The 2020 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as a member of the West Division in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Bill Clark, the Blazers compiled an overall record of 6âÂÂ3 with a mark of 3âÂÂ1 in conference play, winning C-USA's West Division title. UAB advanced to the C-USA Championship Game, where the Blazers defeated Marshall to capture the conference championship. They accepted a bid to the Gasparilla Bowl, but four games prior to the game, on December 22, the Blazers' opponent, South Carolina, withdrew from the bowl due to COVID-19 issues. As no replacement team was available, the bowl game was subsequently canceled. The team played home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.
UAB announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020. The 2020 schedule originally planned consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season. The Blazers had games scheduled against Alabama A&M, New Mexico State, Old Dominion, UTEP, and Middle Tennessee that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On May 28, 2020, it was announced that incoming freshman Jamari Smith, from Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, had drowned while swimming with friends.
The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.