UTEP 36, UAB 17

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	20	15
Total Yards	456	360
Passing	455	266
Rushing	1	94
Penalties	4-30	9-75
3rd Down Conversions	5-12	3-10
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-1
Turnovers	1	3
Possession	29:39	30:21

Individual Leaders

UTEP Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Palmer 25/39 455 5 0 Thomas I... 0/1 0 0 0	UAB Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hunt 12/21 223 0 2 Williams 4/6 43 1 0
UTEP Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Thomas 11 9 0 3 Buckram 1 4 0 4 Williams 2 1 0 2	UAB Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG White 7 41 1 11 Williams 5 28 0 11 Burks 7 18 0 11
UTEP Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Higgins 10 181 3 79 West 4 91 0 45 Robinson 4 64 1 33 Buckram 2 94 1 80	UAB Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Edwards 6 130 0 47 Drinkard 4 64 0 35 Mencer 2 18 0 9 White 2 13 1 8

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UTEP	UAB
	TD	6:35	COREY WHITE 8 YD PASS FROM CHRIS WILLIAMS (SWAYZE WATERS KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 52 yards.	0	7
	FG	1:07	REAGAN SCHNEIDER 44 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 51 yards.	3	7
SECOND QUARTER				UTEP	UAB
	TD	7:58	DANIEL ROBINSON 33 YD PASS FROM JORDAN PALMER (MISSED KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 45 yards.	9	7
	FG	4:38	SWAYZE WATERS 19 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 60 yards.	9	10
	TD	1:06	JOHNNIE LEE HIGGINS 8 YD PASS FROM JORDAN PALMER (REAGAN SCHNEIDER KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	16	10
THIRD QUARTER				UTEP	UAB
	TD	12:15	DONALD BUCKRAM 80 YD PASS FROM JORDAN PALMER (FAILED 2PT PASS) Drive info: 2 plays, 80 yards.	22	10
FOURTH QUARTER				UTEP	UAB
	TD	13:51	COREY WHITE 9 YD RUN (SWAYZE WATERS KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 59 yards.	22	17
	TD	7:51	JOHNNIE LEE HIGGINS 79 YD PASS FROM JORDAN PALMER (REAGAN SCHNEIDER KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 96 yards.	29	17
	TD	2:45	JOHNNIE LEE HIGGINS 4 YD PASS FROM JORDAN PALMER (REAGAN SCHNEIDER KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 32 yards.	36	17

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Jordan Palmer threw for 447 yards and four touchdowns to lead UTEP to a 36-17 victory over UAB.

Johnnie Higgins caught nine passes and scored three touchdowns for UTEP (5-5, 3-3 CUSA). Higgins caught a Palmer pass in the left flat, avoided a tackler and raced 79 yards for a touchdown to break open a close game with 7:51 left to play.

UTEP broke a three-game losing streak while UAB (3-7, 2-4) lost its fourth in a row.

Corey White caught an eight-yard touchdown pass and scored on a nine-yard run to lead UAB.

UTEP finished with 456 total yards, all but nine coming through the air. Palmer completed 24 of 38 passes and Higgins had 173 receiving yards.

UAB had 360 yards total offense. Willie Edwards caught six passes for 130 yards to lead the Blazers. But UAB was hurt by three turnovers.

A 19-yard field goal by Swayze Waters gave UAB a 10-9 lead in the second quarter. But UTEP drove 80 yards in eight plays to score on a nine-yard run by Higgins. That gave the Miners a 16-10 lead going into halftime, and they stayed ahead the rest of the way.

UTEP used big plays to pull away in the second half. Palmer threw a screen pass that Donald Buckram turned into an 80-yard scoring play to give the Miners a 22-10 lead.

UAB closed to within 22-17 when a 35-yard pass from Sam Hunt to Norris Drinkard set up White's scoring run with 13:51 left to play.

But Higgins' 79-yard catch and run gave UTEP some breathing room. And a four-yard pass from Palmer to Higgins closed out the scoring with 2:45 to play.