BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Darrin Reaves rushed for 184 yards and two scores and Alabama-Birmingham withstood a late Marshall barrage to win 38-31 Saturday.
The Blazers (3-7, 2-4 Conference USA) led 31-7 with 5:23 left in the third quarter.
Within 2 minutes, the Thundering Herd roared back with a 10-yard TD pass from Rakeem Cato to Jazz King, followed by Kevin Grooms' 7-yard TD run and Justin Haig's 38-yard field goal with 7:18 remaining.
Reaves answered with a 17-yard TD, capping an 11-play, 80-yard drive with 2:50 left to set a single-season UAB touchdown record with 12.
Marshall (4-6, 1-5) then moved downfield quickly and efficiently, with Cato connecting with Tommy Shuler on 30- and 19-yard plays before finding Gator Hoskins for a 3-yard TD with 1:41 remaining.
UAB recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock.
The Blazers' Austin Brown threw two TD passes and Jackie Williams had a 79-yard punt return.
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| Scoring Summary |
| MRSHL | Remi Watson 2 yd run (Justin Haig kick) |
| UAB | Jackie Williams 79 yd punt return (Ty Long kick) |
| UAB | Darrin Reaves 4 yd run (Ty Long kick) |
| UAB | Patrick Hearn 33 yd pass from Austin Brown (Ty Long kick) |
| UAB | Ty Long 27 yd FG |
| UAB | Nick Adams 32 yd pass from Austin Brown (Ty Long kick) |
| MRSHL | Jazz King 10 yd pass from Rakeem Cato (Justin Haig kick) |
| MRSHL | Kevin Grooms 7 yd run (Justin Haig kick) |
| MRSHL | Justin Haig 38 yd FG |
| UAB | Darrin Reaves 17 yd run (Ty Long kick) |
| MRSHL | Gator Hoskins 3 yd pass from Rakeem Cato (Justin Haig kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| MRSHL | UAB | |
| First Downs | 18 | 25 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 6-16 | 7-15 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 75-337 | 76-406 |
| Rushes-Yds | 41-121 | 42-209 |
| Passing Yds | 216 | 197 |
| Kick Return Yds | 77 | 99 |
| Punt Return Yds | 0 | 82 |
| Passes | 25-34-1 | 20-34-3 |
| Punts | 6-218 | 2-84 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 2-30 | 5-30 |
| Time of Poss. | 25:29 | 34:31 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| MRSHL: Kevin Grooms 16-75, Remi Watson 8-31, Steward Butler 9-21, Team 1--2, Rakeem Cato 7--4 |
| UAB: Darrin Reaves 32-184, Bashr Coles 5-60, Team 2--2, Austin Brown 3--33 |
| PASSING |
| MRSHL: Rakeem Cato 25-34-216-1 |
| UAB: Austin Brown 20-34-197-3 |
| RECEIVING |
| MRSHL: Tommy Shuler 5-77, Gator Hoskins 4-41, Remi Watson 4-30, Steward Butler 4-13, Antavious Wilson 3-24, Demetrius Evans 2-18, C.J. Crawford 1-11, Jazz King 1-10, Rakeem Cato 1--8 |
| UAB: Darrin Reaves 6-37, Nick Adams 3-47, Jamarcus Nelson 3-30, Patrick Hearn 2-47, Jackie Williams 2-26, Kennard Backman 2-8, Sam Accursio 1-4, Jay Davis 1--2 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Marshall | 3rd Conference USA East | 4-4 | 5-7 |
| UAB | 5th Conference USA East | 2-6 | 3-9 |
