BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Nov. 22, 2025 – South Florida (8-3, 5-2 American) continued to display an explosive offense and turnover creating defense posting 544 yards and three interceptions in a 48-18 rout of UAB (3-8; 1-6 American) at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday.
 
The Bulls posted the 12^th season with eight-wins or better in program history and the first since going 10-2 in 2017. With one regular season game and a bowl game remaining, South Florida is targeting just the third 10-win season in program history in head coach Alex Golesh's third season.
 
South Florida entered the game ranked No. 4 nationally in total offense, No. 5 in scoring and No. 8 in turnovers collected. The Bulls posted their seventh game with 500 or more yards and sixth with 40 or more points on the year while improving their turnovers gained total to 23.
 
Quarterback Byrum Brown continued his outstanding season posting his second straight 300-yard passing game, completing 19 of 25 passes (76 percent) for a season-high 353 yards and three touchdowns. Brown set a new program record with his 11^th 200-yard or better passing game on the year. He entered the game No. 2 nationally in total offense and No. 1 in points responsible for and posted 416 total yards and five touchdowns on the day (running for two), marking his seventh straight game of 300-plus yards and sixth game on the year accounting for at least 4 touchdowns.
 
Wide receiver Mudia Reuben had a career day, making five catches for 174 yards and scoring touchdowns of 60 and 59 yards. It marked the sixth-best receiving yardage total in program history. Nykahi Davenport added 121 rushing yards and a touchdown on 17 carries (7.1 ypc), for his first career 100-yard game.
 
The defense got the Bulls rolling as safety Fred Gaskin made a nice interception of a UAB pass over the middle and returned it to the UAB 36 on the Blazers opening possession of the game. It would be the first of three interceptions on the day as Mac Harris and De'Shawn Rucker also collected interceptions for the Bulls.
 
Two plays after Gaskin's interception, Brown rolled right and hit Rueben who made a great catch at the UAB 1. Brown took it in on the next play for a quick 7-0 lead after the three-play drive.
 
UAB struck back with a 68-yard kickoff return by Solomon Beebe. But, the Bulls defense held the Blazers to 30-yard field goal.
 
After the Bulls were forced to punt from UAB 43, the Blazers drove 85 yards in seven plays aided by a personal foul penalty and took a 10-7 lead when Isaiah Jacobs ran in from six yards out.
 
From there, the Bulls settled in a took command, scoring the next 27 points as the defense forced three punts, got two interceptions and forced a turnover on downs on UAB's next six possessions.
 
Brown led the Bulls on an impressive 96 yard drive in 10 plays to take the lead for good. After reaching the UAB6, Brown capped the drive with some nice sleight of hand, faking a handoff before pulling the ball and making a soft toss over the middle to tight end Wyatt Sullivan for the touchdown and a 14-10 lead.
 
The Bulls closed the scoring in the first half with a 49-yard Nico Gramatica field goal, the first of two 40-yarders on the day, and took a 17-10 lead to the locker room.
 
South Florida got the ball to start the second half and Alvon Isaac delivered a 40-yard return on the opening kickoff. Brown led the offense on the field and hit Reuben with a 60-yard touchdown pass on the first play from scrimmage to give South Florida a 24-10 lead just 22 seconds into the second half.
 
Ruckers interception then set up a Gramatica 43-yard field goal, and, after the Bulls defense got another stop on downs, Davenport scored from two yards out to cap a four-play, 45-yard drive that saw the Bulls leading 34-10 with 3:19 to play in the third quarter.    
 
UAB forced a fumble on a short pass to Reuben and finally ended the Bulls scoring run with a Beebe three-yard touchdown run that capped a 75-yard drive.
 
The Bulls responded scoring the final two touchdowns of the game with Brown hitting Reuben on a 59-yard touchdown pass and then finishing an 11-play, 99-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run.
 
KEY STATS
• After trailing 10-7, USF scored 27 unanswered points to take a 34-10 lead. The Bulls scored on five straight possessions and seven of their last eight.
• South Florida produced 544 yards of offense, including 353 passing.
• The Bulls defense produced three turnovers, all interceptions, to improve its season take-away total to 23.
 
NOTABLES
• QB Byrum Brown logged his seventh straight 300-plus yard total offense game with 416 total yards and five touchdowns, including his second straight 300-yard passing game, posting a season-best 353 yards through the air. It marked his program record tying sixth career 300-yard passing game and set a new mark with his 11^th game of 200-plus yards passing on the year.
• WR Mudia Reuben posted a career-high 174 yards on five catches and had touchdown catches of 60 and 59 yards. His yardage total marked the sixth-best in program history.
• RB Nykahi Davenport posted his first career 100-yard rushing game gaining 121 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries (7.1 ypc).
 
UP NEXT
USF returns to Raymond James Stadium next Saturday for Senior Night and Fan Appreciation Night as the Bulls take on Rice in a 7 p.m. kick on ESPN+.
 
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 28th season in 2024 with its second-straight bowl victory in the Hawai'i Bowl. Head coach Alex Golesh posted a program-best six-game turnaround and a Boca Raton Bowl victory in his first season in 2023. USF completed construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility in 2023 and a $340-million on-campus stadium and football operations center broke ground in the fall of 2024 and is slated for completion by 2027. The Bulls have posted 17 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections (including two consensus selections, the last coming in 2021), as well as 33 first-team all-conference honorees. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and the Bulls have made 12 bowl game appearances (going 8-4), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. USF posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016, while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 campaigns and reached as high as No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings during the 2007 season.