Big Plays Boost Bulls to Nationally Televised Win

[Velcro]

Not sure if this has been posted... but from gousfbulls.com... check out the line in bold below  ;D ;D

Big Plays Boost Bulls to Nationally Televised Win at UAB

(Nov. 3, 2004) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- USF scored a school record 28 fourth quarter points on four plays that totaled 214 yards, and Andre Hall ran for a school record 275 yards to rally the Bulls past UAB tonight by a 45-20 margin at Legion Field.

USF (3-4, 2-3) trailed 20-10 after UAB’s (5-3, 3-2) Corey White scored his third touchdown of the game on a one-yard run at the 11:32 mark. But the Bulls battled back to score the final 35 points of the game, including a 77-yard pass from Pat Julmiste to freshman Johnny Peyton, a 39-yard interception return by Bruce Gipson and touchdown runs of 35 and 63 yards from Hall all in the fourth quarter.

The rally started with a six-yard run by Julmiste for a touchdown that pulled the Bulls to within 20-17 at the 9:37 mark of the third quarter. The win snapped a three-game losing streak.

“It was a real big win,” said USF head coach Jim Leavitt. “Obviously our team has struggled ever since the second half of the Army game, and it’s been difficult. (UAB) is an awfully good football team, they really are. So I’m really proud of our team obviously.

“I think we kind of caught some running game a little bit with Andre Hall. Our line blocked real well and he’s pretty relentless. He’ll get through some tackles once in a while.”

With the score 20-10, UAB seemed poised to add to its lead when Darrell Hackney hit Roddy White at the Bulls’ four-yard line, when White fumbled the ball into the end zone, where USF’s Danny Verpaele recovered and brought it out to the six-yard line.

Six plays later, Julmiste hit Peyton for the 77-yard score, the second longest scoring pass in USF football history. Just two plays later, Gipson picked off a Hackney pass and ran it in for a score and a 31-20 USF lead. It was just the second interception by a USF player this season, but each has gone for a score (also Trae Williams vs. Tennessee Tech).

Hall put the game away for good with his two long scoring runs and it marked his second 200-plus yard game this season. The junior now has 822 yards on the season, the second best season in school history, trailing only Dyral McMillan’s 1,017-yard season in 1999.

USF now awaits a November 13 home date with East Carolina. The Pirates will play Houston this Saturday prior to their game with the Bulls.

[Velcro]

if you look inside the box score on gousfbulls.com, it says:

weather:  off on rain

looked like a Monsoon to me , but i guess technically it isn't wrong.

[Metro_Retro_Bull]

Was this our first nationally televised win? I know we lost on TBS to Oklahoma and on ESPN a couple times (TCU last year) ...

[Velcro]

No, we beat Cincy on halloween on ESPN.

[Jake_Ryan]

No.  We beat Louisville last year on ESPN and I think maybe Cincinnati and Memphis were televised last year on ESPN also.

[Mag Pie]

And wasn't Bowling Green on ESPN in 02?

[Velcro]

good point, i think it may have been.

[Bullpride08]

if you look inside the box score on gousfbulls.com, it says:

weather:  off on rain

looked like a Monsoon to me , but i guess technically it isn't wrong.

It didn't rain the entire second half, and we still had to pass to win.  That required smart strategies, and playing solid ball control and field position battles.  Which we did very well.

[tbbulls]

what is our record on national tv now?

[ChiTownBull]

No.  We beat Louisville last year on ESPN and I think maybe Cincinnati and Memphis were televised last year on ESPN also.

L'ville wasn't on ESPN last yr. It was the first time I ordered gameplan and was well worth the $$$ unlike this yr against army  >