2020 UAB Blazers football team


The 2020 UAB Blazers football team will represent the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blazers will play their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and compete in the West Division of Conference USA. They will be led by fifth-year head coach Bill Clark.

Previous season

The Blazers finished the 2019 regular season 9–5, 6–2 in CUSA play which they tied for first in the West Division with Louisiana Tech. Due to defeating the Bulldogs in the head to head matchup, UAB played against Florida Atlantic in the conference championship game. The Blazers played in the game for the second consecutive year, which they lost in the game for the first time. The team was invited to play in the New Orleans Bowl against Appalachian State, where the Blazers took their fifth loss of the season.

Preseason

Death of Jamari Smith

On May 28, 2020, it was announced that incoming freshman Jamari Smith, from Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, had died after drowning while swimming with friends.

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

CUSA media days

The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.
Media poll

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

UAB announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020. The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.
The Blazers had games scheduled against Alabama A&M and Miami, but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Game summaries

New Mexico State

at Miami

at South Alabama

UTSA

at Rice

Western Kentucky

at Louisiana Tech

at Old Dominion

North Texas

at UTEP

Southern Miss