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	Source
August 28	7:00 p.m.	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 0–24	32,100	[1]
September 6	7:00 p.m.	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	L 7–28	24,108	[2]
September 13	9:00 p.m.	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 10–24	36,309	[3]
September 20	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	W 34–16	23,775	[4]
September 27	7:00 p.m.	at Southwestern Louisiana	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	W 42–7	15,024	[5]
October 4	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 (I-AA) Western Kentucky	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	W 20–16	17,385	[6]
October 11	6:00 p.m.	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 29–33	20,924	[7]
November 1	1:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–37	37,411	[8]
November 8	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 29–32	17,225	[9]
November 15	1:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	W 38–14	8,765	[10]
November 22	2:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR	W 13–7	7,318	[11]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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