American college football season
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.
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.
Schedule※
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 11:00 a.m. | Troy* | | FCS | W 48–10 | 27,133 |
September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | at Mississippi State* | | SECRN | L 34–47 | 57,704 |
September 13 | 2:30 p.m. | Alabama A&M* | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| ASN | W 41–14 | 29,604 |
September 27 | 2:30 p.m. | FIU | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| ASN | L 20–34 | 16,133 |
October 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | | | W 42–39 | 14,923 |
October 11 | 2:30 p.m. | North Texas | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| ASN | W 56–21 | 20,365 |
October 18 | 2:30 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | | FCS | L 22–34 | 18,717 |
October 25 | 11:00 a.m. | at Arkansas* | | SECN | L 17–45 | 61,800 |
November 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Florida Atlantic | | ASN | W 31–28 | 17,724 |
November 8 | 11:00 a.m. | Louisiana Tech | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| ASN | L 24–40 | 9,457 |
November 22 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 18 Marshall | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| ASN | L 18–23 | 28,355 |
November 29 | 2:30 p.m. | at Southern Miss | | ASN | W 45–24 | 17,103 |
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Game summaries※
Troy※
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1
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2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Blazers
|
17
|
7
|
14
|
10 |
48 |
Mississippi State
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blazers
|
3
|
17
|
7
|
7 |
34 |
Bulldogs
|
13
|
13
|
21
|
0 |
47 |
Alabama A&M
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
Blazers
|
0
|
21
|
20
|
0 |
41 |
FIU
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
0
|
14
|
10
|
10 |
34 |
Blazers
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
7 |
20 |
WKU
※
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blazers
|
14
|
0
|
21
|
7 |
42 |
Hilltoppers
|
20
|
7
|
12
|
0 |
39 |
North Texas
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mean Green
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
Blazers
|
14
|
21
|
21
|
0 |
56 |
Middle Tennessee
※
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blazers
|
6
|
9
|
7
|
0 |
22 |
Blue Raiders
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
13 |
34 |
Arkansas
※
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blazers
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
7 |
17 |
Razorbacks
|
14
|
21
|
10
|
0 |
45 |
Florida Atlantic
※
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blazers
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
3 |
31 |
Owls
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
21 |
28 |
Louisiana Tech
※
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
|
14
|
10
|
6
|
10 |
40 |
Blazers
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
Marshall
※
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#18 Thundering Herd
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
6 |
23 |
Blazers
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
6 |
18 |
Southern Miss
※
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blazers
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
10 |
45 |
Golden Eagles
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
7 |
24 |
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