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2015 Week 1: vs UAB

Posted on October 22, 2018 at 06:28 PM.

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UAB Blazers (0-0) @ Syracuse Orange (0-0)

*Matchup Preview \|* August 29, 2015**
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UAB Blazers (0-0, 0-0 Away)		Syracuse Orange (0-0, 0-0 Home)

Coach Bays opens this new chapter of his career at Syracuse with a home game against UAB. UAB are one of the better teams in the Sun Belt but should still be beatable for an ACC team like Syracuse. We don't really know much anything about this team other than that they look worse on paper than Georgia State did so the challenge is on. Look for a ugly win for the Orange.

UAB Blazers at Syracuse Orange
Aug 29, 2015	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
UAB Blazers (0-1)	7	10	3	0	20
Syracuse Orange (1-0)	7	7	14	7	35

Team Stats Comparison
	UAB	SYR
Total Offense	283	472
Rushing Yards	110	193
Passing Yards	173	279
First Downs	10	27
Punt Return Yards	7	10
Kick Return Yards	105	89
Total Yards	395	571
Turnovers	1	1
3rd Down Conversion	4/11	6/10
4th Down Conversion	0/0	1/1
2-Point Conversion	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-2-0	8-5-0
Penalties	1-1	1-5
Possession Time	10:14	25:46

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UAB	SYR
4:14	(SYR) S. Riley, 9 yd pass from T. DeVito	0	7
3:10	(UAB) K. Hopkins, 19 yd pass from T. Johnston	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UAB	SYR
5:08	(UAB) N. Holman, 8 yd pass from T. Johnston	14	7
3:04	(SYR) A. Hackett, 8 yd pass from T. DeVito	14	14
1:19	(UAB) N. Vogel, 48 yd FG	17	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UAB	SYR
6:14	(SYR) A. Noel, 17 yd pass from T. DeVito	17	21
2:51	(SYR) M. Neal, 1 yd run	17	28
0:40	(UAB) N. Vogel, 42 yd FG	20	28
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UAB	SYR
3:41	(SYR) M. Neal, 1 yd run	20	35

UAB Blazers
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
T. Johnston	12/23	173	2	1
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
T. Johnston	11	24	2.1	0
S. Brown	10	83	8.3	0
C. Stephens	1	3	3.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
N. Holman	4	47	11.7	1
J. Gordon	2	16	8.0	0
K. Hopkins	2	77	38.5	1
H. Pittman	2	-1	-0.5	0
T. Summers	1	33	33.0	0
S. Brown	1	1	1.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
C. Lersch	11	0	0	0
J. Maxey	8	0	0	0
W. Dawkins	7	0	1	0
B. Hall	5	0	0	0
T. O'Brien	5	0	0	0
G. Mitchell	3	1	0	0

Syracuse Orange
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
T. DeVito	28/38	279	3	1
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Neal	26	103	3.9	2
T. DeVito	9	84	9.3	0
A. Noel	1	5	5.0	0
S. Riley	1	1	1.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
A. Rawlins	9	71	7.8	0
S. Riley	6	91	15.1	1
M. Neal	4	33	8.2	0
A. Hackett	3	18	6.0	1
A. Noel	2	28	14.0	1
D. Butler	2	18	9.0	0
J. Green	2	20	10.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
T. Henderson Jr	6	1	0	0
C. Jones	5	0	1	0
R. Phillips	2	1	0	0
B. Berry	1	1	0	0
M. Williams	1	1	0	0

This game was a close fought battle for most of the way before Syracuse finally managed to get a two score cushion late in the fourth quarter. UAB actually led going into halftime 17-14 because of poor clock management by the Orange costing them a field goal chance. Syracuse shut down UAB for the most part although their QB did have an efficient day passing. SO QB Tommy DeVito threw for nearly 300 yards and 3 scores and ran for 80 more, showing he can be the leader of this offense. WR Sean Riley had a big day, nearly racking up 100 receiving yards and also scoring. The defense allowed some big plays but were solid and stepped up when it really counted with a big interception to set up the game-sealing score. Syracuse looks competent but will definitely start to struggle when they are no longer playing Sun Belt competition.