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UARivalry History
Battle for the Bones
Memphis and UAB have met 18 times since 1997. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 7-11
- Current streak
- UAB 1 game
- Longest streak
- UAB 7 games (2000-2006)
- Avg. margin / points
- 14.7 / 51.3
Series overview
Memphis 7-11 UAB. Current streak: UAB 1 game.
Last five meetings
Memphis 3 | UAB 2
Largest margin
37 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 1997 through 2025.
- 18 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Oct 18, 2025.
Related pages
Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.
Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
Memphis and UAB have a tracked series that starts in 1997 and spans 18 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
The Bones gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 1997-2025
- Busiest era
- 2000s, 10 games
- Longest pause
- 10 years (2012-2023)
- 2000s10 games
- 2010s3 games
- 2020s3 games
- 1990s2 games
Biggest games and recent trend
Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.
4 featured games
Latest meeting
2025 - Oct 18, 2025
Memphis 24, UAB 31. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
2008 - Oct 3, 2008
Memphis 33, UAB 30. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
2011 - Nov 12, 2011
Memphis 35, UAB 41. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Largest margin
2012 - Nov 17, 2012
Memphis 46, UAB 9. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- Memphis 3, UAB 2 across 5 games
- Last ten
- Memphis 5, UAB 5 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Balanced scoring profile; average total 51.3, average margin 14.7.
- Current streak
- UAB 1 game
Players and coaches from recent chapters
Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.
Brendon Lewis
Memphis, 2025
Passing Yards: 2673
Cortez Braham
Memphis, 2025
Receiving Yards: 889
Sutton Smith
Memphis, 2025
Rushing Yards: 669
Iverson Hooks
UAB, 2025
Receiving Yards: 927
Jalen Kitna
UAB, 2025
Passing Yards: 2462
Jevon Jackson
UAB, 2025
Rushing Yards: 900
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis - 2023-2025 - 21-5
Trent Dilfer
UAB - 2023-2025 - 7-17
Justin Fuente
Memphis - 2012 - 4-8
Larry Porter
Memphis - 2011 - 2-10
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 69F, 1 windy.
Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.
Memphis team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
UAB team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Memphis season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
UAB season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Memphis weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
UAB weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Game stats archive
Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.
Rankings
Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.
College football records
National record and history context.
Historical comparison
Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.
Recent rivalry results
The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.
10 most recent tracked games
| Date | Matchup | Score | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2025 | Memphis at UAB | Memphis 24, UAB 31 | Protective Stadium | UAB |
| Nov 17, 2024 | UAB at Memphis | Memphis 53, UAB 18 | Venue unavailable | Memphis |
| Oct 21, 2023 | Memphis at UAB | Memphis 45, UAB 21 | Venue unavailable | Memphis |
| Nov 17, 2012 | Memphis at UAB | Memphis 46, UAB 9 | Venue unavailable | Memphis |
| Nov 12, 2011 | UAB at Memphis | Memphis 35, UAB 41 | Venue unavailable | UAB |
| Nov 20, 2010 | Memphis at UAB | Memphis 15, UAB 31 | Venue unavailable | UAB |
| Nov 14, 2009 | UAB at Memphis | Memphis 21, UAB 31 | Venue unavailable | UAB |
| Oct 3, 2008 | Memphis at UAB | Memphis 33, UAB 30 | Venue unavailable | Memphis |
| Nov 17, 2007 | UAB at Memphis | Memphis 25, UAB 9 | Venue unavailable | Memphis |
| Oct 7, 2006 | Memphis at UAB | Memphis 29, UAB 35 | Venue unavailable | UAB |
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