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2014 UAB Blazers football Conference Conference USA Division East Division Record 6–6 (4–4 C-USA) Head coach Offensive coordinator Bryant Vincent (1st season) Offensive scheme Spread Defensive coordinator Duwan Walker (1st season) Base defense 4-2-5 Multiple Home stadium Legion Field (Capacity: 71,594)Seasons
The 2014 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by first year head coach Bill Clark and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama .
After defeating Southern Miss in the final regular season game on November 29, 2014, UAB became bowl eligible for the first time since 2004. Three days later, UAB president Ray Watts announced that the Southern Miss victory would be the last for the program; the university would not field a team after 2014. Despite the troubles following the year, the season itself was viewed as a success. The Blazers boasted one of the best Special Teams units in the country (led by Special Teams Coordinator Daric Riley), became bowl eligible for the first time in years, and Bill Clark won the Conference USA Coach of the Year award. Nonetheless, they became the first FBS team to stop sponsoring football since the Pacific Tigers .[ 1]
Despite being bowl eligible, UAB was not invited to a bowl game.
On June 1, 2015, Watts announced they were beginning the process to reinstate football, and the program was reinstated for the 2017 season .[ 2] [ 3]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 11:00 a.m. Troy * FCS W 48–1027,133
September 6 1:00 p.m. at Mississippi State * SECRN L 34–4757,704
September 13 2:30 p.m. Alabama A&M * Legion Field Birmingham, AL ASN W 41–1429,604
September 27 2:30 p.m. FIU Legion Field Birmingham, AL ASN L 20–3416,133
October 4 6:00 p.m. at WKU W 42–3914,923
October 11 2:30 p.m. North Texas Legion Field Birmingham, AL ASN W 56–2120,365
October 18 2:30 p.m. at Middle Tennessee FCS L 22–3418,717
October 25 11:00 a.m. at Arkansas * SECN L 17–4561,800
November 1 6:00 p.m. at Florida Atlantic ASN W 31–2817,724
November 8 11:00 a.m. Louisiana Tech Legion Field Birmingham, AL ASN L 24–409,457
November 22 11:00 a.m. No. 18 Marshall Legion Field Birmingham, AL ASN L 18–2328,355
November 29 2:30 p.m. at Southern Miss ASN W 45–2417,103
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Game summaries
Troy
1
2
3
4
Total
Trojans
7
3
0
0
10
Blazers
17
7
14
10
48
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–7
2013
Troy, 34–31
Mississippi State
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
3
17
7
7
34
Bulldogs
13
13
21
0
47
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–4
2011
Mississippi State, 21–3
Alabama A&M
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
7
0
0
14
Blazers
0
21
20
0
41
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
FIU
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
14
10
10
34
Blazers
7
6
0
7
20
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
2013
UAB, 27–24
WKU
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
14
0
21
7
42
Hilltoppers
20
7
12
0
39
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–3
1997
UAB, 20–16
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
0
14
0
7
21
Blazers
14
21
21
0
56
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
1995
UAB, 19–14
Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
6
9
7
0
22
Blue Raiders
14
7
0
13
34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–2
2013
Middle Tennessee, 24–21
Arkansas
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
0
0
10
7
17
Razorbacks
14
21
10
0
45
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Florida Atlantic
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
7
14
7
3
31
Owls
0
7
0
21
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–4
2013
Florida Atlantic, 37–23
Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
10
6
10
40
Blazers
3
7
7
7
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–4
1999
Louisiana Tech, 41–20
Marshall
1
2
3
4
Total
#18 Thundering Herd
7
10
0
6
23
Blazers
3
3
6
6
18
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–7
2013
Marshall, 56–14
Southern Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
14
7
14
10
45
Golden Eagles
0
7
10
7
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–10
2013
Southern Miss, 62–27
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