Tray Taylor accounted for two touchdowns, and Troy scored the final 20 points to beat Louisiana-Monroe 37-14 on the road Saturday for its third straight win.
Ahmad Hardy scored the game’s only touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to get UL Monroe past Troy 13-9 in a Sun Belt Conference opener.
Louisiana-Monroe fired coach Terry Bowden after the Warhawks finished a fifth straight losing season.
Alabama scored on a long touchdown pass, a pick-six and a blocked punt in just the first six minutes of its 63-7 rout over Louisiana-Monroe.
After Sun Belt teams scored surprising upsets last week, Alabama Coach Nick Saban wants to make sure his team is ready for Louisiana-Monroe.
Louisiana-Monroe’s Rhett Rodriguez threw for one touchdown, Andrew Henry ran for another and the UL Monroe defense came up big in the second half as the Warhawks defeated Troy 29-16 in a Sun Belt Conference opener.
Terry Bowden (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Former Auburn coach Terry Bowden has been hired by Louisiana-Monroe to rebuild a football program that went 0-10 this season. Bowden, 64, is the son of former Florida State coaching great Bobby Bowden and has been serving as a graduate assistant at Clemson the last two years. He had a successful stint as Auburn’s head…
