Football - 2008
UAB vs. Tennessee
By 4SHOT Sports Correspondent
Sep 13, 2008, 06:37 EST

Univerity of Alabama Birmingham "Blazers" vs. Tennessee "Voluteers" 
Vols roll over Blazers
Cromptom passes for 240 yards and 2 TD's
Neyland Stadium - Knoxsville, TN

former Creekside H.S. star Eric Berry (#14) makes a stop against the Blazers in Saturday's big win.

Knoxville, Tenn. -- Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton passed for 240 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Voluteers to a blazing 35-3 win over UAB on Saturday in Knoxsville in front of 98,000 fans which is far from the capacity of 102,038.

Many of the empty seats were located in the student section. for the first time students who were charged for tickets  this season. Crompton completed 19 of 31 passes and threw two interceptions before being replaced by backup Nick Stephens late in the fourth quarter.

UAB gave the Vols a short field that set up their first touchdown. Crompton hit Gerald Jones with a 20-yard pass in the  end zone to put Tennessee up 7-0 with 4:35 in the first quarter.

Later  Crompton connected with Lucas Taylor for 48-yards and that set up another Crompton to Jones touchdown pass that covered 14-yards and put Tennessee up 14-0.

Taylor would lead the Vols with 132 yards on nine catches while teammate running back Arian Foster racked up 100-yards on 12 carries. Lennon Creer added 93 yards rushing and touchdown runs of 45 yards and 3 yards.

Kevin Sanders picked off Crompton at the UAB 43 to help set up a 47-yard field goal by Swayze Waters with 9:35 in the third quarter.

The Vols responded with an 80-yard drive highlighted by a 31-yard Foster run and a 22-yard connection between Crompton and Foster. Montario Hardesty ran 2 yards for to put the Vols up 21-3 with 7:08 in the third quarter.

UAB moved into scoring position but quarterback  Joe Webb threw an interception to Eric Berry (a former Creekside H.S.tar) at the goal line 4:25 before halftime. Three plays later, Crompton gave the ball back to the Blazers on an interception to Marquis Coleman, but Webb was sacked and UAB was out of scoring range.

Webb was solid for the Blazers completing 19 of 34 passes for 167 yards and three interceptions. UAB was called for nine penalties for 79 yards. The UAB defense which is very poorest gave up over 500 yards to the Volunteers offense.

The Final Score: Tenneessee 35 - UAB 3

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