1998 UAB Blazers football team
The 1998 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 1998, and was the eighth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his fourth season as UAB's head coach. They played five of their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and one home game at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The Blazers finished their third season at the I-A level with a record of 4–7.
| 1998 UAB Blazers football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1998 record | 4–7 |
| Head coach | Watson Brown (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Legion Field (main) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (one game) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Notre Dame | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | – | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | – | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 3 Nebraska |
| L 7–38 | 75,921 | |
| September 19 | 6:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech | W 38–6 | 18,500 | ||
| September 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Kansas |
| L 37–39 4OT | 30,543 | |
| October 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Southwestern Louisiana |
| W 24–13 | 14,217 | |
| October 10 | 2:30 p.m. | at East Carolina | FSN | L 7–26 | 31,002 | |
| October 17 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | L 23–54 | 13,876 | ||
| October 24 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 21 Virginia Tech |
| L 0–41 | 31,897 | |
| October 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at Northeast Louisiana |
| L 14–20 | 11,886 | |
| November 7 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Tennessee | PPV | L 13–37 | 106,508 | |
| November 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Middle Tennessee State |
| W 26–17 | 10,263 | |
| November 21 | 1:00 p.m. | UT Martin |
| W 48–17 | 3,571 | |
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References
- "2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I". University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
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