2020 UAB Blazers football team

2020 UAB Blazers football
2020 UAB Blazers football
Conference	Conference USA
	West Division
Record	0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Bill Clark (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Bryant Vincent (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	David Reeves (4th season)
Home stadium	Legion Field; (Capacity: 71,594)
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Marshall xy	4	–	1	7	–	3
Florida Atlantic	4	–	2	5	–	4
Western Kentucky	4	–	3	5	–	7
Charlotte	2	–	2	2	–	4
Middle Tennessee	2	–	4	3	–	6
FIU	0	–	3	0	–	5
West Division
UAB xy$	3	–	1	6	–	3
UTSA	5	–	2	7	–	5
Louisiana Tech	4	–	2	5	–	5
North Texas	3	–	4	4	–	6
Rice	2	–	3	2	–	3
Southern Miss	2	–	4	3	–	7
UTEP	0	–	4	3	–	5
Championship: UAB 22, Marshall 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Note: Due to COVID-19, Old Dominion opted out of the season.

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.

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]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (West Division)
1	Louisiana Tech
2	North Texas
3	Rice
4	Southern Miss
5	UAB
6	UTEP
7	UTSA

Rank	Team	Votes
Media poll (CUSA Championship)
TBD

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]

Date	Opponent	Site
September 3	New Mexico State*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL
September 10	at Miami*	Hard Rock Stadium Miami, FL
September 26	at South Alabama*	Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, AL
October 3	UTSA	Legion Field Birmingham, AL
October 10	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX
October 17	Western Kentucky	Legion Field Birmingham, AL
October 31	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA
November 14	North Texas	Legion Field Birmingham, AL
November 21	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
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

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Game summaries

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	0	0	0	0
Blazers	0	0	0	0	0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–11	Nov. 9, 2019	USM, 37–2

References

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

[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.

[2020sched-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.

[aac-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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