USF Is Bowl-Eligible Again: Bulls Rout UAB 30-10 Behind Hicks' Record Four Sacks
South Florida's defense scored twice and held UAB to 17 rushing yards in Tampa, while FIU fell at Liberty and UCF's Space Game went to Baylor in the rest of Florida's college weekend.
South Florida is going bowling for a fourth straight season. The Bulls beat UAB 30-10 on Saturday, October 31 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, improving to 6-2 overall and 2-2 in the American behind a defense that took the game over.
Defensive end C.J. Hicks set a program record with four sacks, and two of them created defensive touchdowns — including a fourth-quarter sack on third-and-10 at the UAB 19 that was returned 13 yards for a score and a 27-10 lead. USF held UAB to a season-low 17 rushing yards, 10 first downs and 177 total yards, and out-rushed the Blazers 191 to 17. The Bulls travel to East Carolina on Friday, November 6.
Elsewhere in Florida: Liberty beat FIU 49-10, dropping the Panthers to 3-5, and on Friday night Baylor beat UCF 41-9 in Orlando's Space Game, with former Florida quarterback DJ Lagway throwing for 319 yards and four touchdowns for the Bears. Florida's other Saturday finals — Georgia 27, Florida 8 and Miami 38, North Carolina 35 — ran in this station's earlier college file.
