2007 UAB Blazers football team explained

Year:2007
Team:UAB Blazers
Conference:Conference USA
Division:East Division
Short Conf:C-USA
Record:2–10
Conf Record:1–7
Hc Year:1st
Oc Year:1st
Dc Year:1st
Stadium:Legion Field

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

[1]

Game summaries

Michigan State

See also: 2007 Michigan State Spartans football team. 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.[2]

Florida State

See also: 2007 Florida State Seminoles football team. 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.[3]

Alcorn State

See also: Alcorn State University. 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.[4]

Tulsa

See also: Tulsa Golden Hurricane football. [5]

Mississippi State

See also: 2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team. [6]

Tulane

See also: Tulane Green Wave football. [7]

Houston

See also: Houston Cougars football. [8]

East Carolina

See also: 2007 East Carolina Pirates football team. [9]

Southern Miss

See also: Southern Miss Golden Eagles football.

UCF

See also: UCF Knights football. [10]

Memphis

See also: Memphis Tigers football. [11]

Marshall

See also: Marshall Thundering Herd football. [12]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I. University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. September 21, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080928102421/http://uabsports.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/albr/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/RecordsHistoryI-08. September 28, 2008 . dead.
  2. Web site: UAB vs Michigan State (Sep 01, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20080906171100/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab01.html. 6 September 2008 . live.
  3. Web site: UAB vs Florida State (Sep 08, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. 2011-07-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212830/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab0908.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Alcorn State vs UAB (Sep 15, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. 2008-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20080723063011/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab03.html. dead.
  5. Web site: UAB vs Tulsa (Sep 29, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. 2011-07-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212842/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab04.html. dead.
  6. Web site: UAB vs Mississippi State (Oct 06, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20080808150357/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab05.html. 8 August 2008 . live.
  7. Web site: Tulane vs UAB (Oct 13, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. 2011-07-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212851/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab06.html. dead.
  8. Web site: Houston vs UAB (Oct 20, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20080807173152/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab07.html. 7 August 2008 . live.
  9. Web site: UAB vs East Carolina (Oct 27, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20080821031357/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab8.html. 21 August 2008 . live.
  10. Web site: UCF vs UAB (Nov 10, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20080807173410/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab10.html. 7 August 2008 . live.
  11. Web site: UAB vs Memphis (Nov 17, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. 2008-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720043949/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab11.html. dead.
  12. Web site: UAB vs Marshall (Nov 24, 2007). University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. 2008-09-21. 2011-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722004549/http://uabsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/uab12.html. dead.

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