Table of Contents 2005 UAB FOOTBALL UAB FOOTBALL 2005 HISTORY & RECORDS UAB Quick Facts . .2 All-Time Coaching Records . .122 Conference USA Membership and Year-By-Year Results . .123-124 Alignment/Travel Itinerary . .3 Series Records/Results by Opponent .125-126 2004 Hawaii Bowl . .4-7 Records . .127-166 Blazers in the NFL . .8-9 All-Time Letterwinners . .167-169 This is UAB . .10 Legion Field . .170-171 Birmingham: The Magic City . .11 Birmingham Hotels and Restaurants . .12 Wayne Smith Blazer Award/Annual Team Award Winners . .172-173 Conference USA . .13 All-Americans/All-C-USA . .174-175 Confernce USA Bowl Tie-ins . .14 Important Dates in UAB History . .176-179 TEAM INFORMATION THE UNIVERSITY Alphabetical & Numerical Rosters . .16-19 UAB At A Glance . .180-182 Preseason Depth Chart . .20 Dr. Carol Z. Garrison, President & Dr. 2005 OUTLOOK Johnny Scott, Faculty Rep. .183 Season Preview . .21-24 UAB Campus Map . .184-185 Watson Brown Q&A . .25 Athletics Administration . .186-188 Blazer Preseason Notes . .26-30 Athletics Staff Members . .189-190 All-Star Candidates . .31-32 UAB Head Coaches . .191 2005 BLAZERS Proud Past, Bright Future . .192-194 The University of Alabama at Birmingham Player Biographies . .34-72 Blazer Greats . .195 (UAB) has been an autonomous member COACHING STAFF Blazer Highlights/All-Americans . .196-197 of the University of Alabama system since 1969, and has had an intercollegiate ath- Head Coach Watson Brown . .74-77 Blazer Club . .198 letic program since 1977. UAB is some- Assistant Coaches . .78-88 Academic Support . .199 times confused with the University of Alabama (Crimson Tide), which is located Football Support Staff . .89-90 Sports Medicine . .200 in Tuscaloosa; while this is inevitable, it is important to note that the two are indeed 2005 OPPONENTS Strength & Conditioning . .201 separate institutions. Staff Directory . .202 In addition, the UAB name is often Opponents’ Information . .92-98 altered by various media, opponents, mer- All-Time Scores with Opponents . .99 2005 MEDIA INFORMATION chandisers, etc. Media Relations Contacts . .100 Media Information . .204-205 Please note that there are only two cor- ISP Sports/Broadcast Information . .206 rect versions of our name, the acronym 2004 IN REVIEW “UAB,” or the full “University of UAB Media Outlets . .207 Notes . .102-103 Alabama at Birmingham.” In addition, 2005 Bowl Schedule . .208 the Associated Press sports stylebook Statistics & C-USA Statistics . .104-114 now uses UAB on first reference, not Alabama-Birmingham. Game Summaries . .115-120 We are not: Alabama-Birmingham, Ala.- Birmingham, or U.A.B. The 2005 UAB Football Media Guide is a publication of the UAB Athletics Media Relations Office. The guide was produced by Norm Reilly, UAB Assistant AD for Media Relations. Cover design by Cindy Powell and Phil Adamson, UAB Printing Services. Special thanks to Katie O’Brien, Jason Falls, Jeremy Hoffman, Patrick Meehan, Cindy Powell and Phil Adamson. Also thanks to photographers: Ashley Fleming, Jody McKown, Steve Wood, Philip Williams, Mark Bealer, Mike Strawn and Barry Markowitz. Printing: UAB Printing Services Copies of this media guide are available from the UAB Media Relations office for $10.00 in per- son in Bartow Arena and for $13.00 by mail (Athletics Media Relations, Bartow Arena West Tower, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1160). 2005 UAB Football 1 UAB Quick Facts & Information 2005 UAB FOOTBALL UAB FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS FOOTBALL INFORMATION Location . .Birmingham, Alabama Overall Record last year: 7-5 Founded . .1969 Conference Record/Finish: 5-3, T-2nd Enrollment . .16,697 Basic Offense: Multiple Nickname . ."Blazers" Basic Defense: 4-3 School Colors . .Forest Green & Old Gold Stadium (Capacity) . .Legion Field (72,000) Letterwinners Returning: Playing Surface . .Grass Offense-30 Defense-27 National Affiliation . .NCAA Division I-A Specialty- 1 TOTAL- 58 Conference Affiliation . .Conference USA Letterwinners Lost: President. .Dr. Carol Z. Garrison (North Carolina, ‘74) Offense-8 Defense-9 Faculty Athletics Representative . .Dr. Johnny Scott (Clark College) Specialty-2 TOTAL- 19 Athletics Director & Head Coach . .Watson Brown (Vanderbilt ‘73) Record at UAB: 54-59 (10 yrs.) Starters Returning: Career Record: 86-136-1 (20 yrs.) Offense-8 Defense-7 2004 Overall Record . .. .. .. .. .. .. .7-5 Specialty-1 TOTAL-16 2004 C-USA Record (Finish) . .5-3 (2nd, Tie) Starters Lost: 2004 Bowl Appearance . .Sheraton Hawaii Bowl (lost to Hawaii, 59-40) Offense-3 Defense-5 Basic Offense . .Multiple Specialty-2 TOTAL-10 Basic Defense . .4-3 First year of Intercollegiate Football . .1991 Returning Offensive First year of Division I-A Football . .1996 Starters: All-time record . .. .. .81-71-2. Matt Batusic (C/6-3/300/Sr.) Dan Burks (RB/6-1/218/Jr.) All-time I-A record . .. .. .. .. .. .49-53. Darrell Hackney (QB/6-1/235/Sr.) Cedric Hampton (TE/6-3/275/Sr.) UAB FOOTBALL STAFF Quinton Harris (LG/6-4/330/Jr.) Football Office Phone: (205) 934-7586 Reggie Lindsey (FL/5-10/185/Sr.) Cornelius Rogers (LT/6-4/320/Jr.) Head Coach ...........................................Watson Brown (Vanderbilt, ‘73/11th Year) Julius Wilson (RT/6-5/310/Jr.) Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line......Rick Christophel (Austin Peay State. ‘75/10th Year) Offensive Coordinator/QBs................................Pat Sullivan (Auburn, ‘72/7th Year) Returning Defensive Defensive Coordinator/Inside LBs ...........Wayne Bolt (East Carolina, ’79/3rd Year) Starters: Wide Receivers................................Rodney Bivens (North Alabama, ’80/3rdYear) Dominique Cosper (FS/5-11/195/Sr.) Offensive Line.................................................Brandon Herring (UAB, ’00/4th Year) Will Evans (CB/5-9/175/Jr.) Nickel Backs/Defensive Backs ......................George Pugh (Alabama ‘76/1st Year) Carlos Hendricks (CB/5-11/190/Sr.)* Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator........Ross Robinson (Auburn, ‘99/4th Year) Larry McSwain (DE/6-1/250/Jr.) Defensive Backs.......Shawn Raney (Northwestern Oklahoma State, ‘92/2ndYear) Jermaine McElveen (DE/6-5/245/Jr.)** H-Backs/Tight Ends....................Bill Schmitz (Coast Guard Academy ‘76/1st Year) David Miller (DE/6-4/265/Jr.)** Graduate Assistants .....................................................Ross Newton, Matt Schmitz Brandon Register (SS/6-1/190/Jr.) Director of Football Operations ...........................Larry Crowe (UAB, ’94/10th Year) Sam Williamson (DT/6-5/295/Sr.) Strength and Conditioning................Marcus Bush (Mississippi State, ‘90/9th Year) Specialists Returning: Administrative Assistant ......................................................................Robert Evans Parker Mullins (P/ 5-11/180/Jr.) Executive Assistant to the Head Coach ............................................Diane Blakney * - Carlos Hendricks was a starter at CB in 2004 but played in only one game last year The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) administers its educational programs pro- due to an injury and was redshirted. grams and activities - including admission - without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, ** - McElveen and Miller split time at DE in national origin, handicap, or Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status (Title IX of the 2004. Education Amendments of 1972 specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex). ect inquiries to the UAB Affirmative Action Officer, Birmingham, AL 35294-2010. 2 208 2005 UAB Football 2005 Conference USA 2005 UAB FOOTBALL The “New” Conference USA Conference USA begins a new chapter in 2005-06 after celebrating 10 years of remarkable history. Six nationally prominent uni- versities – Marshall, Rice, SMU, Tusla, UCF and UTEP – join tradition-rich members – East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane and UAB – to form the new look of the league. C-USA will be divided into an East and West Division with the football winners of each meeting in the first-ever league championship game Dec. 3, 2005. WEST DIVISION EAST DIVISION Houston East Carolina Rice Marshall SMU Memphis Tulane Southern Miss Tulsa UAB UTEP UCF 2005 UAB FOOTBALL TRAVEL ITINERARY UAB at Tennessee UAB at Marshall UAB at UTEP September 3, 2005 October 15, 2005 November 19, 2005 Hilton Knoxville Airport Charleston Marriott Town Center El Paso Marriott Hotel 2001 Alcoa Hwy 200 Lee Street East 1600 Airway Blvd. Alcoa, TN 37701 Charleston, WV 25301 El Paso, TX 79925 423-970-4300 304-345-6500 915-774-6974 UAB at Troy UAB at Memphis UAB at East Carolina September 10, 2005 November 1, 2005 November 26, 2005 The Wynfrey Hotel Memphis Marriott East Hilton Greenville 1000 Riverchase Galleria 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. 207 SW Greenville Blvd. Birmingham, AL 35244 Memphis, TN 38118 Greenville, NC 27834 205-987-1600 800-582-1601 252-355-5000 2005 UAB Football 3 208 6 208 7 208 THIS IS MISSION STATEMENT After 25 years of serving the state as a premier medical and dental school, UAB was established in 1969 as an autonomous university within the University of Alabama system. It now serves as one of the nation's top ranked universities in research support, higher UAB HOSPIITAL education and provider of world-class UAB Hospital, the centerpiece of the UAB medical care. Health System, is Alabama's major terti- ary care center and a modern medical complex serving approximately 35,000 OUR VISION patients annually. The university hospital The University of Alabama at Birmingham isis aa majormajor centercenter forfor clinicalclinical research,research, and the home of some of the top shall be a leading contributor to the medical