UAB·Conference USA

2017 — The Winning Chapter

UAB's 2017 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the Bahamas Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Alab A&M 38-7 L @ Ball Sta 31-51 W vs Coas Car 30-23 L @ Nort Tex 43-46 W vs Loui Tec 23-22 W vs Midd Ten 25-23 L @ Charlo 24-25 W @ Sout Mis 30-12 W vs Rice 52-21 W @ UTSA 24-19 L @ Florida 7-36 W vs UTEP 28-7 L @ Ohio 6-41 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: UAB 38, Alabama A&M 7. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: UAB 6, Ohio 41. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: UAB fell to Ohio 6-41 in the postseason.

"Roar"
— UAB fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for UAB — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.