HOUSTON (AP) - David Piland threw for 362 yards and a touchdown and Matt Hogan kicked six field goals and Houston defeated UAB 39-17 on Saturday.
Charles Sims added 134 yards on 26 carries and Kenneth Farrow and Ryan Jackson each ran for a touchdown for the Cougars (3-3, 2-0 Conference USA). Shane Ros led Houston with seven catches for 114 yards and one touchdown.
Hogan connected on six of seven field goal attempts, the longest from 52 yards.
UAB's Austin Brown was 20 of 43 for 302 yards and connected with Jay Davis on a 16-yard touchdown pass. Greg Franklin added a touchdown on a 4-yard run for the Blazers (1-5, 0-2).
Ty Long connected on a 27-yard field goal for UAB.
Houston rolled up 566 yards of total offense to 374 yards for the Blazers.
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| Scoring Summary |
| HOU | Shane Ros 25 yd pass from David Piland (Matt Hogan kick) |
| UAB | Jay Davis 16 yd pass from Austin Brown (Ty Long kick) |
| HOU | Matt Hogan 23 yd FG |
| HOU | Matt Hogan 27 yd FG |
| HOU | Matt Hogan 23 yd FG |
| UAB | Ty Long 27 yd FG |
| HOU | Kenneth Farrow 1 yd run (Matt Hogan kick) |
| HOU | Matt Hogan 29 yd FG |
| HOU | Ryan Jackson 10 yd run (Matt Hogan kick) |
| HOU | Matt Hogan 52 yd FG |
| HOU | Matt Hogan 26 yd FG |
| UAB | Greg Franklin 4 yd run (Ty Long kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| UAB | HOU | |
| First Downs | 21 | 32 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 5-15 | 11-20 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 76-374 | 95-566 |
| Rushes-Yds | 27-35 | 49-186 |
| Passing Yds | 339 | 380 |
| Kick Return Yds | 67 | 0 |
| Punt Return Yds | 20 | 30 |
| Passes | 23-49-1 | 34-46-0 |
| Punts | 4-217 | 2-75 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 11-90 | 3-45 |
| Time of Poss. | 26:22 | 33:38 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| UAB: Greg Franklin 5-50, Darrin Reaves 10-42, Dontavius Jackson 1-1, Hunter Mullins 1--1, Austin Brown 10--57 |
| HOU: Charles Sims 26-133, Braxton Welford 4-19, Kenneth Farrow 5-18, Ryan Jackson 6-17, David Piland 5-6, Crawford Jones 1--3, Team 2--4 |
| PASSING |
| UAB: Austin Brown 20-43-302-1, Jonathan Perry 3-6-37-0 |
| HOU: David Piland 32-44-362-0, Bram Kohlhausen 2-2-18-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| UAB: Jamarcus Nelson 6-106, Nick Adams 6-55, Jay Davis 3-84, Darrin Reaves 3-15, Jackie Williams 2-35, Greg Franklin 2-33, Kennard Backman 1-11 |
| HOU: Shane Ros 7-114, DeWayne Peace 5-61, Larry McDuffey 4-53, Ronnie Williams 4-53, Charles Sims 3-38, Deontay Greenberry 3-25, Kenneth Farrow 3--3, Daniel Spencer 2-19, Kenneth Bibbins 1-11, Casey Martin 1-7, Ryan Jackson 1-2 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| UAB | 5th Conference USA East | 2-6 | 3-9 |
| Houston | 3rd Conference USA West | 4-4 | 5-7 |
