UAB Outlasts La Tech, Wins 28-7 in Ruston

After a weather delay, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and UAB Blazers got underway in what seemed early on to be a low-scoring slugfest.

First half turnovers led to touchdowns for both teams, and the game was 7-7 at the halftime break.

Neither team could convert a third down for a while, and it became apparent the defenses would decide this game.

UAB’s defense held longer than Tech’s could. Tech’s only points of the game came from its first possession, which started on the UAB 32 after A.J. Erdely was picked off by James Jackson. Tech would hand the ball to Kam McKnight three times, and it got the Bulldogs into the end zone.

Early in the second, a fumble by J’Mar Smith was recovered by Fitzgerald…