American college football season
2019 UAB Blazers football |
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Conference | Conference USA |
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Division | West Division |
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2019 record | 9–5 (6–2 C-USA) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Bryant Vincent (3rd season) |
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Defensive coordinator | David Reeves (3rd season) |
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Home stadium | Legion Field (Capacity: 71,594) |
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Seasons |
The 2019 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blazers played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Clark.
Preseason[]
CUSA media poll[]
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Blazers predicted to finish in fourth place in the West Division.[1]
West Division
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Predicted finish
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Team (# of 1st place votes)
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1 |
North Texas (20)
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2 |
Southern Miss (4)
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3 |
Louisiana Tech
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4 |
UAB (2)
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5 |
UTSA
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6 |
Rice
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7 |
UTEP
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Preseason All-Conference USA teams[]
2019 Preseason All-Conference USA[2]
All-CUSA Defense[2]
Position
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Player
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Class
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DL
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Garrett Marino
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Sr.
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All-CUSA Special Teams[2]
Position
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Player
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Class
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No players were selected
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Schedule[]
UAB announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[3] The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Alabama State* | | ESPN+ | W 24–19 | 39,165 |
September 7 | 11:00 a.m. | at Akron* | | CBSSN | W 31–20 | 18,972 |
September 21 | 2:30 p.m. | South Alabama* | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| NFLN | W 35–3 | 27,932 |
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | | ESPN+ | L 13–20 | 20,304 |
October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Rice | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| ESPN+ | W 35–20 | 23,526 |
October 12 | 5:00 p.m. | at UTSA | | ESPN+ | W 33–14 | 15,728 |
October 19 | 3:00 p.m. | Old Dominion![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| ESPN+ | W 38–14 | 19,511 |
November 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at Tennessee* | | ESPNU | L 7–30 | 85,791 |
November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at Southern Miss | | NFLN | L 2–37 | 23,819 |
November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | UTEP | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| ESPN3 | W 37–10 | 19,875 |
November 23 | 2:30 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| ESPN+ | W 20–14 | 18,346 |
November 30 | 3:00 p.m. | at North Texas | | Stadium | W 26–21 | 16,406 |
December 7 | 12:30 p.m. | Florida Atlantic | | CBSSN | L 6–49 | 14,387 |
December 21 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 20 Appalachian State* | | ESPN | L 17–31 | 21,202 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game
- All times are in Central time
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[4]
Game summaries[]
Alabama State[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Hornets
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13
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0
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6
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0 |
19 |
Blazers
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14
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10
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0
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0 |
24 |
at Akron[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Blazers
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7
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10
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14
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0 |
31 |
Zips
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6
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0
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0
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14 |
20 |
South Alabama[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Jaguars
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3
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0
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0
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0 |
3 |
Blazers
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14
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14
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7
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0 |
35 |
at Western Kentucky[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Blazers
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3
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7
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3
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0 |
13 |
Hilltoppers
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3
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10
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0
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7 |
20 |
Rice[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Owls
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7
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13
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0
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0 |
20 |
Blazers
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0
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21
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14
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0 |
35 |
at UTSA[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Blazers
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3
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13
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7
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10 |
33 |
Roadrunners
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0
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7
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7
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0 |
14 |
Old Dominion[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Monarchs
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0
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3
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11
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0 |
14 |
Blazers
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14
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14
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7
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3 |
38 |
at Tennessee[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Blazers
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0
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0
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0
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7 |
7 |
Volunteers
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6
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17
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7
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0 |
30 |
at Southern Miss[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Blazers
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0
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2
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0
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0 |
2 |
Golden Eagles
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7
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13
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10
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7 |
37 |
UTEP[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Miners
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0
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7
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0
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3 |
10 |
Blazers
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17
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6
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7
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7 |
37 |
Louisiana Tech[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
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0
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7
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0
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7 |
14 |
Blazers
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3
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10
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7
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0 |
20 |
at North Texas[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Blazers
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3
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14
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9
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0 |
26 |
Mean Green
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7
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7
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7
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0 |
21 |
at Florida Atlantic (C-USA Championship Game)[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Blazers
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3
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3
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0
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0 |
6 |
Owls
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14
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21
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7
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7 |
49 |
vs. Appalachian State (New Orleans Bowl)[]
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Blazers
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0 |
No. 20 Mountaineers
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0 |
References[]
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Venues | |
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Bowls & rivalries |
- Bowl games
- Memphis: Battle for the Bones
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Culture & lore | |
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People | |
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