Sept. 4, 1999


Ala.-Birmingham  7 7 0 14-28
Missouri        10 7 7  7-31

First Quarter
     M-FG Hammerich 42, 9:54
     M-McPherson 9 blocked punt return (Hammerich kick), 8:43
     UAB-Brown 16 blocked punt return (Gallego kick), 2:38
Second Quarter
     M-Blakely 4 pass from Farmer (Hammerich kick), 9:05
     UAB-Coleman 15 run (Gallego kick), 5:02
Third Quarter
     M-Gilmore 1 run (Hammerich kick), 11:37
Fourth Quarter
     UAB-Abrams 18 blocked punt (Gallego kick), 7:57
     M-Chirumbolo 12 pass from Farmer (Hammerich kick), 2:12
     UAB-Fair 11 pass from Dixon (Gallego kick), 1:38
     A-50,356.

                         UAB       MO
First downs                15      27
Rushes-yards            28-183 56-269
Passing                   124     134
Comp-Att-Int          18-29-0 15-30-2
Return Yards              171      47
Punts-Avg.             6-27      5-22
Fumbles-Lost              1-1     0-0
Penalties-Yards          7-51    7-66
Time of Possession      23:03   36:57

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Ala.-Birmingham, Coleman 4-88, Fair 9-49, Thatch 7-33, Conley 2-7, Dixon 5-6, Ross 1-0. Missouri, Black 25-143, Gilmore 14-53, Dougherty 4-33, Leon 4-23, Farmer 9-17.

PASSING-Ala.-Birmingham, Dixon 18-29-0-124. Missouri, Dougherty 6-13-0-46, Farmer 9-17-2-88.

RECEIVING-Ala.-Birmingham, Malone 4-33, Coleman 4-31, Fair 3-28, Ross 3-20, Arrington 3-9, Thatch 1-3. Missouri, Blakely 3-23, Layman 2-23, Spencer 2-20, Leon 2-18, Gilmore 2-12, Ford 1-12, Chirumbolo 1-12, Garvin 1-8, Wise 1-6.