2014 UAB Blazers football team

2014 UAB Blazers football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record6–6 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBryant Vincent (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorDuwan Walker (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–2–5
Home stadiumLegion Field
2014 Conference USA football standings
Conf. Overall
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  
  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) as a member of the East Division in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Bill Clark, the Blazers compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in three-way tie for third in C-USA's East Division. The team played 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 L. Watts announced that the Southern Miss victory would be the last for the program as the university would not field a football 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. Clark won the Conference USA Coach of the Year award. Nonetheless, they became the first NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) school to stop sponsoring football since the Pacific Tigers football was discontinued in 1995.[1]

On June 1, 2015, Watts announced that UAB 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*
FCSW 48–1027,133
September 61:00 p.m.at Mississippi State*
SECRNL 34–4757,704
September 132:30 p.m.Alabama A&M*
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
ASNW 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*
SECNL 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
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[4][5][6]

Game summaries

Troy

1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 7 3 0 0 10
Blazers 17 7 14 10 48

Mississippi State

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 3 17 7 7 34
Bulldogs 13 13 21 0 47

Alabama A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 7 0 0 14
Blazers 0 21 20 0 41

FIU

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

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

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. ^ "UAB Blazers Schedule 2014". ESPN. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  5. ^ "2014 UAB Blazers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  6. ^ "2014 Football Schedule". University of Alabama at Birmingham. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
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