1996 UAB Blazers football team

1996 UAB Blazers football
Conference Independent
1996 record 5–6
Head coach Watson Brown
Home stadium Legion Field
(Capacity: 83,091)
1996 Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#25 Army   –         10 – 2  
Navy   –         9 – 3  
#19 Notre Dame   –         9 – 3  
East Carolina   –         8 – 3  
Louisiana Tech   –         6 – 5  
UAB   –         5 – 6  
UCF   –         5 – 6  
Southwestern Louisiana   –         5 – 6  
Northeast Louisiana   –         5 – 6  
Arkansas State   –         4 – 7  
Northern Illinois   –         1 – 10  
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the sixth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his second season as the UAB's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The Blazers would finish their inaugural season at the I-A level with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6).[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
August 31 5:30 PM at Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL L 0–29   80,645
September 7 6:00 PM at Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD L 15–39   30,057
September 14 6:00 PM Arkansas State Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 42–17   18,236
September 21 6:00 PM Jacksonville State Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 24–17   19,567
October 5 6:00 PM Western Kentucky Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 24–0   14,107
October 19 1:00 PM Southwestern Louisianadagger Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 39–29   16,327
October 26 6:00 PM at Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA L 31–35   11,320
November 2 1:00 PM at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN L 15–31   30,153
November 9 1:00 PM UCF Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 13–35   12,500
November 16 1:00 PM Cincinnati Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 14–34   15,000
November 21 6:30 PM Charleston Southern Legion Field • Birmingham, AL W 49–13   6,500
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. 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 19, 2008.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, November 16, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.