FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Rusty Smith threw three touchdown

passes and Charles Pierre ran for two touchdowns as Florida

Atlantic defeated UAB 49-34 on Saturday afternoon.

Cortez Gent threw a touchdown pass and caught another, and

Lester Jean caught two touchdown passes for Florida Atlantic (1-1).

Di'Ivory Edgecomb and Chris Bonner also scored touchdowns for

Florida Atlantic.

Smith finished 21-for-34 for 325 yards.

Joe Webb threw two touchdown passes for UAB (0-2). He was

26-for-48 for 326 yards. Aaron Johns and Justin Brooks rushed for

touchdowns for the Blazers.

Trailing 42-34, the Blazers were on the Owls' 28-yard line with

less than a minute to play when a fourth-down pass by Webb went

over the head of receiver Mike Jones. On the ensuing play, Pierre

ran 73 yards for a touchdown to put an exclamation point on the

Owls' victory.

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