Southeastern Louisiana Lions vs Alabama-Birmingham Blazers Box Score on Oct 06, 2012

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 6, 2012

Alabama-Birmingham 52, Southeastern Louisiana 3: Greg Franklin caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score in the first half as the host Blazers gave first-year head coach Garrick McGee his initial collegiate victory.

Marvin Burdette's 36-yard interception return for a touchdown just three plays after the opening kickoff ignited the route for UAB (1-4), which rebounded from last week's 49-42 loss to Tulsa.

The Lions (2-4), who are an FCS member of the Southland Conference, proved to be a good remedy for Conference USA's Blazers, whose four losses came against teams that were a combined 17-3 entering Saturday. SLU didn't get on the scoreboard until Seth Sebastian's 33-yard field goal just prior to halftime cut UAB's lead to 31-3.

In his second career start, UAB freshman quarterback Austin Brown threw for 266 yards - including a 53-yard score to Franklin - while Jonathan Perry played most of the second half and added two touchdown passes.

The Blazers, who were near the bottom of the FBS in yielding 41.5 points, outgained the Lions 318-67 in the first half and also received a 53-yard field goal from Ty Long. UAB finished with a 512-125 offensive yardage advantage and limited SLU to 1-for-14 on third down attempts.