UAB Blazers vs Mississippi State Bulldogs Match Player Stats On Sep 06, 2014

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Sep 6, 2014

Mississippi State 47, Alabama-Birmingham 34: Dak Prescott passed for 211 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 111 yards and a score as the Bulldogs pushed past the visiting Blazers.

Prescott went 12-of-25 in his second straight game with four passing scores while Josh Robinson ran for 124 yards and a touchdown for Mississippi State (2-0), which used a big third quarter to pull away. Robert Johnson, Gus Walley, Joe Morrow and DeกฏRunnya Wilson each hauled in a TD pass as Prescott spread the ball around to nine different receivers.

Jeremiah Briscoe went 5-of-15 for 231 yards and two scores while Cody Clements was 10-of-18 for 167 yards, a TD and an interception for Alabama-Birmingham (1-1). JaMarcus Nelson caught five passes for 144 yards and a score while Jordan Howard ran for 89 yards and a TD for the Blazers.

The Bulldogs needed less than a minute for Prescott to find Johnson for a 68-yard TD on the opening possession and Preston Smith returned an interception 21 yards to make it 13-3 with 43 seconds left in the first before UAB got into the game. Howard broke through for a 2-yard score and Briscoe fired an 88-yard TD pass to Nelson only 70 seconds later to put the Blazers on top 17-13.

UAB held a 20-19 advantage until Prescott hit Walley with a 20-yard TD pass to give Mississippi State a 26-20 lead at the half, and Prescott found the end zone on three straight possessions in the third quarter - one rushing and two passing - to push the edge to 47-27. Briscoe and Quincy Perdue connected on a 75-yard score with under a minute left to provide the final margin.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Bulldogs have won 13 straight home openers against non-conference foes. กญ After rushing for 338 yards in their opener, the Blazers were held to 113 on 43 carries by Mississippi State. กญ The Bulldogs have forced 18 turnovers in their last seven games.