The 2021 season's largest margin: UAB 40, North Texas 6. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Winning Chapter
UAB's 2021 season (8-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Dylan HopkinsQB2,274 passing yards
- Tyler Johnston IIIQB408 passing yards
- DeWayne McBrideRB1,371 rushing yards
- Jermaine Brown Jr.RB631 rushing yards
- Lucious StanleyRB213 rushing yards
- Trea ShropshireWR703 receiving yards
- Gerrit PrinceTE699 receiving yards
- RaJae JohnsonWR394 receiving yards
- Noah WilderLB93 tackles
- Antonio MoultrieDL62 tackles
- Will BolerS60 tackles
- Alex WrightLB6 sacks
- Justin ThomasLB4.5 sacks
- Fish McWilliamsDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: UAB 7, Georgia 56. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: UAB beat BYU 31-28 in the postseason.
"Roar"
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.