2005 UAB Blazers football team

2005 UAB Blazers football
Conference Conference USA East Division
2005 record 5–6 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach Watson Brown
Home stadium Legion Field
2005 Conference USA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
UCF x   7 – 1         8 – 5  
Southern Miss   5 – 3         7 – 5  
Memphis   5 – 3         7 – 5  
East Carolina   4 – 4         5 – 6  
Marshall   3 – 4         4 – 7  
UAB   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Western Division
Tulsa x†   6 – 2         9 – 4  
UTEP   5 – 3         8 – 4  
Houston   4 – 4         6 – 6  
SMU   4 – 4         5 – 6  
Tulane   1 – 7         2 – 9  
Rice   1 – 7         1 – 10  
Championship: Tulsa 44, Central Florida 27
† – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 2005, and was the fifteenth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his eleventh season as UAB's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their tenth season at the I-A level, and seventh affiliated with a conference with a record of 5–6 (3–5 C-USA).[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 11:30 AM at #3 Tennessee* Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN JP Sports L 10–17   107,529
September 10 7:00 PM at Troy* Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, AL W 27–7   22,299
September 17 6:00 PM Jacksonville State* Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 35–28   23,109
October 1 6:00 PM Rice Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 45–26   10,580
October 8 6:00 PM SMUdagger Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 27–28   23,255
October 15 4:00 PM at Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV L 19–20   27,182
October 21 7:00 PM Southern Miss Legion Field • Birmingham, AL ESPN L 28–37   31,363
November 1 6:30 PM at Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones) ESPN2 W 37–20   47,669
November 12 3:00 PM UCF Legion Field • Birmingham, AL CSTV L 21–27   12,199
November 19 5:05 PM at #24 UTEP Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX W 35–23   47,967
November 26 11:00 AM at East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 23–31   26,990
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.
Schedule Source: 2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I

References

  1. ↑ "2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I". University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2008.