College Football
BOXSCORE
Tulane 55, Alabama-Birmingham 45
When: 3:30 PM   ET ,  Saturday, October 27, 2012
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: 12531
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Alabama-Birmingham 7 10 14 14 45
Tulane 14 17 7 17 55
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:18
Tulane   TD  Tulane 7 - Alabama-Birmingham 0
Xavier Rush 21 yd. pass from Ryan Griffin (Cairo Santos kick)
1st Quarter - 3:59
Alabama-Birmingham   TD  Tulane 7 - Alabama-Birmingham 7
Darrin Reaves 1 yd. run (Ty Long kick)
1st Quarter - 0:51
Tulane   TD  Tulane 14 - Alabama-Birmingham 7
Xavier Rush 15 yd. pass from Ryan Griffin (Cairo Santos kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:34
Tulane   TD  Tulane 21 - Alabama-Birmingham 7
Ryan Grant 61 yd. pass from Ryan Griffin (Cairo Santos kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:00
Tulane   FG  Tulane 24 - Alabama-Birmingham 7
Cairo Santos 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:38
Alabama-Birmingham   FG  Tulane 24 - Alabama-Birmingham 10
Ty Long 25 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 5:45
Tulane   TD  Tulane 31 - Alabama-Birmingham 10
Ryan Grant 8 yd. pass from Ryan Griffin (Cairo Santos kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:18
Alabama-Birmingham   TD  Tulane 31 - Alabama-Birmingham 17
Kennard Backman 1 yd. pass from Austin Brown (Ty Long kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:03
Alabama-Birmingham   TD  Tulane 31 - Alabama-Birmingham 24
Darrin Reaves 2 yd. run (Ty Long kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:00
Tulane   TD  Tulane 38 - Alabama-Birmingham 24
Fudge Van Hooser 16 yd. pass from Ryan Griffin (Cairo Santos kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:29
Alabama-Birmingham   TD  Tulane 38 - Alabama-Birmingham 31
Jackie Williams 12 yd. pass from Austin Brown (Ty Long kick)
4th Quarter - 14:57
Tulane   TD  Tulane 45 - Alabama-Birmingham 31
Orleans Darkwa 1 yd. run (Cairo Santos kick)
4th Quarter - 12:33
Alabama-Birmingham   TD  Tulane 45 - Alabama-Birmingham 38
Darrin Reaves 25 yd. run (Ty Long kick)
4th Quarter - 8:14
Tulane   FG  Tulane 48 - Alabama-Birmingham 38
Cairo Santos 32 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:42
Tulane   TD  Tulane 55 - Alabama-Birmingham 38
Orleans Darkwa 32 yd. run (Cairo Santos kick)
4th Quarter - 3:03
Alabama-Birmingham   TD  Tulane 55 - Alabama-Birmingham 45
Kennard Backman 20 yd. pass from Austin Brown (Ty Long kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Alabama-Birmingham Tulane
W/L 1 - 7 - 0 2 - 6 - 0
Conference 0 - 4 - 0 2 - 2 - 0
Team Stats
  Alabama-Birmingham Tulane
Score 45 55
1st Downs 29 26
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-13
38%		 9-for-14
64%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-3
67%		 0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 622 619
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 28-213 37-153
Average/Rush 7.6 4.1
Passing
Comp-Att 26-53 34-42
Passing Yards 409 466
Average/Pass Play 7.6 11.1
Penalties-Yards 6-46 10-71
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2
Interceptions Thrown 3 1
Time of Possession 25:01 34:59
PLAYER STATS
Alabama-Birmingham (1 - 7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Brown 26/52 409 3 3
Tulane (2 - 6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Griffin 34/42 466 5 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Reaves 21 166 7.9 3
G. Franklin 2 27 13.5 0
B. Coles 1 17 17.0 0
A. Brown 4 3 0.8 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
O. Darkwa 20 74 3.7 2
R. Kelley 8 59 7.4 0
D. Butler 5 19 3.8 0
R. Griffin 2 3 1.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Williams 6 143 23.8 1
N. Adams 5 119 23.8 0
D. Reaves 7 55 7.9 0
P. Hearn 2 36 18.0 0
K. Backman 2 21 10.5 2
J. Davis 2 19 9.5 0
G. Franklin 2 16 8.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
R. Grant 6 184 30.7 2
X. Rush 8 126 15.8 2
R. Kelley 9 66 7.3 0
M. Edwards 4 31 7.8 0
W. Van Hooser 2 25 12.5 1
O. Darkwa 3 20 6.7 0
D. Butler 1 8 8.0 0
M. Marfisi 1 6 6.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Johnson 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
L. Doss 2 52 0
S. Scofield 1 14 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Farley 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
M. Burdette 16 8
S. Jones 5 3
J. Ganus 4 5
P. Bastien 3 0
J. Christian 3 1
G. Irvin 3 1
L. Johnson 3 3
K. Brackett 2 0
C. Richards 2 0
T. Crews 2 1
S. Banks 1 0
C. Webb 1 0
Q. Heard 1 0
R. Byrd 1 0
L. Nolen 1 0
G. Franklin 1 0
D. Slaughter 1 1
L. Farmer 1 1
C. Boyett 1 1
D. Powell 1 3
J. Morris 0 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
D. Farley 7 2
C. Redwine 3 0
J. Batiste 3 1
L. Doss 3 3
J. Warmsley 2 0
S. Smith 2 0
T. Bullock 2 0
A. Lauricella 2 0
M. Bailey 2 1
Z. Davis 2 1
D. Monroe 2 2
R. Travis 2 2
D. Butler 1 0
R. Grant 1 0
B. Comardelle 1 0
S. Scofield 1 0
A. Robinson 1 0
A. Bryant 1 1
R. LaFrance 1 1
L. Hamilton 1 2
K. Davis 1 3
C. Thomas 0 1
K. Welcome 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
M. Burdette 1.0 2.0
P. Bastien 1.0 1.0
J. Morris 0.5 2.0
J. Ganus 0.5 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Farley 1.5 10.0
L. Hamilton 1.5 3.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Reaves 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Kelley 1
R. Griffin 1