1998 UAB Blazers football team

1998 UAB Blazers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–7
Head coach	Watson Brown (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Clay (2nd season)
Home stadium	Legion Field (main) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (one game)

1998 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:30 p.m.	at No. 3 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		L 7–38	75,921
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 38–6	18,500
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Kansas	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 37–39 4OT	30,543
October 3	6:00 p.m.	Southwestern Louisiana	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 24–13	14,217
October 10	2:30 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	L 7–26	31,002
October 17	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA		L 23–54	13,876
October 24	6:00 p.m.	No. 21 Virginia Tech	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 0–41	31,897
October 31	7:00 p.m.	at Northeast Louisiana	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA		L 14–20	11,886
November 7	3:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	L 13–37	106,508
November 14	1:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee State	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 26–17	10,263
November 21	1:00 p.m.	UT Martin	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL		W 48–17	3,571
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time