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).

2006 UAB Blazers football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	3–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Watson Brown (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Pat Sullivan (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Rick Christophel (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Legion Field

2006 Conference USA football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x		6	–	2					9	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	6
Marshall		4	–	4					5	–	7
UCF		3	–	5					4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6					3	–	9
Memphis		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Rice		6	–	2					7	–	6
Tulsa		5	–	3					8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4					6	–	6
UTEP		3	–	5					5	–	7
Tulane		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	TBS	L 17–24	84,555
September 9	6:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 17–12	23,116
September 16	12:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		L 0–34	92,746
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi State*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 10–16 OT	36,104
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Troy*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 21–3	32,818
October 7	6:00 p.m.	Memphis	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Battle for the Bones)		W 35–29	20,644
October 14	6:30 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	CSTV	L 33–34	10,153
October 21	6:00 p.m.	Marshall	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 24–31	12,344
October 31	6:30 p.m.	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Highland Park, TX	ESPN2	L 9–22	13,125
November 10	7:00 p.m.	UTEP	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	ESPN2	L 17–36	13,809
November 18	7:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	CSTV	L 20–25	27,749
November 25	11:00 a.m.	at UCF	Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL		L 22–31	23,755
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Oklahoma

See also: 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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

East Carolina

See also: 2006 East Carolina Pirates football team

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

Georgia

See also: 2006 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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

Mississippi State

See also: 2006 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

UAB and Mississippi State during the game at Legion Field.

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

Troy

See also: Troy Trojans football

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

Memphis

See also: Memphis Tigers football

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

Rice

See also: Rice Owls football

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

Marshall

See also: Marshall Thundering Herd football

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

SMU

See also: SMU Mustangs football

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

UTEP

See also: UTEP Miners football

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

Southern Miss

See also: Southern Miss Golden Eagles football

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

UCF

See also: UCF Knights football

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