ORLANDO, Fla. -- Quincy McDuffie ran for three touchdowns and Blake Bortles threw for two scores to lead Central Florida to a 49-24 win over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday.
With the win, UCF (9-3, 7-1) clinched Conference USA's East Division title and will face Tulsa in the conference championship game next Saturday. McDuffie had scoring runs of 9, 8 and 43 yards in his final home game for Central Florida.
Bortles, who completed 17 of 23 for 225 yards, hit J.J. Worton with scoring passes of 18 and 4 yards. Lyle Dankenbring returned an interception 78 yards for a score as the Knights took advantage of numerous Blazer mistakes to jump out to a 35-10 halftime lead.
Jonathan Perry threw for 307 yards, two touchdown passes and a rushing score for UAB (3-9, 2-6).
UAB outgained UCF 322-237 in the first half, but three drives inside the Knights' 20-yard line ended with no points.
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| Scoring Summary |
| UCF | J.J. Worton 18 yd pass from Blake Bortles (Shawn Moffitt kick) |
| UCF | Latavius Murray 3 yd run (Shawn Moffitt kick) |
| UAB | Ty Long 25 yd FG |
| UCF | Quincy McDuffie 9 yd run (Shawn Moffitt kick) |
| UCF | Lyle Dankenbring 78 yd interception return (Shawn Moffitt kick) |
| UAB | Patrick Hearn 76 yd pass from Jonathan Perry (Ty Long kick) |
| UCF | J.J. Worton 4 yd pass from Blake Bortles (Shawn Moffitt kick) |
| UCF | Quincy McDuffie 8 yd run (Shawn Moffitt kick) |
| UAB | Jonathan Perry 2 yd run (Ty Long kick) |
| UAB | Darrin Reaves 15 yd pass from Jonathan Perry (Ty Long kick) |
| UCF | Quincy McDuffie 43 yd run (Shawn Moffitt kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| UAB | UCF | |
| First Downs | 26 | 23 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 6-16 | 6-11 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 2-5 | 0-2 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 83-599 | 63-473 |
| Rushes-Yds | 27-89 | 39-229 |
| Passing Yds | 510 | 244 |
| Kick Return Yds | 52 | 101 |
| Punt Return Yds | 0 | 34 |
| Passes | 37-56-1 | 18-24-0 |
| Punts | 3-118 | 2-77 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yds | 3-31 | 3-15 |
| Time of Poss. | 29:57 | 30:3 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| UAB: Darrin Reaves 18-71, Bashr Coles 3-27, Jonathan Perry 5--2, Austin Brown 1--7 |
| UCF: Latavius Murray 15-94, Quincy McDuffie 6-79, Brynn Harvey 6-27, Blake Bortles 6-21, Storm Johnson 4-5, Rob Calabrese 1-3, Jeff Godfrey 1-0 |
| PASSING |
| UAB: Jonathan Perry 21-28-307-0, Austin Brown 16-28-203-1 |
| UCF: Blake Bortles 17-23-225-0, Rob Calabrese 1-1-19-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| UAB: Patrick Hearn 8-201, Jackie Williams 8-55, Darrin Reaves 6-52, Kennard Backman 5-78, Jay Davis 4-66, Nick Adams 3-32, Stephen Herring 1-13, Sam Accursio 1-8, Bashr Coles 1-5 |
| UCF: Jeff Godfrey 4-46, Breshad Perriman 3-55, Dontravius Floyd 3-45, J.J. Worton 3-36, Rannell Hall 1-19, Quincy McDuffie 1-17, Latavius Murray 1-11, Storm Johnson 1-9, Josh Reese 1-6 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| UAB | 5th Conference USA East | 2-6 | 3-9 |
| UCF | 2nd Conference USA East | 7-2 | 10-4 |
