Rice is four games under .500 on the season and has not won a football game away from Rice Stadium. Yet the Owls are favored on Saturday afternoon. That says a lot about where UAB is as a team, as well as its second-year embattled coach,

A dominant defensive effort and a career day for running back Lee Beebe Jr. led the UAB football team to a decisive 40-14 victory over Rice on Senior Day at Pro

Jalen Kitna threw for two touchdowns, Lee Beebe Jr. ran for two and UAB beat Rice 40-14 on Saturday. The teams exchanged two touchdowns each in the first quarter before UAB (3-8, 2-5 American Athletic Conference) went in front for good on two Jonah Delange field goals and Adrian Maddox's 99-yard pick-6 on the final play of the first half for a 27-14 lead.