UAB Football 23, Charlotte 12
BIRMINGHAM — Ja’Vin Simpkins scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns as UAB beat Charlotte 23-12 on Saturday at Protective Stadium, moving to 5-4 on the season.
The game was tied 6-6 through three quarters in the 10th annual Children’s Harbor Game. Simpkins scored on a 1-yard run with 8:12 left in the fourth quarter, then added a 5-yard touchdown run with 2:11 remaining.
Charlotte answered with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Conner Harrell to Jaden Barnes with 1:05 left, but UAB held on.
Simpkins finished with 35 yards on eight carries and the two touchdowns. Barnes led Charlotte with six catches for 80 yards and a touchdown.
UAB is 5-4 overall and 3-2 in the American, and remains unbeaten at home. Charlotte falls to 1-8 overall and 1-4 in the league. UAB needs one win in its final three games to reach bowl eligibility.
UAB next plays at Temple at noon CT Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, on ESPN+.
Bulls Fall at Athens 5-1
ATHENS, Ga. — The Birmingham Bulls lost 5-1 to the Athens Rock Lobsters on Saturday at Akins Ford Arena, falling to 4-4 on the season.
The Bulls had won two straight entering the game, beating Knoxville 3-1 on Friday night in Pelham and Athens 5-3 at home on Oct. 30.
Birmingham next plays at home against the Macon Mayhem at 7 p.m. CT Thursday at the Pelham Civic Complex.
UAB Women 2, Temple 1
LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. — Vita Naihin and Avery Berryman scored second-half goals as UAB rallied past Temple 2-1 on Sunday in an American Championship quarterfinal at Premier Sports Campus.
Temple led 1-0 at halftime on Katelyn Revelle’s 24th-minute goal. Naihin tied it in the 54th minute, and Berryman, the Blazers’ leading scorer, netted the winner in the 76th.
UAB (10-8-1) outshot Temple 24-8 in its first American Championship win in four seasons as a league member. The Blazers face the winner of No. 2 Charlotte and No. 7 Florida Atlantic in the semifinal at 3 p.m. CT Wednesday.