UAB Comes Back to Beat UL Monroe 26-20
UAB scored 16 straight points to beat UL Monroe 26-20, and a kicker did most of the work. Jonah Delange hit four field goals (41, 45, 34 and 42 yards), the last one with 1:10 left to turn a three-point lead into a six-point one.
UL Monroe led most of the way. CJ Phillip scored from a yard out to make it 7-0, and after a UAB field goal Austin Carlisle ran in a seven-yarder for 14-3. That 11-point hole was the biggest UAB faced. Bam McReynolds got UAB back to 14-10 with a 27-yard run, Abram Murray kicked a 32-yard field goal on the last play of the first half, and his 24-yarder early in the third made it 20-10.
Then UL Monroe stopped scoring. Delange kicked a 45-yarder and a 34-yarder to make it 20-16, and EJ Reid caught a 43-yard pass from Ryder Burton with 9:34 left to put UAB up 23-20. It was the only lead change of the afternoon. Delange's last kick sealed it.
The passing numbers are strange. UAB threw for 115 yards and ran for 267 on 51 carries, 382 in all. UL Monroe had 56 passing yards and 201 rushing, 257 in total. Each team threw an interception, and UAB also lost a fumble. UAB sacked the UL Monroe quarterback twice; the Warhawks sacked Burton three times.
UAB is 1-1 and UL Monroe is 0-2.
For fantasy, Carlisle's 17.5 points on 93 rushing yards and a touchdown topped the board despite a 10-of-19 passing day. Reid (16.5) and Braylon McReynolds (13.5) rounded out the top three.