# 2017 UAB Blazers football team

The 2017 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by second-year head coach Bill Clark and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They received an invitation to the Bahamas Bowl, where they lost to Ohio.
The 2017 season marked the return of UAB football after a two-year hiatus following the elimination of the program in December 2014 and its subsequent reinstatement in July 2015.

## Spring Game

The 2017 Spring Game took place at Legion Field, on April 1, at 1:00 p.m., and the Green team, composed of starters, defeated the Gold team 49–7 before 7,822 fans.
| Date | Time | Spring Game | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| April 1 | 1:00 p.m. | Green vs. Gold | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL | WABM MY68 | Green 49–7 | 7,822 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 2:30 p.m. | Alabama A&M* | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | Stadium | W 38–7 | 45,212 |
| September 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Ball State* | Scheumann StadiumMuncie, IN | ESPN3 | L 31–51 | 11,555 |
| September 16 | 11:00 a.m. | Coastal Carolina* | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | WBRC-TV | W 30–23 | 24,789 |
| September 23 | 5:30 p.m. | at North Texas | Apogee StadiumDenton, TX | beIN | L 43–46 | 20,142 |
| October 7 | 3:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | CUSA.TV | W 23–22 | 27,213 |
| October 14 | 5:30 p.m. | Middle Tennessee | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | beIN | W 25–23 | 25,309 |
| October 21 | 5:30 p.m. | at Charlotte | Jerry Richardson StadiumCharlotte, NC | beIN | L 24–25 $^{OT}$ | 11,889 |
| October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS | CUSA.TV | W 30–12 | 19,101 |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Rice | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | CUSA.TV | W 52–21 | 21,224 |
| November 11 | 6:00 p.m. | at UTSA | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | CUSA.TV | W 24–19 | 20,076 |
| November 18 | 3:00 p.m. | at Florida* | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL | SECN | L 7–36 | 84,649 |
| November 25 | 12:00 p.m. | UTEP | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | | W 28–7 | 14,505 |
| December 22 | 11:30 a.m. | vs. Ohio* | Thomas Robinson StadiumNassau, Bahamas (Bahamas Bowl) | ESPN | L 6–41 | 13,585 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Alabama A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| ALA&M Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Blazers | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |

### At Ball State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Cardinals | 7 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 51 |

### Coastal Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| Blazers | 13 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 30 |

### At North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 7 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| Mean Green | 10 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 46 |

### Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| Blazers | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 23 |

### Middle Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Blazers | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 25 |

### At Charlotte

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Blazers | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 49ers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 |

### At Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 7 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 30 |
| Golden Eagles | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |

### Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Blazers | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 52 |

### At UTSA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Roadrunners | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 |

### At Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Gators | 6 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 36 |

### UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miners | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Blazers | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 28 |

### Vs. Ohio–Bahamas Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Bobcats | 13 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 41 |