1998 UAB Blazers football team

1998 UAB Blazers football
Conference Independent
1998 record 4-7
Head coach Watson Brown
Home stadium Legion Field (main)
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (one game)
Seasons
« 1997 1999 »
1998 Division I-A independents football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
UCF   –         9 – 2  
#22 Notre Dame   –         9 – 3  
Louisiana Tech   –         6 – 6  
Louisiana–Monroe   –         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 in the college football season of 1998, and was the eighth team fielded by the school. The team's head coach was Watson Brown, who was entering his fourth season as the program'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 would finish their third season at the I-A level with a record of 4-7.[1]

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Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 12:30 PM at #3 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE L 7-38   75,921
September 19 6:00 PM Tennessee Tech Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 38-6   18,500
September 26 6:00 PM Kansas Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 37-39 4OT  30,543
October 3 6:00 PM SW Louisiana Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 24-13   14,217
October 10 2:30 PM at East Carolina Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC FSN L 7-26   31,002
October 17 6:00 PM at Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA L 23-54   13,876
October 24 6:00 PM #21 Virginia Tech Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 0-41   31,897
October 31 7:00 PM at NE Louisiana Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA L 14-20   11,886
November 7 3:00 PM at #2 Tennessee Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN PPV L 13-37   106,508
November 14 1:00 PM Middle Tennessee State Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 26-17   10,263
November 21 1:00 PM UT Martin Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 48-17   3,571
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.
Schedule Source: 2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I

References

  1. ^ "2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I". University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. http://uabsports.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/albr/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/RecordsHistoryI-08. Retrieved 2008-09-19. 
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