2018 UAB Blazers football team

2018 UAB Blazers football
Conference Conference USA
Division West Division
2018 record 5–1 (3–0 C-USA)
Head coach Bill Clark (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Bryant Vincent (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator David Reeves (2nd season)
Home stadium Legion Field
(Capacity: 71,594)
2018 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
FIU  2 –0     4 –2  
Middle Tennessee  2 –1     3 –3  
Marshall  2 –1     4 –2  
Charlotte  2 –1     3 –3  
Florida Atlantic  1 –1     3 –3  
Western Kentucky  0 –2     1 –5  
Old Dominion  0 –4     1 –6  
West Division
UAB  3 –0     5 –1  
Louisiana Tech  2 –1     4 –2  
North Texas  2 –1     6 –1  
UTSA  2 –1     3 –4  
Southern Miss  1 –1     2 –3  
UTEP  0 –2     0 –6  
Rice  0 –3     1 –6  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 UAB Blazers football team represents 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 are led by third-year head coach Bill Clark and play their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

Previous season

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.

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

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[2] Lee Dufour C JR
Maxwell Award[3] Spencer Brown RB SO
Doak Walker Award[4] Spencer Brown RB SO
John Mackey Award[5] Logan Scott TE SR
Wuerffel Trophy[6] Craig Kanyangarara LB SR
Walter Camp Award[7] Spencer Brown RB SO
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[8] A.J. Erdely QB SR
Manning Award[9] A.J. Erdely QB SR

Preseason All-CUSA team

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

Preseason media poll

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
1North Texas
2Louisiana Tech
3UAB
4Southern Miss
5UTSA
T–6Rice
T–6UTEP

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Savannah State*
ESPN+W 52–027,124
September 86:00 p.m.at Coastal Carolina*
ESPN+L 24–479,776
September 1512:00 p.m.Tulane*
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
StadiumW 31–2421,991
September 296:00 p.m.Charlotte
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
ESPN3W 28–725,395
October 66:00 p.m.at Louisiana Tech
StadiumW 28–718,983
October 1312:00 p.m.at Rice
ESPN+W 42–018,916
October 206:30 p.m.North Texas
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
beIN
October 276:30 p.m.at UTEP
ESPN+
November 36:30 p.m.UTSA
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
beIN
November 106:30 p.m.Southern Miss
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
beIN
November 17at Texas A&M*
November 242:00 p.m.at Middle Tennessee
ESPN3
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[12]

Game summaries

Savannah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 7 21 10 14 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Coastal Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 14 10 0 0 24
Chanticleers 7 13 7 20 47
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2017 UAB, 30–23

Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0 7 14 3 24
Blazers 7 14 3 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–5 2012 TUL, 55–45

Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 0 0 0 7 7
Blazers 14 7 0 7 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 CHAR, 25–24 OT

at Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 7 7 14 28
Bulldogs 7 0 0 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–5 2017 UAB, 23–22

at Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 14 14 14 0 42
Owls 0 0 0 0 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–3 2017 UAB, 52–21

North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0
Blazers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2017 UNT, 46–43

at UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0
Miners 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2017 UAB, 28–7

UTSA

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0
Blazers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 UAB, 24–19

Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0
Blazers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–10 2017 UAB, 30–12

at Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0
Aggies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2009 A&M, 56–19

at Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0
Blue Raiders 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–3 2017 UAB, 25–23

References

  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. 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. 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. ↑ http://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/7/16/football-fb-2018-preseason-awards.aspx
  11. ↑ http://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/7/17/football-fb-preseason-media-poll.aspx
  12. ↑ "2018 UAB Football Schedule | Blazers | FBSchedules.com". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
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