UAB 44, Rice 24

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	23	20
Total Yards	391	516
Passing	235	221
Rushing	156	295
Penalties	9-80	14-111
3rd Down Conversions	4-13	3-7
4th Down Conversions	1-3	0-0
Turnovers	2	2
Possession	30:14	29:46

Air/Ground Leaders
Rice Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Fanuzzi 12/20 154 1 0 Shepherd 10/22 81 0 1	UAB Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Webb 12/15 221 2 0 Isabelle 0/1 0 0 0
Rice Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Shepherd 6 48 0 19 Smith 11 37 0 12	UAB Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Webb 20 194 2 71 Isabelle 5 31 0 14
Rice Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Dixon 9 65 0 15 Willson 1 52 1 52	UAB Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Anderson 3 65 0 35 Forrest 4 64 2 27

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				RICE	UAB
	TD	07:29	Joe Webb 15 Yd Run (Josh Zahn Kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				RICE	UAB
	TD	13:29	Joe Webb 71 Yd Run (Josh Zahn Kick)	0	14
	TD	10:46	Frantrell Forrest 9 Yd Pass From Joe Webb (Pat Failed)	0	20
	FG	08:28	Clark Fangmeier 29 Yd	3	20
	TD	00:46	Frantrell Forrest 22 Yd Pass From Joe Webb (Josh Zahn Kick)	3	27
THIRD QUARTER				RICE	UAB
	TD	10:25	Nick Fanuzzi 8 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	10	27
	TD	07:47	Justin Brooks 7 Yd Run (Josh Zahn Kick)	10	34
	TD	02:40	Marcus Knox 4 Yd Run (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	17	34
	TD	00:00	Dexter Barnett 10 Yd Run (Josh Zahn Kick)	17	41
FOURTH QUARTER				RICE	UAB
	FG	07:23	Josh Zahn 41 Yd	17	44
	TD	06:24	Luke Willson 52 Yd Pass From Nick Fanuzzi (Clark Fangmeier Kick)	24	44

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Joe Webb rushed for two touchdowns and threw for two more to lead Alabama-Birmingham to a 44-24 victory over Rice on Saturday.

Webb rushed for 189 yards on 20 carries and threw for 221 yards as the Blazers (1-0, 1-0 Conference USA) accumulated 513 yards of total offense.

UAB took a 27-3 halftime lead behind Webb, who accounted for the game's first four touchdowns. He had scoring runs of 15 and 71 yards and completed touchdown passes of 9 and 22 yards to Frantrell Forrest as UAB took a 27-3 halftime lead.

Forrest finished with four catches for 64 yards and Jeffrey Anderson had three receptions for 65 yards.

Nick Fanuzzi rushed for an 8-yard score and completed a 52-yard touchdown pass to Luke Willson for Rice (0-1, 0-1).

Fanuzzi was 12 of 20 for 154 yards.