# 2006 UAB Blazers football team

The 2006 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, 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 | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Oklahoma* | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | TBS | L 17–24 | 84,555 |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | East Carolina | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | | W 17–12 | 23,116 |
| September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Georgia* | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA | | L 0–34 | 92,746 |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi State* | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | | L 10–16 $^{OT}$ | 36,104 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Troy* | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | | W 21–3 | 32,818 |
| October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Memphis | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL (Battle for the Bones) | | W 35–29 | 20,644 |
| October 14 | 6:30 p.m. | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | CSTV | L 33–34 | 10,153 |
| October 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Marshall | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | | L 24–31 | 12,344 |
| October 31 | 6:30 p.m. | at SMU | Gerald J. Ford StadiumHighland Park, TX | ESPN2 | L 9–22 | 13,125 |
| November 10 | 7:00 p.m. | UTEP | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | ESPN2 | L 17–36 | 13,809 |
| November 18 | 7:00 p.m. | at Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS | CSTV | L 20–25 | 27,749 |
| November 25 | 11:00 a.m. | at UCF | Citrus BowlOrlando, FL | | L 22–31 | 23,755 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Oklahoma

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

### East Carolina

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

### Georgia

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

### Mississippi State

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

### Troy

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

### Memphis

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

### Rice

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

### Marshall

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

### SMU

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

### UTEP

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

### Southern Miss

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

### UCF

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