2014 UAB Blazers football team

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2014 UAB Blazers football
UAB Blazers wordmark.png
Conference Conference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record6–6 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBryant Vincent (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorDuwan Walker (1st season)
Base defense4-2-5 Multiple
Home stadium Legion Field
Seasons
←  2013
2017  →
2014 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 23 Marshall x$  7 –1   13 –1  
Middle Tennessee  5 –3   6 –6  
Western Kentucky  4 –4   8 –5  
UAB  4 –4   6 –6  
Old Dominion*  4 –4   6 –6  
FIU  3 –5   4 –8  
Florida Atlantic  2 –6   3 –9  
West Division
Louisiana Tech x  7 –1   9 –5  
Rice  5 –3   8 –5  
UTEP  5 –3   7 –6  
UTSA  3 –5   4 –8  
North Texas  2 –6   4 –8  
Southern Miss  1 –7   3 –9  
Championship: Marshall 26, Louisiana Tech 23
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ineligible for postseason bowl due to transition from FCS
As of 22:24, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3011:00 a.m. Troy *
 FCS W 48–1027,133
September 61:00 p.m.at Mississippi State *
 SECRN L 34–4757,704
September 132:30 p.m. Alabama A&M *
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
 ASN W 41–1429,604
September 272:30 p.m. FIU
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
ASNL 20–3416,133
October 46:00 p.m.at Western Kentucky
W 42–3914,923
October 112:30 p.m. North Texas
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
ASNW 56–2120,365
October 182:30 p.m.at Middle Tennessee
FCSL 22–3418,717
October 2511:00 a.m.at Arkansas *
 SECN L 17–4561,800
November 16:00 p.m.at Florida Atlantic
ASNW 31–2817,724
November 811:00 a.m. Louisiana Tech
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
ASNL 24–409,457
November 2211:00 a.m.No. 18 Marshall
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
ASNL 18–2328,355
November 292:30 p.m.at Southern Miss
ASNW 45–2417,103

[4]

Game summaries

Troy

1234Total
Trojans730010
Blazers177141048

Mississippi State

1234Total
Blazers3177734
Bulldogs131321047

Alabama A&M

1234Total
Bulldogs770014
Blazers02120041

FIU

1234Total
Panthers014101034
Blazers760720

WKU

1234Total
Blazers14021742
Hilltoppers20712039

North Texas

1234Total
Mean Green0140721
Blazers142121056

Middle Tennessee

1234Total
Blazers697022
Blue Raiders14701334

Arkansas

1234Total
Blazers0010717
Razorbacks142110045

Florida Atlantic

1234Total
Blazers7147331
Owls0702128

Louisiana Tech

1234Total
Bulldogs141061040
Blazers377724

Marshall

1234Total
#18 Thundering Herd7100623
Blazers336618

Southern Miss

1234Total
Blazers147141045
Golden Eagles0710724

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References

  1. ↑ Wolken, Dan (December 2, 2014). "UAB Shuts Down Its Football Program". USA Today . Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ "UAB Blazers to Reinstate Football Program". fbschedules.com. June 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "UAB Football to Return for 2017 Season". fbschedules.com. July 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2014 UAB Blazers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 5, 2014.


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