UAB·Conference USA

2021 — The Winning Chapter

UAB's 2021 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Won the Independence Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +2.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Jack Sta 31-0 L @ Georgia 7-56 W @ Nort Tex 40-6 W @ Tulane 28-21 L vs Liberty 12-36 W vs Flor Atl 31-14 W @ Sout Mis 34-0 L vs Rice 24-30 W vs Loui Tec 52-38 W @ Marshall 21-14 L @ UTSA 31-34 W vs UTEP 42-25 W @ BYU 31-28 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: UAB 40, North Texas 6. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: UAB 7, Georgia 56. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: UAB beat BYU 31-28 in the postseason.

"Roar"
— UAB fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 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.