Memphis Scores 28 Straight in Second Half, Beats UAB
Memphis trailed 13-10 at halftime. It then scored 28 points in the second half to UAB's none, and the final was 38-13.
The first half was a coin flip. Ja'Vin Simpkins ran in from 11 yards for UAB, Jaylin Carter answered from 14, and the two teams traded field goals. UAB's Jonah Delange hit from 49 yards and then from 57 with 44 seconds left in the half, which put the Blazers up 13-10. A 57-yard field goal is a nice thing to have in your pocket. It was also the last time UAB scored.
Carter's 24-yard run at 9:33 of the third put Memphis ahead 17-13, and Marcus Stokes found Tychaun Chapman from 45 yards to make it 24-13 less than four minutes later. Hunter Tipton scored from a yard out early in the fourth and Stokes threw an 11-yard touchdown to Aidan O'Callaghan with 5:04 left. Seven, seven, seven, seven. The Tigers scored 28 points in the second half on four touchdowns, and UAB did not score a single point after the break. Flip that and a 13-10 halftime lead is a 13-10 game.
The turnovers explain a lot. UAB threw an interception and lost two fumbles, and Memphis gave the ball away zero times. Memphis ran 46 times for 230 yards and recorded three sacks to UAB's one, and finished with 394 yards to 313.
Memphis is 5-1 and UAB falls to 3-3. For fantasy, Carter was the top scorer on 19 carries, which is not where you expect a wide receiver's points to come from.