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
Offensive coordinator	Pat Sullivan(7th year)
Defensive coordinator	Wayne Bolt (3rd year)
Home stadium	Legion Field (Capacity: 71,594)

2005 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East 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	–	5					4	–	7
UAB		3	–	5					5	–	6
West 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	SMU		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. Homecoming. ^#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.