 yards.
Defensively, Kris Moll led the way with career highs in tackles (8) and tackles for loss (2), while forcing a fumble late in the third quarter to set up a Blazer touchdown. Tre' Crawford and Mar'Sean Diggs each recorded seven tackles, respectively, with Diggs capturing his second interception of the season.
As a unit, the Green and Gold notched five sacks, their third consecutive game with at least five, while recording 10 tackles for loss on the evening. UAB also did well to get off the field, holding Louisiana Tech to just two third-down conversions on 12 attempts.
Louisiana Tech (3-2, 1-1 C-USA) seized the early momentum three plays into the game when it forced Erdely into an early interception on the Blazers' opening drive. The home team wasted no time getting on the board, capping a three-play, 44-second drive with a five-yard run by Kam McKnight to go up 7-0 early.
After a big forced fumble by Keely was recovered by Mofor, the offense got to work and marched down the field with relative ease. Facing a long second down, Erdely stepped up and hit a streaking Ubosi, who skirted down the sideline for the 40-yard touchdown to tie the game at 7-7 with 10:26 to play in the first half.
UAB capitalized on a big forced fumble by Moll midway through the third quarter, taking the ball 26 yards to the one yard line on four plays. Facing third and goal, Brown took the handoff and muscled his way across the goal line to give UAB its first lead of the night, 14-7, with 7:18 remaining in the third quarter.
Brown was the beneficiary of a critical score to put the Blazers up 21-7 midway through the final period of play, finding a big hole up the middle and coasting into the end zone from 26-yards out for the second time to polish off an impressive 10-play, 89-yard drive.
After the UAB defense forced a turnover on downs, the UAB offense applied the dagger in just three plays when Erdely kept the ball himself and flew around the outside, taking the ball 38-yards to the house to put UAB ahead 28-7.
From there, the Blazers' defense finished off a dominant night with a Diggs interception to seal the deal in Ruston and give UAB's fourth win of the season.
UAB held Louisiana Tech quarterback J'Mar Smith to just 9-of-23 passing for 107. The Blazers entered the game third nationally in passing yards allowed, and through five games, opposing quarterbacks are 45-of-109 for 671 yards, four touchdowns and five interceptions.
UAB wraps up its two-game road swing on October 13 when it heads west to Houston to face off with Rice. Kickoff is slated for noon on ESPN+.
Team Stats
UAB
LATECH
Total Yards
365
258
Pass Yards
136
109
Rushing Yards
229
149
Penalty Yards
50
17
1st Downs
16
15
3rd Downs
5
2
4th Downs
0
0
TOP
30:01
29:59
1st Quarter
UAB 0, LATECH 7
LATECH - MCKNIGHT, K. 5 yd run (HALE, Bailey kick), 3 plays, 32 yards, TOP 0:44
2nd Quarter
UAB 7, LATECH 7
UAB - UBOSI, Xavier 40 yd pass from ERDELY, A.J. (VOGEL, Nick kick) 5 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:06
3rd Quarter
UAB 14, LATECH 7
UAB - BROWN, Spencer 1 yd run (VOGEL, Nick kick), 5 plays, 27 yards, TOP 2:27
4th Quarter
UAB 21, LATECH 7
UAB - BROWN, Spencer 26 yd run (VOGEL, Nick kick), 10 plays, 89 yards, TOP 4:40
UAB 28, LATECH 7
UAB - ERDELY, A.J. 38 yd run (VOGEL, Nick kick), 3 plays, 46 yards, TOP 1:44
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
8
TD
1
YDS
136
INT
1
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