2001 UAB Blazers football team

2001 UAB Blazers football
Conference	Conference USA East Division
2001 record	6-5 (5-2 C-USA)
Head coach	Watson Brown
Home stadium	Legion Field
Seasons « 2000 2002 »

2001 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#17 Louisville †		6	–	1					11	–	2
Cincinnati		5	–	2					7	–	5
UAB		5	–	2					6	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	2					6	–	6
Southern Miss		4	–	3					6	–	5
TCU		4	–	3					6	–	6
Memphis		3	–	4					5	–	6
Army		2	–	5					3	–	8
Tulane		1	–	6					3	–	9
Houston		0	–	7					0	–	11
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the college football season of 2001, and was the eleventh team fielded by the school. The team's head coach was Watson Brown, who was entering his seventh season as the program's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers would finish their sixth season at the I-A level, and their third affiliated with a conference with a record of 6-5 (5-2 C-USA).^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:05 pm	Montana State*		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	CSS	W 41-13	20,000
September 8	5:35 pm	at Florida State*		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	L 7-29	79,388
September 22	4:00 pm	Army		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 55-3	25,000
September 29	6:00 pm	at Southern Miss		M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	CSS	L 0-3	29,782
October 6	5:00 PM	at UCF*		Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL	CSS	L 7-24	30,820
October 13	4:00 pm	Cincinnati		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		L 17-31	14,417
October 20	4:00 pm	Tulane		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 34-27	16,291
October 27	1:05 pm	at Memphis		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones)	WABM	W 17-14	25,462
November 10	4:05 pm	TCU		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 38-17	16,972
November 17	7:05 pm	at Houston		Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		W 43-21	11,647
December 1	1:30 pm	at Pittsburgh*		Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA		L 6-24	40,855
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source: 2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I

Game Summaries

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Montana State	0	10	3	0	13
UAB	7	10	17	7	41

^[2]

Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	0	7	0	7
Florida State	3	10	13	3	29

^[3]

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Army	3	0	0	0	3
UAB	14	20	14	7	55

^[4]

Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Miss	0	3	0	0	3

^[5]

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	0	3	0	3
UCF	0	3	14	7	24

^[6]

Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cincinnati	0	14	14	3	31
UAB	10	0	7	0	17

^[7]

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	0	10	14	3	27
UAB	10	7	7	10	34

^[8]

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	10	7	0	17
Memphis	7	0	0	7	14

^[9]

TCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	3	0	14	17
UAB	0	14	10	14	38

^[10]

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	14	6	7	16	43
Houston	7	0	14	0	21

^[11]

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	3	3	0	6
Pittsburgh	14	10	0	0	24

^[12]

References

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