UAB Beats East Carolina 30-17 in Overtime on an 80-yard Pick-six
East Carolina was up 14-0 in the second quarter and up 17-9 with under ten minutes left, and UAB still walked out with a 30-17 win. The last points came on the first play of the ending that mattered: Delvon Gulley returned an interception 80 yards for a touchdown in overtime.
For three quarters UAB could not find the end zone. Emory Williams threw a three-yard touchdown to Ray Ray Joseph Jr. in the first quarter and a zero-yard touchdown to Dawson Quarterman early in the second, and that was 14-0. Jonah Delange then kicked three field goals (41, 26 and 50 yards) to cut it to 14-9, and Noah Perez answered with a 43-yarder with 9:24 left in the fourth to make it 17-9.
Then UAB got a touchdown from Bam McReynolds with 35 seconds left and Ryder Burton ran in the two-point conversion, which tied it at 17-17. In overtime Burton threw a six-yard touchdown to Roderick Robinson II, and East Carolina's answer was the interception Gulley took back for the score. That made the margin 13, which is much cleaner than the game was.
The box score tells you how close it was. UAB gained 361 yards to East Carolina's 317, UAB turned it over zero times and East Carolina did twice (an interception and a lost fumble). East Carolina ran the ball 50 times for 191 yards and threw for only 126. UAB is 4-3 and East Carolina falls to 3-3.
Fantasy-wise, nobody went crazy. C.J. Smith led all scorers with 22.1 points (eight catches for 119 yards, plus a 22-yard run), Williams scored 21.2 on the losing side, and Burton had 20.9.