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    UAB accepts first bowl invitation

    UAB takes Hawaii Bowl invitation

    Blazers accept first bowl invitation

    Nov. 28, 2004


    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Alabama-Birmingham accepted an invitation Sunday to play in the Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl, the team's first trip to a postseason bowl.

    The announcement came after Saturday's 26-21 loss to Southern Mississippi.

    The UAB Blazers (7-4, 5-3 in Conference USA), will meet an opponent still to be determined.

    "This first bowl game for our program is special, not only for our current players, but also for all the other guys from past years who played a part in getting us started," coach and athletic director Watson Brown said in a statement.

    The team has played at the Division I-A level since 1996.
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    Better late than never....

    Heres a few Bowl results:


    Rose Bowl

    Miami 37 Nebraska 14

    Orange Bowl

    Florida 56 Maryland 23

    Sugar Bowl

    LSU 47 Illinois 34

    Fiesta Bowl

    Oregon 38 Colorado 16

    Gator Bowl

    Florida State 30 Virginia Tech 17

    Cotton Bowl

    Oklahoma 10 Arkansas 3

    Citrus Bowl

    Tennessee 45 Michigan 17

    Peach Bowl

    North Carolina 16 Auburn 10

    Holiday Bowl

    Texas 47 Washington 43


    For more results go to: http://espn.go.com/ncf/bowls01/index.html



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