UWA football sets attendance records

LIVINGSTON, Ala. -- The University of West Alabama football program set new attendance records during the 2006 season, as released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association earlier this month.

UWA football averaged 5,783 fans at home games in 2006 and ranked 22^nd out of 143 Division II schools. The Tigers finished the season ranked third in the Gulf South Conference and the GSC ranked fourth in the country.

“President Richard Holland, Coach Bobby Wallace and his staff, the 2006 Tiger football players and all of our great Tiger fans are the reasons why our home football attendance was record-setting in 2006," said UWA Director of Athletics E. J. Brophy. “Dr. Holland’s phenomenal leadership coupled with Coach Wallace and his staff doing such a splendid job injected passion into our players and fans and got UWA Football back on track. Now it’s time to really start getting after it in 2007 and beyond”.

The Tigers, who enjoyed their first winning season in 14 years, recorded an estimated best home crowd in school history in UWA’s season finale against North Alabama, along with the best estimated home attendance in one season in the university’s 75 year football history.

West Alabama will open the 2007 season on the road at NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision and in-state foe Samford on Thursday, August 30^th with a 7:00 p.m. kickoff. The Tigers home opener will be Saturday, September 8^th, as UWA will host Concordia College at 7:00 p.m.