UAB Blazers Football Seasons
The UAB Blazers college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA). The Blazers have played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama since 1991. Since their inaugural 1991 season, UAB has played nearly 250 regular season games, and as of the 2012 season compiled an overall record of 110 wins, 137 losses, 2 ties, and appeared in a single bowl game.
For the 1991-92 seasons, UAB competed as a Division III independent, unaffiliated with a conference. As a Division III school, the Blazers compiled an overall record of 11 wins, 6 losses, and 2 ties before moving up to Division I-AA for the 1993 season. Competing as a Division I-AA independent for the 1993 through 1995 seasons, UAB compiled an overall record of 21 wins and 12 losses as an I-AA school before moving up to Division I-A. The Blazers entered the 1996 season as an I-A independent, and in their first I-A game, UAB was defeated by the in-state rival, the Auburn Tigers 29–0. They finished their first I-A season with 5 wins and 6 losses. Already a participating member of Conference USA in other sports, on November 13, 1996, UAB was admitted to the league as a football playing member beginning with the 1999 season. Since joining C-USA in 1999, the Blazers have compiled a record of 64 wins and 100 losses through the 2012 season.
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