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What is the longest single scoring "PLAY" in UAB's football history?

What was the game, the play, & the yardage?

i would guess that it came when we were up 5 with 0:01 left in the 4th quarter and UAB's opponent scored a 109 yard kickoff return...
or maybe thats just how a lot of games feel...

probably not what you meant, i guess

Nope.

Specifically a scoring play by UAB.

Was it Hackney to Coon against Baylor?

Since you put "play" in quotations I'm going to guess it isn't from the offense. INT return, maybe?

No, & looking at the records, Chris Williams had a longer passing completion for a td.

(02-03-2013 12:32 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Since you put "play" in quotations I'm going to guess it isn't from the offense. INT return, maybe?

Maybe. Does any interception stick out to you?

Marquis Coleman pick-6 at UTEP?

Yep. It was for 99 yards of course which is the longest play that you could have outside of a punt return or kickoff return for a TD.

Other top long plays for TD's from the records:

Top rushing plays for TD:
72 Percy Coleman vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 1999
71 Joe Webb vs. Rice, 2009

Passing
95 Darrell Hackney to Roddy White vs. Cincinnati, 2003
95 John Whitcomb to Derrick Ingram vs. Jacksonville St., 1994

Interception Returns
99 Marquis Coleman at UTEP, 2009
96 Adrian Singleton at Cincinnati, 1999
91 Rodregis Brooks vs. East Carolina, 1999

Kickoff Returns
92 Nick Adams vs. Tulane, 2011
92 Frantrell Forrest vs. Tulane, 2007
90 Frantrell Forrest vs. Tulsa, 2008

Fumble Return
91 Chris Brown vs. Troy State, 2002

Punt Returns
83 Cedrick Buchannon vs. Lindenwood, 1992
77 Cedrick Buchannon vs. Wofford, 1995
68 Cedrick Buchannon vs. Charleston Southern, 1995

(02-03-2013 12:35 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(02-03-2013 12:32 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Since you put "play" in quotations I'm going to guess it isn't from the offense. INT return, maybe?

Maybe. Does any interception stick out to you?

The only INT I can relive in my head is the one by Hiram Atwater against USM.

That one was for 40 yards.

I didn't recall that Rodregis' interception against ECU was 91 yards.

I knew it was a good return, but not 91 yards.

That was one hell of a return though.

Didn't Jackie Williams return a punt 70+ yards for a TD this last year? Maybe Tulsa?

Maybe. I forgot to consider records for this year. I'm looking at the media guide for prior to the season.

& of course we had a long pass completion against Tulsa to start the game.

I can't remember the yardage in that one.

Let me browse uabsports.com for some info.

Jamarcus Nelson had a 75 yard td from Austin against Tulsa.

Not showing a punt return for a td.

(02-03-2013 12:53 PM)Smaug Wrote:  Didn't Jackie Williams return a punt 70+ yards for a TD this last year? Maybe Tulsa?

Jackie had a 79 yarder against Marshall, so that would be the 2nd longest punt return for a td.

i was thinking about the 2002 fumble return against troy...i was thinking it was more like 97 yards

Didn't Reggie Lindsay have a long PR/KR as when I read the question I was thinking that might be the answer?

(02-03-2013 12:50 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  

(02-03-2013 12:35 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(02-03-2013 12:32 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Since you put "play" in quotations I'm going to guess it isn't from the offense. INT return, maybe?

Maybe. Does any interception stick out to you?

The only INT I can relive in my head is the one by Hiram Atwater against USM.

That was as beautiful as seeing a thought extinct bird, winning the lottery when you forgot you had even played, or getting a real face for a change from someone in our two-faced world, etc.

Thanks for the memory!

That was for 89 yards. (pass to Lindsey)

The Rodregis Brooks INT against ECU was the most impressive one I have ever seen in person.