‘We didn’t deviate’: How UAB persevered through 42-day layoff
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
The UAB football team withstood a 42-day layoff before winning its third straight division title. (UAB Athletics)
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It’s also the number of days the UAB football team went between consecutive losses and a division-clinching win over the Rice Owls with a depleted roster, due to COVID-19 tests and subsequent contact tracing.
The Blazers (5-3, 3-1 C-USA) had the longest layoff of any team to play this fall but stuck to their weekly routine though the cancellation of four straight games and now have a chance to win its second league title against Marshall in the 2020 Ryan Conference USA Championship Game, Friday, Dec. 18, at Joan. C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.