UAB football gets win over Middle Tennessee, 41-14

The next article is from the UAB Athletics Division:

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The UAB soccer group had a season-high 581 yards of whole offense because the Blazers downed Center Tennessee 41-14 on Saturday afternoon at Protecting Stadium.

Dealing with Center Tennessee’s top-ranked speeding protection which solely allowed 107.8 yards per sport coming into the competition, the Blazers (3-2, 1-1 C-USA) notched a season-best 303 yards on the bottom and added 278 by the air for the dominating victory.

Trea Shropshire had six catches for 193 yards and one landing by the air, all within the first half, whereas Jermaine Brown Jr. and DeWayne McBride mixed for 234 speeding yards and 4 touchdowns on the bottom. The nation’s main rusher, McBride had 120 yards and three touchdowns. He now has 9 touchdowns in 4 video games this season and is averaging 160.3 yards per sport.

Led by Keondre Swoopes with a profession excessive 14 tackles, the Blazers held Center Tennessee (3-3, 0-2 C-USA) to 336 yards of offense and had three sacks, seven TFL, one interception and 7 go breakups.

Winners of 5 in a row at Protecting Stadium, the Blazers are actually 6-2 of their new residence and 27-3 general in Birmingham since returning to motion in 2017.

The Blazers’ offense received going shortly on the primary drive of the sport. Dylan Hopkins discovered his big-play huge receiver Trea Shropshire for a 46-yard achieve on the primary play from scrimmage to arrange the scoring drive. DeWayne McBride punched it in from 5 yards out only a few performs later to make it 7-0.

After forcing a three-and-out on the primary Blue Raider possession, the UAB offense picked up proper the place it left off. This time, Jermaine Brown Jr. did the majority of the work for the Blazers. Brown took three carries for a complete of 55 yards together with a 24-yard landing carry to place the ending touches on the drive.

Trailing 14-0, the Blue Raiders led their first landing drive, going 72 yards in 10 performs. Chase Cunningham discovered Jaylin Lane at the back of the tip zone on third and aim from the 15 yard line to chop the UAB lead in half.

Hopkins and Shropshire once more linked for a giant play, jump-starting the Blazers’ offensive possession with a 45-yard go. McBride completed the drive with a one-yard plunge into the tip zone to place the Blazers’ lead again at 14.

On the following MTSU drive, the Blue Raiders reached midfield earlier than Cunningham’s deep ball on first down was picked off by Grayson Money. Money returned it for 10 yard to arrange the UAB drive on the Blazers’ 26.

Trying to make it a three-score sport, the Blazers drove the size of the sector in 14 performs earlier than they settled for a area aim. Matt Quinn’s 19-yard try put the rating at 24-7 for UAB.

The UAB protection stepped up after the Blue Raider offense moved throughout midfield to the Blazers’ 35 yard line. The secondary drive three-straight incompletions and Fish McWilliams sacked Cunningham on fourth down to show the ball over to UAB.

McBride punched in his third landing of the half with a 27-yard scamper to increase the Blazers’ result in 24. After the UAB protection pressured a fast three-and-out, Hopkins and Shropshire linked on one more deep ball for a 68-yard landing. UAB held a 38-7 lead on the half.

The Blazers opened the second half with a cease earlier than including three factors on a 48-yard area aim from Matt Quinn. MTSU responded with a 15-play landing drive to chop the Blazers’ result in 27.

The Blazers managed the clock for the rest of the sport on offense and the protection saved the Blue Raiders off the scoreboard. UAB’s Devondric Bynum’s fourth down cease within the fourth quarter from contained in the Blazers’ 10-yard line held the rating at 41-14, the place it will keep.

Previous to his efficiency tonight, Swoopes had by no means accounted for greater than six tackles in a sport throughout his collegiate profession. The Blazers have had six particular person 100-yard speeding performances over their 5 video games this season.

UAB is again in motion subsequent weekend when the Blazers return to Protecting Stadium to host Charlotte. Kickoff is as soon as once more scheduled for two:30 p.m.

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