Marshall 46, UAB 39

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	27
Total Yards	496	486
Passing	389	309
Rushing	107	177
Penalties	6-62	8-71
3rd Down Conversions	10-15	5-9
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-0
Turnovers	0	0
Possession	24:38	35:22

Air/Ground Leaders
UAB Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Webb 14/26 200 1 0 Hunt 13/24 189 1 0	Marshall Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Morris 26/36 309 1 0
UAB Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Hunt 8 64 0 18 Webb 12 52 1 10	Marshall Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Marshall 9 60 0 34 Morris 10 55 1 20
UAB Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Anderson 5 94 0 32 Forrest 7 64 0 32	Marshall Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Slate 6 72 0 21 Lauzon 4 58 1 23

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UAB	MRSH
	TD	09:24	Kelvin Turner 4 Yd Run (Anthony Binswanger Kick)	0	7
	TD	06:04	Chubb Small 5 Yd Run (Anthony Binswanger Kick)	0	14
	TD	03:03	Mario Wright 11 Yd Pass From Joseph Webb (Swayze Waters Kick)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER				UAB	MRSH
	TD	02:20	Kelvin Turner 4 Yd Run (Anthony Binswanger Kick)	7	21
	TD	01:05	Shawn Lauzon 23 Yd Pass From Bernard Morris (Anthony Binswanger Kick)	7	28
THIRD QUARTER				UAB	MRSH
	FG	11:04	Swayze Waters 37 Yd	10	28
	TD	04:33	Mario Wright 10 Yd Pass From Sam Hunt (Sam Hunt Pass To Mario Wright For Two-Point Conversion)	18	28
	TD	04:22	Darius Marshall 91 Yd Kickoff Return (Anthony Binswanger Kick)	18	35
	TD	00:29	Joseph Webb 1 Yd Run (Swayze Waters Kick)	25	35
FOURTH QUARTER				UAB	MRSH
	TD	13:18	Kevin Sanders 58 Yd Punt Return (Swayze Waters Kick)	32	35
	FG	08:58	Anthony Binswanger 21 Yd	32	38
	TD	05:22	Rashaud Slaughter 4 Yd Run (Swayze Waters Kick)	39	38
	TD	01:07	Bernard Morris 1 Yd Run (Bernard Morris Pass To Cody Slate For Two-Point Conversion)	39	46

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Quarterback Bernard Morris finished his career at Marshall on a high note, throwing for 309 yards and accounting for two touchdowns in a 46-39 victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Saturday.

Morris led Marshall (3-9, 3-5 Conference USA) on its last drive, completing 6-of-7 passes and scoring on a rush from 1 yard out to put Marshall up for good. Morris also connected for one touchdown pass in the victory.

The Thundering Herd played its most efficient first half of the season, scoring four touchdowns in five possessions for a 28-7 lead at halftime.

Morris reached 3,000 yards passing for the season in the second quarter on a 23-yard touchdown pass to Shawn Lauzon. Morris is the eighth quarterback in Marshall history to pass for 3,000 yards in a season.

Marshall had four rushing touchdowns in the game, with two coming from Kelvin Turner in the first half.

UAB (2-10, 1-7) came back in the second half by putting up 32 points. With 5:22 remaining, UAB's Rashaud Slaughter scored a 4-yard touchdown to give the Blazers their first and only lead in the game.

Quarterbacks Sam Hunt and Joseph Webb led UAB to its first 300-yard passing game of the season by finding holes in the Marshall secondary and combining for 389 passing yards.

Both squads scored on special teams in the second half to swing momentum in their favor. Darius Marshall scored for the Herd when he returned a 91-yard kickoff in the third quarter and UAB's Kevin Sanders had a 58-yard punt return in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter to pull the Blazers with three points.

UAB had four shots at the end zone from the Marshall 25-yard line with time running out in the fourth quarter, but the Blazers could not manage to tie the game.