Southern Miss. 37, UAB 7

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	25	13
Total Yards	456	244
Passing	118	179
Rushing	338	65
Penalties	3-30	6-50
3rd Down Conversions	6-15	4-15
4th Down Conversions	2-3	0-2
Turnovers	1	2
Possession	35:10	24:50

Air/Ground Leaders
Southern Miss Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Young 7/16 95 2 0 Reaves 4/7 23 0 0	UAB Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hunt 11/26 125 1 1 Webb 6/11 54 0 0
Southern Miss Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Easterling 16 85 0 16 Fletcher 15 67 1 25	UAB Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Webb 6 26 0 22 Slaughter 7 17 0 6
Southern Miss Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Morgan 3 47 2 36 Morris 3 24 0 20	UAB Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Mencer 4 65 1 32 Slaughter 3 26 0 14

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				USM	UAB
	FG	04:56	Justin Estes 40 Yd	3	0
SECOND QUARTER				USM	UAB
	TD	13:03	Ed Morgan 4 Yd Pass From Jeremy Young (Justin Estes Kick)	10	0
	TD	10:53	Ed Morgan 36 Yd Pass From Jeremy Young (Justin Estes Kick)	17	0
	TD	03:47	Tory Harrison 4 Yd Run (Justin Estes Kick)	24	0
	FG	02:28	Justin Estes 43 Yd	27	0
	FG	00:02	Justin Estes 40 Yd	30	0
THIRD QUARTER				USM	UAB
	TD	08:26	Damion Fletcher 4 Yd Run (Justin Estes Kick)	37	0
	TD	05:46	Sylvester Mencer 32 Yd Pass From Sam Hunt (Swayze Waters Kick)	37	7

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Jeremy Young marked his return to the starting line up by throwing a pair of touchdown passes to Ed Morgan to lead Southern Mississippi to a 37-7 victory over UAB on Saturday.

Young had missed three games and played only briefly in a fourth because of an ankle sprain, but came back strong, completing 7-of-16 passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns and running for 58 yards.

Southern Miss (5-4, 4-2 Conference USA) blew the game open with a 27-point second quarter.

Damion Fletcher ran for 67 yards and one touchdown and Tory Harrison added 57 yards and a touchdown for Southern Miss. Justin Estes kicked field goals of 40, 43 and 40 yards for the Golden Eagles.

UAB's only score came on a 32 yard pass from Sam Hunt to Sylvester Mencer in the third quarter. The Blazers (2-7, 1-4) managed only 244 yards total offense, with 65 yards rushing.

The Golden Eagles drove 68 yards in 12 plays to score on an 8-yard pass from Young to Morgan early in the second quarter.

Two plays later, C.J. Bailey intercepted a Hunt pass at the UAB 48-yard line. Southern Miss needed only five plays to score on a 36-yard pass from Young to Morgan

A 4-yard touchdown run by Harrison and a pair of field goals by Estes gave Southern Miss a 30-0 lead at halftime.