UAB Football Announces 2018 Schedule

BIRMINGHAM, AL - On the heels of its best season in program history, the UAB football program announced its 2018 schedule, which is highlighted by six home games and six contests against bowl eligible teams from a year ago. The Blazers have added Tulane and SEC powerhouse Texas A&M to its schedule for the coming season.

"We are eager to build upon the momentum we established last year and look to set more records in 2018," said UAB head coach Bill Clark. "We gained invaluable experience last season and returning 17 starters to this year's team will make for another exciting year of UAB Football."

UAB has three home games in the month of September beginning with the season opener against Savannah State on September 1. The second game of a home-and-home with Coastal Carolina follows a week later in Myrtle Beach before UAB returns to Legion Field to host a familiar opponent in former C-USA foe Tulane on September 15. The Blazers then enter their bye week and will prepare for their Conference USA schedule which opens with a crossover game against East Division opponent Charlotte on September 29. Back-to-back road games follow on October 6 at Louisiana Tech and October 13 at Rice.

Following Rice, UAB will play three of its next four games at home, beginning with reigning West Division Champion North Texas on October 20. A game at UTEP the following week is sandwiched between the homestand and the Blazers return from El Paso to welcome UTSA on November 3 and Southern Miss on November 10. UAB has won six of the last seven contests against Southern Miss and the game on the 10th versus the Golden Eagles concludes UAB's home schedule.

The Blazers finish their non-conference schedule at Kyle Field against Texas A&M of the SEC on November 17 and then travel to Murfreesboro to conclude the regular season with Middle Tennessee on November 24.

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