1996 UAB Blazers football team

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Year=1996
Team=UAB Blazers


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Record= 5-6
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HeadCoach=Watson Brown
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StadiumArena= Legion Field
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The 1996 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the college football season of 1996, and was the sixth team fielded by the school. The team's head coach was Watson Brown, who was entering his second season as the program's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The Blazers would finish their inaugural season at the I-A level with a record of 5-6.cite web
url=http://uabsports.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/albr/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/RecordsHistoryI-08
title= 2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I
publisher=University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information
accessdate=2008-09-19]

chedule

CFB Schedule Start
ranklink=no
time=no
tv=no
rank=no
attend=yesCFB Schedule Entry
date = 8/31/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = at Auburn
rank = no
site_stadium = Jordan-Hare Stadium
site_cityst = Auburn, AL
tv = no
w/l = l
score = 0-29
attend = 80,645CFB Schedule Entry
date = 9/7/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = at Maryland
rank = no
site_stadium = Byrd Stadium
site_cityst = College Park, MD
tv = no
w/l = l
score = 15-39
attend = 30,057CFB Schedule Entry
date = 09/14/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = Arkansas State
rank = no
site_stadium = Legion Field
site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
tv = no
w/l = w
score = 42-17
attend = 18,236CFB Schedule Entry
date = 09/21/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = Jacksonville State
rank = no
site_stadium = Legion Field
site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
tv = no
w/l = w
score = 24-17
attend = 19,567CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/5/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = Western Kentucky
rank = no
site_stadium = Legion Field
site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
tv = no
w/l = w
score = 24-0
attend = 14,107CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/19/96
nonconf = no
homecoming = yes
time = no
opponent = Southwestern Louisiana
rank = no
site_stadium = Legion Field
site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
tv = no
w/l = w
score = 39-29
attend = 16,327CFB Schedule Entry
date = 10/26/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = at Louisiana Tech
rank = no
site_stadium = Joe Aillet Stadium
site_cityst = Ruston, LA
tv = no
w/l = l
score = 31-35
attend = 11,320CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/2/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = at Vanderbilt
rank = no
site_stadium = Vanderbilt Stadium
site_cityst = Nashville, TN
tv = no
w/l = l
score = 15-31
attend = 30,153CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/9/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = UCF
rank = no
site_stadium = Legion Field
site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
tv = no
w/l = l
score = 13-35
attend = 12,500CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/16/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = Cincinnati
rank = no
site_stadium = Legion Field
site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
tv = no
w/l = l
score = 14-34
attend = 15,000CFB Schedule Entry
date = 11/21/96
nonconf = no
time = no
opponent = Charleston Southern
rank = no
site_stadium = Legion Field
site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
tv = no
w/l = w
score = 49-13
attend = 6,500:Schedule Source: [http://uabsports.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/albr/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/RecordsHistoryI-08 2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I]

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