Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl ·
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
UAB beat No. 12 BYU by 3 points, the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.
BYU was No. 12 in the last AP poll before the bowls; UAB was not ranked.
It was played at a neutral site: Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA.
How the game turned
Q4 6:17 UAB 31, BYU 28
UAB 61% to win
Hopkins 14-yd TD pass to Shropshire, UAB goes ahead 31-28
Big moments
- 1Q1 6:26 · UAB 7, BYU 0UAB's win chance rose from 47% to 61%.Hopkins 10-yd TD pass to Prince, UAB goes ahead 7-0
- 2Q2 3:18 · UAB 21, BYU 14UAB's win chance rose from 50% to 61%.Hopkins 23-yd TD pass to Prince, UAB goes ahead 21-14
- 3Q3 7:27 · UAB 24, BYU 21UAB's win chance rose from 49% to 54%.Quinn 38-yd field goal, UAB goes ahead 24-21
- 4Q4 14:33 · UAB 24, BYU 28UAB's win chance fell from 41% to 27%.Allgeier 1-yd TD run, BYU goes ahead 28-24
- 5Q4 6:17 · UAB 31, BYU 28UAB's win chance rose from 25% to 61%.Hopkins 14-yd TD pass to Shropshire, UAB goes ahead 31-28
UAB's lowest chance to win was 22 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 6:17 left in the 4th quarter, UAB's chance to win went from 25 percent to 60 percent when UAB scored a touchdown.
The score went from UAB 24, BYU 28 to UAB 31, BYU 28.
The play: Hopkins 14-yd TD pass to Shropshire, UAB goes ahead 31-28.
What happened next
UAB finished the 2021 season 9-4.
BYU finished the 2021 season 10-3, No. 12 in the last AP poll before the bowls.
UAB's first game of the 2022 season: W 59-0 vs Alabama A&M, Sep 1, 2022
about 8 months laterBYU's first game of the 2022 season: W 50-21 at South Florida, Sep 3, 2022
about 9 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.