UAB Blazers football

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The UAB Blazers football team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in college football. The Blazers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the American Conference. The team is led by head coach Alex Mortensen and plays its home games at Protective Stadium at the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. UAB began play in 1991. UAB was a founding member of Conference USA in 1995 as a non-football member, and began conference football play in 1999. The program was discontinued after the 2014 season, then reinstated in 2015 and returned to competition in 2017. UAB won its first conference championship and bowl game in 2018. UAB joined the American Conference in 2023.

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