Conference USA Championship ·

Conference USA Championship

Conference USA Championship
UAB6-322
Marshall7-213Final
Fri, Dec 18 · Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, W.Va. · Crowd 8,324 · 29°, overcastCBS Sports Network

Records are after this game.

UAB beat Marshall by 9 points, the Conference USA Championship.

How the game turned

UAB aheadMarshall aheadBiggest swingLow: 36%
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Q4 4:02 UAB 22, Marshall 13

UAB 91% to win

Johnston 71-yd TD pass to Shropshire, UAB leads 22-13

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 1:45 · UAB 3, Marshall 0UAB's win chance rose from 50% to 52%.Quinn 30-yd field goal, UAB goes ahead 3-0
  2. 2Q2 11:55 · UAB 9, Marshall 0UAB's win chance rose from 59% to 69%.Johnston 19-yd TD pass to Pittman, UAB leads 9-0
  3. 3Q3 6:17 · UAB 9, Marshall 7UAB's win chance fell from 73% to 56%.Wells 7-yd TD pass to Henry, cuts it to 9-7
  4. 4Q4 4:02 · UAB 22, Marshall 13UAB's win chance rose from 59% to 91%.Johnston 71-yd TD pass to Shropshire, UAB leads 22-13

UAB's lowest chance to win was 36 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 4:02 left in the 4th quarter, UAB's chance to win went from 59 percent to 91 percent when UAB scored a touchdown.

The score went from UAB 15, Marshall 13 to UAB 22, Marshall 13.

The play: Johnston 71-yd TD pass to Shropshire, UAB leads 22-13.

What happened next

  1. Marshall's next game: L 10-17 vs Buffalo in the Camellia Bowl, Dec 25

    7 days later

  2. UAB finished the 2020 season 6-3.

  3. UAB's first game of the 2021 season: W 31-0 vs Jacksonville State, Sep 1, 2021

    about 8 months later

  4. The teams' next meeting after Dec 18, 2020: UAB 21, Marshall 14, Nov 13, 2021

    about 11 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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