2018 UAB Blazers football team

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American college football season

The 2018 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by third-year head coach Bill Clark and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in C-USA play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the C-USA Championship Game where they defeated Middle Tennessee to win their first ever C-USA championship. They were invited to the Boca Raton Bowl where they defeated Northern Illinois to claim their first bowl win in program history.

On November 11, 2018, the Blazers made their first appearance in the Coaches’ Poll at No. 25, marking the first time since 2004 they had been ranked in any of the major three polls.

Previous season[edit]

The Blazers finished the 2017 season 8–5, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They received an invitation to the Bahamas Bowl, where they lost to Ohio.

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The 2017 season marked the return of UAB football after a two-year hiatus following the elimination of the program in December 2014 and its subsequent reinstatement in July 2015.[1]

Preseason[edit]

Award watch lists[edit]

Listed in the order that they were released

Preseason All-CUSA team[edit]

Conference USA released their preseason all-CUSA team on July 16, 2018, with the Blazers having one player selected.[10]

Preseason media poll[edit]

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 17, 2018, with the Blazers predicted to finish in third place in the West Division.[11]

West Division
Predicted finish Team
1 North Texas
2 Louisiana Tech
3 UAB
4 Southern Miss
5 UTSA
T–6 Rice
T–6 UTEP

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
7:00 p.m. Savannah State* ESPN+ W 52–0 27,124
September 8 6:00 p.m. at Coastal Carolina* ESPN+ L 24–47 9,776
September 15 12:00 p.m. Tulane*
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
 Stadium W 31–24 21,991
September 29 6:00 p.m. Charlotte
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
 ESPN3 W 28–7 25,395
October 6 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana Tech Stadium W 28–7 18,983
October 13 12:00 p.m. at Rice ESPN+ W 42–0 18,916
October 20 6:30 p.m. North Texasdagger
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
 beIN W 29–21 28,014
October 27 6:30 p.m. at UTEP ESPN+ W 19–0 10,787
November 3 6:30 p.m. UTSA
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
 beIN W 52–3 17,605
November 10 6:30 p.m. Southern Miss
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
 beIN W 26–23 OT 25,618
November 17 6:00 p.m. at Texas A&M* ESPN2 L 20–41 97,584
November 24 2:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee ESPN3 L 3–27 14,411
December 1 1:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee CBSSN W 27–25 15,806
6:00 p.m. vs. Northern Illinois* ESPN W 37–13 22,614

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Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final
AP — — — — — — — — RV RV RV RV RV — RV
Coaches — — — — — — RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV
CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released

Game summaries[edit]

Savannah State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 7 21 10 14 52

At Coastal Carolina[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 14 10 0 0 24
Chanticleers 7 13 7 20 47

Tulane[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0 7 14 3 24
Blazers 7 14 3 7 31

Charlotte[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 0 0 0 7 7
Blazers 14 7 0 7 28

At Louisiana Tech[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 7 7 14 28
Bulldogs 7 0 0 0 7

At Rice[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 14 14 14 0 42
Owls 0 0 0 0 0

North Texas[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 7 14 0 0 21
Blazers 3 7 9 10 29

At UTEP[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 10 0 2 7 19
Miners 0 0 0 0 0

UTSA[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 3 0 0 0 3
Blazers 21 17 7 7 52

Southern Miss[edit]

1 2 3 4 OT Total
Golden Eagles 7 6 0 7 3 23
Blazers 0 7 13 0 6 26

At Texas A&M[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 7 0 0 13 20
Aggies 14 10 10 7 41

At Middle Tennessee[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 3 0 0 0 3
Blue Raiders 0 13 7 7 27

At Middle Tennessee (C-USA Championship game)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 3 21 0 3 27
Blue Raiders 13 3 6 3 25

Vs. Northern Illinois (Boca Raton Bowl)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 3 3 0 13
Blazers 10 17 10 0 37

References[edit]

  1. ^ “UAB to reinstate football for 2017 season”. ESPN.com. July 21, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ^ “Rimington Trophy Press Release”. May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  3. ^ “2018 Maxwell Award Watch List”. July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  4. ^ “2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates”. July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  5. ^ “2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released” (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  6. ^ “Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List”. July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  7. ^ Carbone, Al (July 27, 2018). “Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2018 Player of the Year Preseason “Watch List”“. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  8. ^ “Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced”. August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  9. ^ “Manning Award: See which quarterbacks made the preseason watch list for 2018”. August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  10. ^ “FB: 2018 Preseason Awards”.
  11. ^ “FB: Preseason Media Poll”.
  12. ^ “2018 UAB Football Schedule | Blazers | FBSchedules.com”. FB Schedules. Retrieved April 6, 2018.



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