2020 UAB Blazers football team

The 2020 UAB Blazers football team will represent the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blazers will play their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and compete in the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They will be led by fifth-year head coach Bill Clark.

2020 UAB Blazers football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coachBill Clark (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorBryant Vincent (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid Reeves (4th season)
Home stadiumLegion Field
(Capacity: 71,594)
2020 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Charlotte  0 –0     0 –0  
FIU  0 –0     0 –0  
Florida Atlantic  0 –0     0 –0  
Marshall  0 –0     0 –0  
Middle Tennessee  0 –0     0 –0  
Western Kentucky  0 –0     0 –0  
Old Dominion*   –      –  
West Division
Louisiana Tech  0 –0     0 –0  
North Texas  0 –0     0 –0  
Rice  0 –0     0 –0  
Southern Miss  0 –0     0 –0  
UAB  0 –0     0 –0  
UTEP  0 –0     0 –0  
UTSA  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Note: Due to COVID-19, team canceled season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Blazers finished the 2019 regular season 9–5, 6–2 in CUSA play which they tied for first in the West Division with Louisiana Tech. Due to defeating the Bulldogs in the head to head matchup, UAB played against Florida Atlantic in the conference championship game. The Blazers played in the game for the second consecutive year, which they lost in the game for the first time.[1] The team was invited to play in the New Orleans Bowl against Appalachian State, where the Blazers took their fifth loss of the season.[2]

Preseason

Death of Jamari Smith

On May 28, 2020, it was announced that incoming freshman Jamari Smith, from Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, had died after drowning while swimming with friends.[3]

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
TBD

CUSA media days

The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.[4]

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

UAB announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[5] The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

The Blazers had games scheduled against Alabama A&M and Old Dominion, but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7][8]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3 New Mexico State*
September 10 at Miami*
September 26 at South Alabama*
October 3 UTSA
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
October 10 at Rice
October 17 Western Kentucky
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
October 31 at Louisiana Tech
November 14 North Texas
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
November 21 at UTEP
November 28 Southern Miss
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[9]

Game summaries

New Mexico State
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 New Mexico State Aggies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Miami
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
Hurricanes 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Miami Hurricanes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at South Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
Jaguars 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 South Alabama Jaguars football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 Sept. 21, 2019 UAB, 35–3

UTSA
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 Oct. 12, 2019 UAB, 33–14

at Rice
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
Owls 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Rice Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–3 Oct. 5, 2019 UAB, 35–20

Western Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–4 Sept. 28, 2019 WKU, 20–13

at Louisiana Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–5 Nov. 23, 2019 UAB, 20–14

North Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 North Texas Mean Green football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 Nov. 30, 2019 UAB, 26–21

at UTEP
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
Miners 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 UTEP Miners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–1 Nov. 16, 2019 UAB, 37–10

Southern Miss
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–11 Nov. 9, 2019 USM, 37–2

References
  1. "UAB vs. Florida Atlantic - Game Summary - December 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  2. "Appalachian State vs. UAB - Game Summary - December 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. Scarborough, Alex (May 28, 2020). "UAB incoming freshman Smith drowns at age 18". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19". ktsm.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  5. "UAB Football Releases Complete 2020 Schedule". University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  6. Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  7. "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  8. "Old Dominion postponing football and fall sports". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  9. "2020 UAB Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
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