2006 UAB Blazers football team

2006 UAB Blazers football
Conference	Conference USA East Division
2006 record	3–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Watson Brown
Offensive coordinator	Pat Sullivan(8th year)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Christophel (2nd stint as DC 11th overall)
Home stadium	Legion Field (Capacity: 71,594)

2006 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x		6	–	2					9	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	6
Marshall		4	–	4					5	–	7
UCF		3	–	5					4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6					3	–	9
Memphis		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Rice		6	–	2					7	–	6
Tulsa		5	–	3					8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4					6	–	6
UTEP		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulane		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 2006, and was the sixteenth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his twelfth season, and subsequently final 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 eleventh season at the I-A level, and eighth affiliated with a conference with a record of 3–9 (2–6 C-USA).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 PM	at #10 Oklahoma*		Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	TBS	L 17–24	84,555
September 9	6:00 PM	East Carolina		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 17–12	23,116
September 16	12:00 PM	at #10 Georgia*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		L 0–34	92,746
September 23	6:00 PM	Mississippi State*		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		L 10–16 OT	36,104
September 30	6:00 PM	Troy*		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 21–3	32,818
October 7	6:00 PM	Memphis		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Battle for the Bones)		W 35–29	20,644
October 14	6:30 PM	at Rice		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CSTV	L 33–34	10,153
October 21	6:00 PM	Marshall		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		L 24–31	12,344
October 31	6:30 PM	at SMU		Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Highland Park, TX	ESPN2	L 9–22	13,125
November 10	7:00 PM	UTEP		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN2	L 17–36	13,809
November 18	7:00 PM	at Southern Miss		M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	CSTV	L 20–25	27,749
November 25	11:00 AM	at UCF		Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL		L 22–31	23,755
*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

Oklahoma

See also: 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	7	10	0	17
Oklahoma	7	0	14	3	24

East Carolina

See also: 2006 East Carolina Pirates football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
East Carolina	3	0	3	6	12
UAB	0	10	0	7	17

Georgia

See also: 2006 Georgia Bulldogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	7	3	10	14	34

Mississippi State

See also: 2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mississippi State	0	3	0	7	6	16
UAB	0	7	0	3	0	10

Troy

See also: Troy Trojans football

	1	2	3	4	Total
Troy	0	3	0	0	3
UAB	14	0	7	0	21

Memphis

See also: Memphis Tigers football

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	10	7	9	3	29
UAB	7	14	14	0	35

Rice

See also: Rice Owls football

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	0	0	0	0
Rice	0	0	0	0	0

Marshall

See also: Marshall Thundering Herd football

	1	2	3	4	Total
Marshall	0	0	0	0	0
UAB	0	0	0	0	0

SMU

See also: SMU Mustangs football

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	6	0	3	9
SMU	0	7	0	15	22

UTEP

See also: UTEP Miners football

	1	2	3	4	Total
UTEP	3	13	6	14	36
UAB	7	3	0	7	17

Southern Miss

See also: Southern Miss Golden Eagles football

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	0	0	20	20
Southern Miss	0	16	7	2	25

UCF

See also: UCF Knights football

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	3	10	9	22
UCF	14	3	0	7	24