BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Caden Veltkamp threw for three touchdowns and Kaden Shields-Dutton ran for three touchdowns and Florida Atlantic rolled from the outset and beat UAB 53-33 on Saturday.

Shields-Dutton ran for scores of 13 and 2 yards in the first quarter, and on a trick play, receiver Easton Messer threw a 48-yard scoring pass to Jayshon Platt for a three-touchdown lead.

Veltkamp threw his first scoring pass to Jabari Smith early in the second to make it 28-0. UAB got on the board when Solomon Beebe ran it in from the 14. The failed 2-point conversion left the score 28-6.

The Owls (3-3, 2-1 American Athletic) totaled 492 offensive yards while UAB (2-4, 0-3) was penalized 14 times for 118 yards.

UAB's Jalen Kitna threw for 261 yards while the Blazers' struggled running with just 6

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