Football rivalry

The UAB Blazers

UAB Blazers

The UAB Blazers are the forest green and old gold-swathed athletic teams at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school is one of the twelve member institutions of Conference USA and participates in Division I of the NCAA...

 and the Memphis Tigers

Memphis Tigers

The Memphis Tigers represent the University of Memphis in Division I of the NCAA. They are members of C-USA and currently feature nine women's sports and nine men's sports...

 began competing in football after the Blazers football team joined Division I in 1997. That series now stands at 9 wins for UAB vs. 4 for the Tigers. Recently the game has been accompanied by a barbecue competition befitting the "Battle for the Bones" theme.

BATTLE FOR THE BONES FOOTBALL SERIES
Year	Home Team	Score	Visiting Team	Score	Location	Series
1997	Memphis Tigers	28	UAB Blazers	7	Memphis, TN	UM 1-0
1999	UAB Blazers	14	Memphis Tigers	38	Birmingham, AL	UM 2-0
2000	UAB Blazers	13	Memphis Tigers	9	Birmingham, AL	UM 2-1
2001	Memphis Tigers	14	UAB Blazers	17	Memphis, TN	Even 2-2
2002	UAB Blazers	31	Memphis Tigers	17	Birmingham, AL	UAB 3-2
2003	Memphis Tigers	10	UAB Blazers	24	Memphis, TN	UAB 4-2
2004	UAB Blazers	35	Memphis Tigers	28	Birmingham, AL	UAB 5-2
2005	Memphis Tigers	20	UAB Blazers	37	Memphis, TN	UAB 6-2
2006	UAB Blazers	35	Memphis Tigers	29	Birmingham, AL	UAB 7-2
2007	Memphis Tigers	25	UAB Blazers	9	Memphis, TN	UAB 7-3
2008	UAB Blazers	30	Memphis Tigers	33	Birmingham, AL	UAB 7-4
2009	Memphis Tigers	21	UAB Blazers	31	Memphis, TN	UAB 8-4
2010	UAB Blazers	31	Memphis Tigers	15	Birmingham, AL	UAB 9-4
2011	Memphis Tigers	35	UAB Blazers	41	Memphis, TN	UAB 10-4

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Memphis-UAB Basketball Rivalry
Teams	Memphis Tigers Memphis Tigers The Memphis Tigers represent the University of Memphis in Division I of the NCAA. They are members of C-USA and currently feature nine women's sports and nine men's sports... UAB Blazers UAB Blazers The UAB Blazers are the forest green and old gold-swathed athletic teams at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school is one of the twelve member institutions of Conference USA and participates in Division I of the NCAA...
Originated(Basketball)	1983
Series	Memphis leads, 30-10
Latest Winner	Memphis

Basketball rivalry

The basketball rivalry between these two teams isn't commonly referred to as "the Battle for the Bones", but it has a longer history and tends to be a more intense and heated affair.

The rivalry between Memphis

Memphis Tigers

The Memphis Tigers represent the University of Memphis in Division I of the NCAA. They are members of C-USA and currently feature nine women's sports and nine men's sports...

 and UAB

UAB Blazers

The UAB Blazers are the forest green and old gold-swathed athletic teams at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school is one of the twelve member institutions of Conference USA and participates in Division I of the NCAA...

 has continued since the 1980s, when the Metro Conference

Metro Conference

The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because all of its charter members were in urban metropolitan areas in, or at least on the fringes of, the Southern United States...

 was formed. The two teams have played at least twice a year since then, even as they both moved to the Great Midwest Conference

Great Midwest Conference

The Great Midwest Conference was an NCAA Division I athletics conference which existed from 1991 to 1995.It was formed in 1990 with six members--Cincinnati and Memphis State from the Metro Conference; UAB from the Sun Belt Conference; Marquette and Saint Louis from the Midwestern Collegiate...

 and later to Conference USA

Conference USA

Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...

. Over the years, the two teams have been fixtures atop the Conference USA standings.

On February 16, 2008 during a game at UAB, the #1-ranked Memphis Tigers were nearly upset before pulling out a win of 79-78. As the Tigers were down by 8 points with 2 minutes left, they went on a 9-1 run. After the conclusion of the game, an altercation between Memphis players and UAB fans occurred. Ultimately, people in the stands began booing the Memphis players off the court and throwing drinks and shakers at them as the players were escorted off the court by local police officers.