The 1998 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 1998, and was the eighth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his fourth season as UAB's head coach. They played five of their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and one home game at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The Blazers finished their third season at the I-A level with a record of 4–7.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	12:30 p.m.	at No. 3 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		L 7–38	75,921	[1]
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 38–6	18,500	[2]
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Kansas	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 37–39 4OT	30,543	[3]
October 3	6:00 p.m.	Southwestern Louisiana	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 24–13	14,217	[4]
October 10	2:30 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	L 7–26	31,002	[5]
October 17	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA		L 23–54	13,876	[6]
October 24	6:00 p.m.	No. 21 Virginia Tech	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 0–41	31,897	[7]
October 31	7:00 p.m.	at Northeast Louisiana	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA		L 14–20	11,886	[8]
November 7	3:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	PPV	L 13–37	106,508	[9]
November 14	1:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee State	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 26–17	10,263	[10]
November 21	1:00 p.m.	Tennessee–Martin	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL		W 48–17	3,571	[11]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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