# 2007 UAB Blazers football team

The 2007 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and was the 17th team fielded by the school. The Blazers were led by first-year head coach Neil Callaway and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their twelfth season at the NCAA I-A/FBS level and their ninth affiliated with a conference with a record of 2–10 (1–7 C-USA).

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 11:00 a.m. | at Michigan State* | Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI | ESPN2 | L 18–55 | 67,796 |
| September 8 | 4:00 p.m. | at Florida State* | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | ESPNU | L 24–34 | 78,673 |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Alcorn State* | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | | W 22–0 | 21,828 |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at Tulsa | Chapman StadiumTulsa, OK | | L 30–38 | 22,710 |
| October 6 | 1:30 p.m. | at Mississippi State* | Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MS | | L 13–30 | 45,259 |
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Tulane | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | | W 26–21 | 24,144 |
| October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Houston | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | | L 10–49 | 11,588 |
| October 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | | L 6–41 | 41,125 |
| November 3 | 6:00 p.m. | Southern Miss | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | CSS | L 7–37 | 13,348 |
| November 10 | 6:30 p.m. | UCF | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | CSTV | L 31–45 | 12,621 |
| November 17 | 2:30 p.m. | at Memphis | Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN (Battle for the Bones) | CSS | L 9–25 | 31,138 |
| November 24 | 3:30 p.m. | at Marshall | Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV | | L 39–46 | 26,762 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Michigan State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UAB | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| Michigan State | 21 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 55 |
In the first game of the Neil Callaway era, the Blazers would make their first-ever trip to the state of Michigan in this 55–18 defeat by the Spartans. The Blazers would fall behind 42–0 before Swayze Waters hit a 35-yard field goal before the half. After a safety early in the third, Waters would hit a pair of long field goals (50 and 47 yards) and score the seasons' first touchdown on a 15-yard Joseph Webb reception from Sam Hunt in the fourth. For the game, the Blazers were outgained on offense 593 to 226 total yards.

### Florida State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UAB | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Florida State | 3 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 34 |
On the road, the Blazers would take a 17–10 lead at the half only to give up 21 points in the third in this 34–24 defeat to the Seminoles. UAB would take the early lead on a 27-yard Swayze Waters field goal, and extend it to 10–0 on FSU's ensuing possession with Will Dunbar returning an interception 21-yards for the score. In the second, Sam Hunt would score on a 4-yard run to extend the lead to 17–3, before the Seminoles responded with a touchdown of their own in narrowing the lead to 17–10 at the half. Florida State would open the third with a pair of touchdowns to take a 24–17 lead, before UAB responded with a 16-yard Joseph Webb touchdown reception from Hunt to knot the game at 24. However, the Seminoles would close the game with 10 unanswered points to seal the 34–24 win.

### Alcorn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Alcorn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UAB | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
The first win of the Callaway era would come in the seasons first home game with a 22–0 victory over the FCS Braves of Alcorn State. Swayze Waters would star in hitting 5 field goals from 42, 32, 52, 22 and 38 yards respectively. The Blazers would visit the end zone only once on a 4-yard David Sigler touchdown reception from Sam Hunt in the second quarter. For the game, Waters set a team record for most field goals in a game, tied the team record for longest Blazer field goal (52 yards) and tied the conference record for most field goals in a game.

### Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UAB | 0 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| Tulsa | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 38 |

### Mississippi State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UAB | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Mississippi State | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 30 |

### Tulane

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tulane | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| UAB | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 |

### Houston

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Houston | 14 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| UAB | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### East Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UAB | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| East Carolina | 10 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 41 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Southern Miss | 3 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 37 |
| UAB | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### UCF

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UCF | 10 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| UAB | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 31 |

### Memphis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UAB | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Memphis | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 25 |

### Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UAB | 7 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 39 |
| Marshall | 14 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 46 |

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

* Neil Callaway – Head Coach
* Kim Helton – Offensive coordinator/tight ends
* Eric Schumann – Defensive coordinator/safeties
* Corey Barlow – Cornerbacks
* Tim Bowens – Receivers
* Lorenzo Costantini – Defensive line
* Steve Davenport – Running backs
* Will Friend – Offensive line
* Tyson Helton – Quarterbacks/recruiting coordinator
* Tyson Summers – Linebackers
* Steve Martin – Strength and Conditioning/Football & Baseball
* Ervin Lewis – Director of Football Operations