The 2009 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA). The Blazers finished the season 5–7 and 4–4 in C-USA play.
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September 5 | 3:00 p.m. | Rice | | CSS | W 44–24 | 14,316[1] |
September 12 | 3:00 p.m. | SMU | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| | L 33–35 | 18,082[2] |
September 19 | 2:30 p.m. | at Troy* | | CSS/WABM | L 14–27 | 21,182[3] |
September 26 | 6:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M* | | | L 19–56 | 74,656[4] |
October 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Southern Miss | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| CBS C | W 30–17 | 26,871[5] |
October 17 | 6:00 p.m. | at Ole Miss* | | FSN | L 13–48 | 47,612[6] |
October 24 | 11:00 a.m. | at Marshall | | CSS | L 7–27 | 18,878[7] |
October 31 | 3:00 p.m. | at UTEP | | | W 38–33 | 23,063[8] |
November 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Florida Atlantic* | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| | W 56–29 | 17,283[9] |
November 14 | 12:00 p.m. | at Memphis | | CSS | W 31–21 | 18,031[10] |
November 21 | 2:30 p.m. | at East Carolina | | MASN | L 21–37 | 43,056[11] |
November 28 | 12:30 p.m. | UCF | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| CBS C | L 27–34 | 13,381[12] |
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Rice
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Rice |
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3 | 14 | 7 |
24 |
• UAB |
7 |
20 | 14 | 3 |
44 |
- Location: Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
- Game start: 3:07 p.m.
- Elapsed time: 3:05
- Game attendance: 14,316
- Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C), Cloudy, humid
- Referee: Bill Athan
- Television network: CSS
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To open the 2009 season, UAB quarterback Joe Webb would have a record setting day in leading the Blazers to this 44–24 victory over the Owls. For the game, Webb would set both a school and Conference USA record for rushing yards by a quarterback in a single game with 194.[14] For the game, Webb would also complete 12 of 15 passes for another 221 yards and a pair of touchdowns in gaining 415 yards of total offense on the afternoon.[14] For his efforts, Webb was named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week.[15]
SMU
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2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
• SMU |
14 |
14 | 0 | 7 |
35 |
UAB |
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7 | 20 | 6 |
33 |
- Location: Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
- Game start: 3:00 p.m.
- Elapsed time: 3:27
- Game attendance: 18,082
- Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C), Partly sunny, muggy
- Referee: Claur Gausman
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Following an opening week win, the Blazers would fall by a final score of 33–35 to the Mustangs of SMU. After falling behind by a score of 28–7 at the half, the Blazers would rally to within a point of SMU by the end of the third quarter.[16] The Blazers would fall late in the fourth following a failed two-point conversion that would have tied the game at 35 with 00:13 remaining in the game. For the game Webb would rush for 97 yards and a single touchdown in addition to throwing for 226 yards and a pair of touchdowns.[16]
Troy
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UAB |
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0 | 6 | 8 |
14 |
• Troy |
3 |
7 | 14 | 3 |
27 |
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For the second week in a row, the Blazers would fall, and this time it was by a final score of 14–27 on the road to the Trojans of Troy. For the game, UAB only scored on a pair of Josh Zahn field goals and a single, 17-yard Joe Webb touchdown pass in the fourth.[17]
Texas A&M
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2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
UAB |
3 |
3 | 6 | 7 |
19 |
• Texas A&M |
7 |
21 | 14 | 14 |
56 |
- Location: Kyle Field, College Station, Texas
- Game start: 6:05 p.m.
- Elapsed time: 3:05
- Game attendance: 74,656
- Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C), Fair
- Referee: C. Castleberry
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Traveling to College Station to face the Aggies in the evening, the Blazers would fall by a final score of 56–19. For the game, UAB scored on a pair of Josh Zahn field goals, a 10-yard Joe Webb touchdown run in the third and on a 60-yard David Isabelle run in the fourth.[18]
Southern Miss
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Southern Miss |
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10 | 0 | 7 |
17 |
• UAB |
10 |
0 | 7 | 13 |
30 |
- Location: Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
- Game start: 7:04 p.m.
- Elapsed time: 3:07
- Game attendance: 26,871
- Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), Clear
- Referee: R.G. Detillier
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Following three consecutive losses in addition to coming off a short week, the Blazers would defeat Southern Miss for the first time in school history on a Thursday night by a final score of 30–17. UAB would open the scoring with a 27-yard Josh Zahn field goal and a 31-yard Joe Webb touchdown run in the first, only to have the Golden Eagles score 10 in the second to tie the game at the half.[19] In the third, Webb would hit Anderson for a 21-yard touchdown in the third to take a 17–10 lead into the fourth.[19] Zahn would hit a pair of field goals (51 & 32 yards) and Hiram Atwater would seal the game late following a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown.[19]
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"2009–2010 Schedule". University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics Media Relations – UABSports.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009.