1998 UAB Blazers football team

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1998 UAB Blazers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–7
Head coach
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinatorBill Clay (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Legion Field (main)
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (one game)
Seasons
←  1997
1999  →
1998 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
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  
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 512:30 p.m.at No. 3 Nebraska
L 7–3875,921 [1]
September 196:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech
W 38–618,500 [2]
September 266:00 p.m. Kansas
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 37–39 4OT30,543 [3]
October 36:00 p.m. Southwestern Louisiana
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 24–1314,217 [4]
October 102:30 p.m.at East Carolina
FSN L 7–2631,002 [5]
October 176:00 p.m.at Louisiana Tech
L 23–5413,876 [6]
October 246:00 p.m.No. 21 Virginia Tech Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 0–4131,897 [7]
October 317:00 p.m.at Northeast Louisiana
L 14–2011,886 [8]
November 73:00 p.m.at No. 2 Tennessee
PPV L 13–37106,508 [9]
November 141:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee State
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 26–1710,263 [10]
November 211:00 p.m. Tennessee–Martin
W 48–173,571 [11]

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References

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  3. ↑ "Hill, Jayhawks outlast UAB in four overtimes". The Wichita Eagle. September 27, 1998. Retrieved December 12, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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