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The 1998 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as a independent during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the eighth team fielded by the school. Led by fourth-year head coach Watson Brown, the Blazers compiled a record of 4–7 in their third season at the NCAA Division I-A level. UAB played five home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and one home game at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.

ConferenceIndependent
Record4–7
Headcoach
OffensiveschemeMultiple
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1998 UAB Blazers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–7
Head coach
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorBill Clay (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumLegion Field
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Seasons
 1997
1999 
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1998 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
UCF   92 
No. 22 Notre Dame   93 
Louisiana Tech   66 
Northeast Louisiana   56 
UAB   47 
Arkansas State   48 
Navy   38 
Southwestern Louisiana   29 
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 512:30 p.m.at No. 3 NebraskaL 7–3875,921[1]
September 196:00 p.m.Tennessee TechW 38–618,500[2]
September 266:00 p.m.Kansas
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 37–39 4OT30,543[3]
October 36:00 p.m.Southwestern Louisiana
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 24–1314,217[4]
October 102:30 p.m.at East CarolinaFSNL 7–2631,002[5]
October 176:00 p.m.at Louisiana TechL 23–5413,876[6]
October 246:00 p.m.No. 21 Virginia Techdagger
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 0–4131,897[7]
October 317:00 p.m.at Northeast LouisianaL 14–2011,886[8]
November 73:00 p.m.at No. 2 TennesseePPVL 13–37106,508[9]
November 141:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee State
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 26–1710,263[10]
November 211:00 p.m.Tennessee–MartinW 48–173,571[11]
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