Louisiana-Lafayette 41, Alabama-Birmingham 21
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Zeon Chriss accounted for three touchdowns, Jacob Kibodi ran for 108 yards and a score as Louisiana beat UAB 41-21.
Chriss was 14-of-20 passing for 174 yards with a touchdown pass. He added 103 yards rushing and a pair of touchdown runs.
Kibodi opened the scoring with a 30-yard touchdown run midway through the second quarter, and Chriss added touchdown runs for 80 and 6 yards as the Ragin Cajuns (2-1) built a 24-0 halftime lead. Chriss' 11-yard TD pass to Terrance Carter stretched the lead to 34-3 late in the third.
Jacob Zeno threw for 280 yards with a touchdown pass, two interceptions and a touchdown on the ground for UAB (1-2), which scored all three of its touchdowns inside the last five minutes of the game.
September 16, 2023
| Scoring Summary |
| Second Quarter |
UL-Laf | UAB |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
9:11 |
Jacob Kibodi 30 yd run (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
7 |
0 |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
5:35 |
Zeon Chriss 80 yd run (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
14 |
0 |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
1:06 |
Zeon Chriss 6 yd run (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
21 |
0 |
| UL-Laf |
FG |
0:00 |
Kenneth Almendares 46 yd FG |
24 |
0 |
| Third Quarter |
UL-Laf | UAB |
| UL-Laf |
FG |
5:46 |
Kenneth Almendares 37 yd FG |
27 |
0 |
| UAB |
FG |
2:09 |
Matt Quinn 41 yd FG |
27 |
3 |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
1:02 |
Terrance Carter 11 yd pass from Zeon Chriss (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
34 |
3 |
| Fourth Quarter |
UL-Laf | UAB |
| UL-Laf |
TD |
7:11 |
Elijah Davis 2 yd run (Kenneth Almendares kick) |
41 |
3 |
| UAB |
TD |
4:10 |
Jacob Zeno 2 yd run (failed 2pt pass) |
41 |
9 |
| UAB |
TD |
1:33 |
Lee Beebe 1 yd run (failed 2pt pass) |
41 |
15 |
| UAB |
TD |
0:10 |
Samario Rudolph 17 yd pass from Jacob Zeno (failed 2pt pass) |
41 |
21 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Louisiana |
UAB |
| First downs |
22 |
21 |
| Rushing |
11 |
7 |
| Passing |
8 |
12 |
| Penalty |
3 |
2 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
5-11, 45% |
3-13, 23% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
2-3, 67% |
| Rushes-Yards |
40-305 |
35-106 |
| Passing Yards |
208 |
280 |
| Return Yards |
53 |
156 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
16-24-1 |
27-38-2 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
3--12 |
7--46 |
| Punts |
2 |
5 |
| Punts-Average |
48.5 |
45.4 |
| Fumbles Lost |
5-2 |
1-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
8-65 |
9-94 |
| Time of Possession |
29:05 |
30:55 |
| Louisiana Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| Z. Chriss |
14 |
20 |
174 |
1 |
0 |
| C. Fields |
2 |
3 |
34 |
0 |
1 |
| B. Wooldridge |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| UAB Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Zeno |
27 |
38 |
280 |
1 |
2 |
| Louisiana Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Kibodi |
7 |
108 |
15.4 |
1 |
| Z. Chriss |
6 |
103 |
17.2 |
2 |
| E. Davis |
11 |
42 |
3.8 |
1 |
| Z. Perry |
8 |
28 |
3.5 |
0 |
| T. Williams |
4 |
25 |
6.3 |
0 |
| C. Fields |
2 |
2 |
1.0 |
0 |
| B. Wooldridge |
1 |
-1 |
-1.0 |
0 |
| UAB Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Zeno |
17 |
52 |
3.1 |
1 |
| I. Jacobs |
9 |
38 |
4.2 |
0 |
| L. Witherspoon |
3 |
12 |
4.0 |
0 |
| J. Brown Jr. |
3 |
6 |
2.0 |
0 |
| D. Battle |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
| L. Beebe |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
1 |
| B. Buckhaulter |
1 |
-6 |
-6.0 |
0 |
| Louisiana Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| H. Broussard |
3 |
65 |
21.7 |
0 |
| J. Bernard |
5 |
45 |
9.0 |
0 |
| N. Johnson |
3 |
36 |
12.0 |
0 |
| P. LeBlanc |
2 |
36 |
18.0 |
0 |
| T. Carter |
2 |
22 |
11.0 |
1 |
| E. Davis |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
0 |
| UAB Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| S. Rudolph |
8 |
66 |
8.3 |
1 |
| A. Thomas |
3 |
53 |
17.7 |
0 |
| B. Damous |
3 |
47 |
15.7 |
0 |
| T. Jones |
2 |
34 |
17.0 |
0 |
| D. Payne |
1 |
18 |
18.0 |
0 |
| I. Hooks |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
0 |
| M. Holt-Bennett |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
0 |
| T. Palmer |
2 |
11 |
5.5 |
0 |
| I. Jacobs |
3 |
10 |
3.3 |
0 |
| F. Farrier II |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| L. Beebe |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| B. Buckhaulter |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
| Louisiana Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| T. Skipper |
1 |
21 |
| T. Guidry |
1 |
0 |
| UAB Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| C. Bracy |
1 |
58 |
| Louisiana Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| T. Leo |
2 |
97 |
48.5 |
| UAB Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| P. Foley |
5 |
227 |
45.4 |
| Louisiana Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Bernard |
3 |
12 |
4.0 |
| UAB Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Louisiana Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Z. Perry |
1 |
20 |
20.0 |
| J. Bernard |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| N. Johnson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| UAB Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Brown Jr. |
2 |
63 |
31.5 |
| K. Shanks |
2 |
35 |
17.5 |
| Louisiana Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| UAB Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| M. Quinn |
29 |
