2014 UAB Blazers football team explained

Mode:football
Year:2014
Next Year:2017
Team:UAB Blazers
Conference:Conference USA
Division:East Division
Short Conf:C-USA
Record:6–6
Conf Record:4–4
Head Coach:Bill Clark
Hc Year:1st
Off Coach:Bryant Vincent
Oc Year:1st
Def Coach:Duwan Walker
Dc Year:1st
Off Scheme:Spread option
Def Scheme:Multiple 4–2–5
Stadium:Legion Field

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.[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

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Game summaries

Troy

Mississippi State

Alabama A&M

FIU

WKU

North Texas

Middle Tennessee

Arkansas

Florida Atlantic

Louisiana Tech

Marshall

Southern Miss

Notes and References

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