1997 UAB Blazers football team

1997 UAB Blazers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–6
Head coach	Watson Brown (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Clay (1st season)
Home stadium	Legion Field (Capacity: 83,091)

1997 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:00 p.m.	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 0–24	32,100
September 6	7:00 p.m.	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones)	L 7–28	24,108
September 13	9:00 p.m.	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 10–24	36,309
September 20	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	W 34–16	23,775
September 27	7:00 p.m.	at Southwestern Louisiana	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	W 42–7	15,024
October 4	7:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	W 20–16	17,385
October 11	6:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 29–33	20,924
November 1	1:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–37	37,411
November 8	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 29–32	17,225
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	W 38–14	8,765
November 22	2:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR	W 13–7	7,318
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time