College Football
BOXSCORE
Marshall 56, Alabama-Birmingham 14
When: 12:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, November 9, 2013
Where: Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, West Virginia
Attendance: 22321
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Alabama-Birmingham 7 7 0 0 14
Marshall 21 14 14 7 56
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:41
Marshall   TD  Marshall 7 - Alabama-Birmingham 0
Essray Taliaferro 7 yd. run (Justin Haig kick)
1st Quarter - 8:59
Alabama-Birmingham   TD  Marshall 7 - Alabama-Birmingham 7
Darrin Reaves 2 yd. run (Ty Long kick)
1st Quarter - 7:26
Marshall   TD  Marshall 14 - Alabama-Birmingham 7
Eric Frohnapfel 39 yd. pass from Rakeem Cato (Justin Haig kick)
1st Quarter - 3:22
Marshall   TD  Marshall 21 - Alabama-Birmingham 7
Kevin Grooms 71 yd. run (Justin Haig kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:18
Marshall   TD  Marshall 28 - Alabama-Birmingham 7
Tommy Shuler 6 yd. pass from Rakeem Cato (Justin Haig kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:45
Alabama-Birmingham   TD  Marshall 28 - Alabama-Birmingham 14
Darrin Reaves 32 yd. pass from Jonathan Perry (Ty Long kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:20
Marshall   TD  Marshall 35 - Alabama-Birmingham 14
Kevin Grooms 9 yd. pass from Rakeem Cato (Justin Haig kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:43
Marshall   TD  Marshall 42 - Alabama-Birmingham 14
Essray Taliaferro 16 yd. run (Justin Haig kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:44
Marshall   TD  Marshall 49 - Alabama-Birmingham 14
Rakeem Cato 6 yd. run (Justin Haig kick)
4th Quarter - 11:41
Marshall   TD  Marshall 56 - Alabama-Birmingham 14
Steward Butler 49 yd. run (Justin Haig kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Alabama-Birmingham Marshall
W/L 2 - 7 - 0 6 - 3 - 0
Conference 1 - 4 - 0 4 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Alabama-Birmingham Marshall
Score 14 56
1st Downs 22 25
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-16
44%		 3-for-6
50%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-4
50%		 1-for-1
100%
Total Yards 464 657
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 56-288 32-381
Average/Rush 5.1 11.9
Passing
Comp-Att 10-17 14-20
Passing Yards 176 276
Average/Pass Play 9.8 13.8
Penalties-Yards 2-15 8-50
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 39:01 20:59
PLAYER STATS
Alabama-Birmingham (2 - 7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Perry 10/17 176 1 0
Marshall (6 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Cato 14/20 276 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Howard 22 123 5.6 0
D. Reaves 24 98 4.1 1
J. Perry 9 54 6.0 0
J. Nelson 1 13 13.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
S. Butler 7 139 19.9 1
E. Taliaferro 12 118 9.8 2
K. Grooms 8 108 13.5 1
K. Rodriguez 3 7 2.3 0
R. Cato 1 6 6.0 1
B. Frohnapfel 1 3 3.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Nelson 1 58 58.0 0
D. Reaves 3 47 15.7 1
D. Adams 3 33 11.0 0
N. Smith 1 24 24.0 0
J. Green 2 14 7.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
T. Shuler 6 100 16.7 1
G. Hoskins 2 67 33.5 0
D. Johnson 1 41 41.0 0
E. Frohnapfel 1 39 39.0 1
C. Wilkins 2 20 10.0 0
K. Grooms 1 9 9.0 1
E. Taliaferro 1 0 0.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
N. Hewitt 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Ganus 6 6
S. Jones 3 2
J. Jean 2 1
V. Landers 1 3
D. Scott 1 4
C. Webb 1 4
C. Boyett 0 1
E. Alston 0 1
J. Perry 0 1
J. Petty 0 1
D. Slaughter 0 2
D. White 0 2
P. Bastien 0 2
J. Morris 0 2
J. Parrish 0 3
J. Casanova 0 3
T. Grissett 0 4
N. Jackson 0 4
Tackles
  TK Ast
T. Letman 6 5
B. Sparrow 4 3
E. McKelvey 3 7
J. Holmes 3 9
D. Roberts 2 2
T. Lang 2 5
M. Lovett 1 0
D. Thomas 1 0
J. Haig 1 0
A. Blackmon 1 1
A. Bazzie 1 2
D. Hunter 1 2
R. Myers 1 2
D. Mitchell 1 5
R. Waiters 1 6
S. Houston 1 6
N. Hewitt 1 6
A. Daniel 0 1
D. Johnson 0 1
J. Rouse 0 1
M. Strong 0 1
C. Carter 0 2
S. Dillon 0 2
D. Reaves 0 2
C. Wilson 0 2
C. Tindal 0 2
J. Samuel 0 3
J. Brown 0 3
M. Johnson 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Scott 0.5 1.0
T. Grissett 0.5 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
B. Sparrow 1.5 2.0
N. Hewitt 1.0 8.0
S. Houston 1.0 3.0
J. Samuel 1.0 2.0
A. Blackmon 1.0 1.0
D. Mitchell 0.5 2.0
J. Holmes 0.5 1.0
T. Lang 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Howard 1
J. Perry 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles