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The 1997 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the seventh team fielded by the school. The team's head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his third 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 finished their second season at the I-A level with a record of 5–6.
1997 UAB Blazers football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 5–6 |
Head coach |
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Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Bill Clay (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Legion Field |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | – | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | – | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northeast Louisiana | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | – | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwestern Louisiana | – | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Kansas | L 0–24 | 32,100 | [1] | |
September 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at Memphis | L 7–28 | 24,108 | [2] | |
September 13 | 9:00 p.m. | at Arizona | L 10–24 | 36,309 | [3] | |
September 20 | 7:00 p.m. | Jacksonville State | W 34–16 | 23,775 | [4] | |
September 27 | 7:00 p.m. | at Southwestern Louisiana | W 42–7 | 15,024 | [5] | |
October 4 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 3 (I-AA) Western Kentucky![]() |
| W 20–16 | 17,385 | [6] |
October 11 | 6:00 p.m. | at Cincinnati | L 29–33 | 20,924 | [7] | |
November 1 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Virginia Tech | L 0–37 | 37,411 | [8] | |
November 8 | 1:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech |
| L 29–32 | 17,225 | [9] |
November 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech |
| W 38–14 | 8,765 | [10] |
November 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Arkansas State | W 13–7 | 7,318 | [11] | |
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