[9] UAB fell to Liberty in their first road game[10] but returned home to beat Georgia Southern by two scores the following week.
[16] Their losing skid continued as they lost to UTSA by six points in double overtime,[17] though they rebounded the following week with a win against North Texas.
6 LSU,[19] UAB earned their sixth win and bowl eligibility in their final regular season contest at Louisiana Tech.
[28] They continued their pattern of alternating wins and losses as they entered MAC play to begin the month of October, falling to Buffalo[29] before returning home to defeat Kent State.
[30] Miami lost two consecutive games for the first time starting the next week, as both Bowling Green[31] and Western Michigan got the best of the RedHawks, dropping them to 3–5.
[32] They earned a second conference win at Akron to finish October but dropped their sixth game at home to Ohio following a bye week.
[38] The Bahamas Bowl was televised by ESPN, and had a commentary team of Steve Levy, Joey Galloway, and Kris Budden.
[41] The game's Mountain West Conference officiating crew was led by referee Tim Davis and umpire Rico Orsot.
This turnover on downs gave UAB the ball at their own 32-yard-line, and the Blazers started their first drive with a 46-yard pass from Dylan Hopkins to Trea Shropshire.
Another touchback gave Miami the ball at their own 25-yard-line to begin again, but their offense was less successful this time around as they gained only four yards and went three-and-out, with Dom Dzioban's punt fair caught at the UAB 30-yard-line.
The Blazers offense saw success again on their first play; despite only gaining five yards, another fifteen were added due to an unnecessary roughness penalty called against Miami's Ja'Von Kimpson.
They reached the Miami 26-yard-line before facing 3rd & 9, which they did not convert; Quinn made a 42-yard field goal on fourth down to conclude the drive and push UAB's lead to ten points.
The Blazers offense started quickly again, with back-to-back first downs to begin the drive on a 16-yard pass and a defensive holding penalty, putting them in Miami territory.
On the following play, Smith passed to Mac Hippenhammer for a 33-yard touchdown, though Graham Nicholson's extra point attempt was blocked.
Miami moved the ball into UAB territory in three plays on their ensuing drive, with a pair of passes by Smith and a rush by Tyre Shelton.
A Shelton rush for nine yards got Miami into the red zone, and Smith passed to Kenny Tracy for a 10-yard touchdown three plays later to give the RedHawks the lead by three points.
This set up a 47-yard field goal attempt by Nicholson, which was missed wide right, giving the ball back to UAB at their own 30-yard-line with four minutes remaining.
A facemask penalty moved the ball spot up to the UAB 15-yard-line, but a pass from Smith to Jalen Walker came up two yards short of the end zone as time ran out.