2011 UAB Blazers football team

2011 UAB Blazers football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
Record	3–9 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Neil Callaway (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kim Helton (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Tommy West (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Legion Field
Seasons ←  2010 2012  →

2011 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 20 Southern Miss x$		6	–	2					12	–	2
Marshall		5	–	3					7	–	6
East Carolina		4	–	4					5	–	7
UAB		3	–	5					3	–	9
UCF		3	–	5					5	–	7
Memphis		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
No. 18 Houston x		8	–	0					13	–	1
Tulsa		7	–	1					8	–	5
SMU		5	–	3					8	–	5
Rice		3	–	5					4	–	8
UTEP		2	–	6					5	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					2	–	11
Championship: Southern Miss 49, Houston 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 10, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as a member of the East Division in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Neil Callaway in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Blazers compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for fourth place in C-USA's East Division. The team played home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

Callaway was fired at the end of the season. He finished his tenure at UAB with a five-year record of 18–42.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Florida *	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	FSN	L 0–39	87,473
September 17	3:00 p.m.	Tulane	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		L 10–49	17,658
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 23–28	50,023
October 1	6:00 p.m.	at Troy *	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	SportSouth	L 23–24	18,044
October 8	11:00 a.m.	Mississippi State *	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	FSN	L 3–21	28,351
October 15	7:00 p.m.	at Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK	CBSSN	L 20–37	21,494
October 20	7:00 p.m.	UCF	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	CSS	W 26–24	8,872
October 29	11:00 a.m.	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CSS	L 14–59	20,735
November 5	6:00 p.m.	No. 14 Houston	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	CBSSN	L 13–56	13,909
November 12	3:15 p.m.	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Battle for the Bones)		W 41–35	17,848
November 17	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Southern Mississippi	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	CBSSN	W 34–31	14,103
November 26	6:00 p.m.	at Florida Atlantic *	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL		L 35–38	12,044
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References

1. "UAB Announces 2011 Football Schedule". University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics Media Relations - UABSports.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
2. "UAB Blazers Schedule 2011". ESPN . Retrieved August 9, 2025.
3. "2011 UAB Blazers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved August 9, 2025.
4. "2011 Football Schedule". University of Alabama at Birmingham . Retrieved August 9, 2025.