UAB Blazers football seasons

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. The Blazers have played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama since 1991. [http://uabsports.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/albr/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/RecordsHistoryIV-08 UAB Football Media Guide] (PDF pp. 191–192) "Legion Field". UAB Sports Information Department, UABsports.com. Accessed September 29, 2008.] Since their inaugural 1991 season, UAB has played nearly 200 regular season games, and as of the 2007 season compiled an overall record of 91 wins, 97 losses, 2 ties, and appeared in a single bowl game. [http://uabsports.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/albr/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/RecordsHistoryI-08 2008 UAB Football Media Guide] "Year-by-Year Results". UAB Sports Information Department, UABsports.com. Accessed September 21, 2008.]

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.cite news
last =Bolton
first =Clyde
title =The Blazers' I-AA debut draws near
work =The Birmingham News
page = 1C
date =August 4, 1993
] 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,cite news
last =Martin
first =Wayne
title =UAB football approved for I-A
work =The Birmingham News
date =November 9, 1995
] 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.cite news
last =Martin
first =Wayne
title =Blazers football gets league ok for '99
work =The Birmingham News
date =November 15, 1996
] Since 1999, the Blazers have compiled a conference record of 31 wins and 37 losses entering the 2008 season.

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References

ref label|Ties|A|A Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since. [cite news
first = Kelly | last = Whiteside | title = Overtime system still excites coaches
url = http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-08-24-overtime_x.htm
work = USA Today | date = August 25, 2006 | accessdate = 2008-09-29
]


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