UAB Blazers

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.

The UAB Blazers college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, and represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Through the 2024 season, the Blazers played their home games at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. Since their inaugural 1991 season, the Blazers have played in 373 games, and entering the 2025 season, they have compiled an all-time record of 171 wins, 193 losses and 2 ties, and appeared in six bowl games. The Blazers qualified for a fifth bowl game in 2020, but that game was canceled amid COVID-19.

The UAB Blazers football team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the American Athletic Conference (AAC), competing as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The program has had six head coaches and two interim coaches during its existence, as well as one stint with no coach while the program was on hiatus. The program began in the 1991 season and spent two years as an NCAA Division III independent before transferring to Division II. After just three years in Division II, the school entered Division I-A, now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Trent Dilfer was fired as head coach of the Blazers after he led UAB to a 2–6 record to start the 2025 season, and Alex Mortensen named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.