Football Announces 2020 Home Matchup With UAB

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The University of Miami football program announced Monday that it will host UAB in a nonconference game at Hard Rock Stadium on September 19, 2020.

The matchup will mark the first-ever contest between the two schools.

“We’re excited about the addition of UAB to our schedule for 2020,” Deputy Director of Athletics and Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Strawley said. “We are always striving for a competitive nonconference slate to complement our ACC schedule.”

The matchup with the Blazers adds to a 2020 nonconference schedule that includes a home game with Temple (Sept. 5) and a road tilt at Michigan State (Sept. 26).

The Hurricanes also have future out-of-conference games scheduled with LSU in Arlington, Texas (2018), Florida in Orlando, Fla., (2019), Alabama in Atlanta (2021), Michigan State at home (2021), and Texas A&M, away and home (2022 and 2023).