Game Report
UAB Blazers @ Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Saturday Sebtember 2nd 12:30PM
Cajun Field - Lafayette, Louisiana
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28 - 45
A LATE INTERCEPTION BY DELMOND BOUDREAUX HELPED LOUISIANA SECURE A WIN
The Blazers brought a talented offense that put up 320 total yards and had a chance to take a late lead before Delmond Boudreaux picked off a deep pass with about two and a half minutes left in the game. Louisiana led by just seven points at the time but added a pair of late scores to make things seem more lopsided than they actually were.
Louisiana trailed 7-3 after the first quarter but put together a solid second quarter that included a pair of Jordan McAlary touchdown passes, first to Seth Palmero from 10 yards out then to tight end James Moody from the six yard line. UAB scored on a 41 yard Jeremiah Briscoe to Willie Miller pass in between the Louisiana scores and Jeffrey Yatkowski added his second field goal of the game from 37 yards out to make it 20-14 Cajuns at the break.
The Ragin' Cajuns added the only score of the third quarter on a McAlary touchdown pass to Justin Carter to extend their lead to 27-14.
UAB took a significant chunk out of that lead with a pair of touchdown drives early in the first quarter. Micheal McKinney scored on a short run for his second rushing touchdown of the day and after a McAlary interception Briscoe scored on an 11 yard option keep and the point after made it 28-27 Blazers with four and a half minutes left in the game.
McAlary then completed five of six pass attempts for 75 yards including a 24 yard touchdown pass to Palmero to retake the lead. McAlary connected with Carter for the two point conversion to put the Cajuns up 35-28 with three minutes left to play.
Briscoe connected with McKinney for a gain of six yard then threw the ball away on second down. Delmond Boudreaux then made a leaping interception on a deep pass down the right sideline and returned it to about the UAB 40 to set up a Yatkowski field goal which he nailed, putting Louisiana on top 38-28 with two minutes left.
Alabama-Birmingham then went four and out and Louisiana took over on the ten yard line. Two plays later D'Eriq Robinette ran in for an eight yard touchdown on an option keep and the final score was 45-28 Louisiana.91
"Great game, down to the wire and we made some late plays. We'll take it." Louisiana head coach Porter Davis said after the win.
Jordan McAlary completed 32 of 44 pass attempts for 361 yards with four touchdowns and an interception. The ground game was a bit more effective this week, totaling 67 yards including a pair of McAlary sacks that cost them 17 yards. Bryan Jones led the team with 49 yards on eight carries.
McAlary once again spread the ball around, connecting with nine different receivers and throwing touchdown passes to three. Mikey Porter Sr led the team with 80 yards on seven receptions. Carter had five for 79 and a score and Palmero caught seven for 76 and two scores.
Defensively the Cajuns gave up 320 total yards but made plays when needed. They sacked Briscoe five times total and Boudreaux's late interception helped put the game away.
Louisiana will travel to face LSU next week in a game that pits Porter Davis against former understudy Matt Limegrover.
Game Media
Scoring
UAB|07|07|00|14|28
ULL|03|17|07|18|45
1Q ULL Yatkowski 24 Yd FG
1Q UAB McKinney 6 Yd run (Hunter kick)
2Q ULL Palmero 10 Yd pass from McAlary (Yatkowski kick)
2Q UAB Miller 41 Yd pass from Briscoe (Hunter kick)
2Q ULL Moody 6 Yd pass from McAlary (Yatkowski kick)
2Q ULL Yatkowski 37 Yd FG
3Q ULL Carter 12 Yd pass from McAlary (Yatkowski kick)
4Q UAB McKinney 1 Yd run (Hunter kick)
4Q UAB Briscoe 11 Yd run (Hunter kick)
4Q ULL Palmero 24 Yd pass from McAlary (2-Pt)
4Q ULL Yatkowski 37 Yd FG
4Q ULL Robinette 8 Yd run (Yatkowski kick)
Key Player Stats
Passing: McAlary 32/44 361 4TD 1Int
Rushing: Jones 8/49, Hollins III 5/19, Franz III 4/7, Robinette 3/6 1TD
Receiving: Porter Sr 7/80, Carter 5/79 1TD, Palmero 7/76 2TD, Guerrero 6/70, Hollins III 2/31, Allison 1/9, Moody 2/7 1TD
Tackles: McCollum 5, Miggins 5
Sacks: Fritz 2, Miggins 2, Bolden 1
Takeaways: Boudreaux 1Int, Miggins 1FF
Special Teams: Yatkowski 3/3FG 4/4XP 9KO 7TB, Christodoulou 2PT 91Yds, Greenwood 1KR 49Yds, Jones 1KR 30Yds 1PR 7Yds
Passing: Briscoe 21/37 252 1TD 1Int
Rushing: Barber 9/46, McKinney 5/18 2TD, Reaves 1/10
Receiving: Miller 4/80 1TD, Reaves 2/55, Brown 2/34, Nichols 4/22
Tackles: N. Jackson 10, Williams 7, J. Jackson 6
Sacks: Bright 1, N. Jackson 1
Takeaways: Coleman 1Int, Caligone 1FF
Special Teams: Hunter 4/4XP 5KO 1TB, Campbell 4PT 154Yds, Barber 1KR 40Yds, McKinney 1KR 17Yds, Nichols 1PR 12Yds
Coach Davis' Player of the Game
QB Jordan McAlary | DE Courtney Miggins
Next Game
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Saturday September 9th 2017
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