Football team representing the University of Alabama Birmingham in the sport of collegiate football
UAB Blazers football
2023 UAB Blazers football team
First season
1991
Head coach
Trent Dilfer 1st season, 4–8 (.333)
Stadium
Protective Stadium (capacity: 47,100)
Year built
2021
Field surface
FieldTurf
Location
Birmingham, Alabama
NCAA division
Division I FBS
Conference
American Athletic Conference
All-time record
168–179–2 (.484)
Bowl record
3–3 (.500)
Conference titles
2 (2018, 2020)
Division titles
3 (2018, 2019, 2020)
Rivalries
Memphis (rivalry) Southern Miss Troy
Current uniform
Colors
Forest green and old gold[1]
Fight song
UAB Fight Song
Mascot
Blaze (Dragon)
Marching band
UAB Marching Blazers
Website
https://uabsports.com/sports/football
The UAB Blazers football team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the sport of American football. The Blazers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and American Athletic Conference (The American). The team is led by head coach Trent Dilfer, who was named the program’s 7th head coach on November 30, 2022. Home games were previously held at Legion Field in Birmingham from the 1991 season to the 2020 season. A new stadium, Protective Stadium, has been the home of the Blazers starting from the 2021 season. The new stadium's capacity is over 47,000.[2]
The UAB football program was terminated after the 2014 season but was reinstated shortly thereafter.[3][4] The team went on hiatus for two seasons before returning in 2017. UAB won both its first conference championship and bowl game in program history in 2018.
^University of Alabama at Birmingham Style Guide(PDF). March 11, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^Patchen, Tyler (June 18, 2020). "Seating capacity increased for Protective Stadium". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
^McGuire, Kevin (November 30, 2014). "Report: UAB shutting down football program". NBCsports.com. Retrieved December 2, 2014. See also Gray, Jeremy (December 2, 2014). "It's official: UAB kills football program". AL.com. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
^"UAB Blazers Football Program Reinstated". SI.com. 31 May 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
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