UAB Blazers
American AthleticBirmingham, ALProtective Stadium
2026: 4–3 (2–1 American Athletic). Last: beat East Carolina 30–17 at home. Next: at South Florida, Saturday, Oct 31.
- L 23–42at Illinois
- W 26–20UL Monroe
- L 14–21at Louisiana
- W 24–20Navy
- W 33–14Samford
- L 13–38at Memphis
- W 30–17East Carolina
- Oct 31at South Florida
- Nov 7Charlotte
- Nov 14at Temple
- Nov 21UTSA
- Nov 28at North Texas
UAB has played football since 1991 and is 152–191 in the 343 games on record here, which start in 1994. They have won two Conference USA titles (the last in 2020), counting shared titles. Since 1998, the NFL Draft has taken 16 players from here in its first seven rounds, 2 of them in the first round. Watson Brown (1996–2006) won more games here than any other coach: 57. This season, under Alex Mortensen, they’re 4–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 179–205–2 official; 152–191 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 3–3 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1449 98th of 138 FBS
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 102 · Composite No. 108 in FBS, Oct 17; up 9 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 2 last in 2020
- Seasons
- 31 since 1994, 343 games
Identity
- Fight song
- UAB Fight Song
- Student section
- Gang Green
- Apparel
- Under Armour
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Illinois | L 23–42 | 22% |
| Sep 12 | vs UL Monroe | W 26–20 | 65% |
| Sep 19 | at Louisiana | L 14–21 | 32% |
| Sep 25 | vs Navy | W 24–20 | 33% |
| Oct 3 | vs Samford | W 33–14 | 87% |
| Oct 10 | at Memphis | L 13–38 | 23% |
| Oct 15 | vs East Carolina | W 30–17 | 37% |
| Oct 31 | at South Florida | Preview | 25% |
| Nov 7 | vs Charlotte | Preview | 76% |
| Nov 14 | at Temple | Preview | 51% |
| Nov 21 | vs UTSA | Preview | 35% |
| Nov 28 | at North Texas | Preview | 24% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Future schedule
2027–33- 20273 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
- 20283 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
- 20292 games: 2 away, non-conference only
- at Troy
- at Georgia State
- 20302 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
- 20311 game: 1 home, non-conference only
- 20321 game: 1 away, non-conference only
- at Troy
- 20331 game: 1 home, non-conference only
UAB’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of November 13, 2025). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
On the 2026 team
- Muaaz Byard71 tackles (No. 3 in FBS in tackles)
- Ryder Burton1,184 passing yards, 6 TD (leads UAB in passing yards)
- Jo Pierce58 tackles, 2.5 sacks
- Roderick Robinson II436 rushing yards (leads UAB in rushing yards)
- Ike Esonwune47 tackles, 2 INT
- Marlin Dean31 tackles, 6 sacks (leads UAB in sacks)
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at UAB.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Around the program
- Student section
- Gang Green · Single source
- Blazer Gameday; read 2026-10-10
- Athletic director
- Andy Kennedy · Official source
- UAB Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Defensive coordinator
- Todd Grantham · Official source
- UAB Athletics; read 2026-10-10
Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.
The apparel deal
Under Armour, from 2016. Multi-year. A multi-year deal announced in September 2016. The current term hasn't been published.
- UAB Athletics, Sep 29, 2016: Multi-year Under Armour agreement
- UAB Athletics: The official athletics site lists Under Armour as a partner
Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026. Our own research hasn’t confirmed the outfitter yet.
Program strength since 1994
Best seasons everOn Bluesky
Last night UAB became the third FBS team to ever win an overtime game by multiple touchdowns, 30-17 over ECU 1996 Arizona State 48, USC 35 1998 CMU 36, EMU 23 And that's after trailing 14-0. Imagine having a two-TD lead and then losing by that many in OT
Read on BlueskyNot all field goals are created equal. 🏈 Texas A&M's David Olano (9.17) narrowly edges UAB's Jonah Delange (9.16) in Points Added Above Replacement (PAAR) through Week 6. Olano has just 9 attempts to Delange's 16. Who has been the most clutch kicker in CFB this season?
Read on Bluesky
From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.
More coverage
- Ryder Burton rallies UAB to 30-17 come-from-behind victory over East Carolina in OT, wbrc.com,
- UAB storms back from late deficit, claims 30-17 OT victory over ECU, underdogdynasty.com,
- ECU looks to extend winning streak in road matchup against UAB, piratemedia1.com,
- Memphis 38, UAB 13 shows a program trying to move on in the American Football Conference, el-balad.com,
- Carter, Memphis pull away from UAB in the 3rd, win 38-13, winnipegfreepress.com,
Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.
Head coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Mortensen | 2025–2026 | 6–7 |
 Trent Dilfer | 2023–2025 | 9–21 |
| Bryant Vincent | 2022 | 7–6 |
 Bill Clark | 2014–2021 | 49–26 |
| Garrick McGee | 2012–2013 | 5–19 |
| Neil Callaway | 2007–2011 | 18–42 |
| Watson Brown | 1996–2006 | 57–68 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Memphis
11–8 in 19
- 2007 L 9–25
- 2008 L 30–33
- 2009 W 31–21
- 2010 W 31–15
- 2011 W 41–35
- 2012 L 9–46
- 2023 L 21–45
- 2024 L 18–53
- 2025 W 31–24
- 2026 L 13–38
Lost the last one.
- Southern Miss
8–11 in 19
- 2009 W 30–17
- 2010 W 50–49
- 2011 W 34–31
- 2012 W 27–19
- 2013 L 27–62
- 2014 W 45–24
- 2017 W 30–12
- 2018 W 26–23
- 2019 L 2–37
- 2021 W 34–0
Won the last one.
- East Carolina
5–9 in 14
- 2005 L 23–31
- 2006 W 17–12
- 2007 L 6–41
- 2008 L 13–17
- 2009 L 21–37
- 2010 L 42–54
- 2011 L 23–28
- 2012 L 35–42
- 2013 L 14–63
- 2026 W 30–17
Won the last one.
| Opponent | Games | UAB record |
|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 19 | 11–8 |
| Southern Miss | 19 | 8–11 |
| East Carolina | 14 | 5–9 |
| Rice | 13 | 7–6 |
| Tulane | 13 | 6–7 |
| Marshall | 12 | 4–8 |
| Florida Atlantic | 11 | 4–7 |
| Louisiana Tech | 11 | 5–6 |
Rivals the program names: Memphis, Southern Miss, Troy.
Every opponent (85)
Every program UAB has played, A to Z, with UAB’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Akron 2–0
- Alabama A&M 3–0
- Alabama State 3–0
- Alcorn State 2–0
- App State 0–1
- Arizona 0–1
- Arkansas 0–2
- Arkansas State 2–0
- Army 5–2
- Auburn 0–1
- Ball State 0–1
- Baylor 2–0
- BYU 1–0
- Central Arkansas 1–0
- Charleston Southern 1–0
- Charlotte 2–2
- Chattanooga 1–0
- Cincinnati 3–5
- Coastal Carolina 1–1
- East Carolina 5–9
- Florida 0–3
- Florida Atlantic 4–7
- Florida International 1–1
- Florida State 0–2 †
- Georgia 0–4
- Georgia Southern 1–1
- Hawai’i 0–1
- Houston 4–5
- Illinois 0–1
- Jacksonville State 4–0
- Kansas 0–4
- Liberty 0–2
- Louisiana 4–5
- Louisiana Tech 5–6
- Louisville 0–3
- LSU 1–1 †
- Marshall 4–8
- Maryland 0–1
- Memphis 11–8
- Miami 0–1
- Miami (OH) 1–0
- Michigan State 0–1
- Middle Tennessee 5–3
- Mississippi State 1–5
- Missouri 0–1
- Montana State 1–0
- Navy 1–3
- Nebraska 0–1
- North Carolina A&T 1–0
- North Texas 6–3
- Northern Illinois 1–0
- Northwestern State 1–0
- Ohio 0–1
- Ohio State 0–1
- Oklahoma 0–1
- Old Dominion 1–0
- Ole Miss 0–1
- Pittsburgh 0–2
- Rice 7–6
- Samford 1–0
- Savannah State 1–0
- SE Louisiana 1–0
- SMU 0–4
- South Alabama 2–0
- South Carolina 0–3
- South Florida 2–3
- Southern Miss 8–11
- TCU 2–1
- Temple 1–0
- Tennessee 0–5 †
- Tennessee Tech 2–0
- Texas A&M 0–2
- Troy 5–5
- Tulane 6–7
- Tulsa 2–4
- UCF 2–8
- UConn 0–2
- UL Monroe 2–2
- UT Martin 1–0
- UTEP 7–1
- UTSA 4–4
- Vanderbilt 0–2
- Virginia Tech 0–3
- Wake Forest 0–1
- Western Kentucky 4–2
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
2, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1991–1998
- Conference USA 1999–2014 and 2017–2022
- American Athletic Conference since 2023
- 1993Went independent from independence in football. Source
- 1995Went independent from independence. Source
- 1999Joined Conference USA from independence in football. Source
- 2015Joined the Dropped football from Conference USA in football. Source
- 2017Joined Conference USA from the No team in football, announced July 21, 2015. Source
- 2023Joined the American Athletic Conference from Conference USA, announced June 16, 2022. Source
UAB’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
National award winners
All awards| 2018 | Bill Clark coach | Eddie Robinson |
Led the nation 6
| 2024 | Kameron Shanks punt return yards (329 yds) |
| 2022 | Trea Shropshire yards per catch (22.5) |
| 2021 | Trea Shropshire yards per catch (26.0) |
| 2018 | Xavier Ubosi yards per catch (23.9) |
| 2014 | J.J. Nelson kickoff return average (38.3) |
| 2004 | Roddy White receiving yards (1,452 yds) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 16 since 1998
- First-round picks
- 2
| 2005 | Roddy White WR | No. 27, Atlanta Falcons |
| 2002 | Bryan Thomas DE | No. 22, New York Jets |
Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.
The school
University of Alabama at Birmingham- Enrollment
- 20,905 11,959 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Public or private
- Public Research 1
- Founded
- 1969
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $54,501 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Official accounts
- Football
- X @UAB_FBInstagram @uab_fbFacebook UAB.Blazers
- Athletics department
- X @UAB_AthleticsInstagram @uab_athleticsFacebook UAB.Blazers
Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones uabsports.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–3 | 2–1 | Alex Mortensen | 1449 | -12.8 | ||
| 2025 | 4–8 | 2–6 | Trent Dilfer, Alex Mortensen | 1365 | -15.8 | ||
| 2024 | 3–9 | 2–6 | Trent Dilfer | 1367 | -11.3 | ||
| 2023 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Trent Dilfer | 1420 | -14.7 | ||
| 2022 | 7–6 | 4–4 | Bryant Vincent | 1565 | -0.5 | ||
| 2021 | 9–4 | 6–2 | Bill Clark | 1621 | 9.1 | ||
| 2020 | 6–3 | 3–1 | Bill Clark | 1579 | 6.3 | ||
| 2019 | 9–5 | 6–2 | Bill Clark | 1520 | -1.4 | ||
| 2018 | 11–3 | 7–1 | Bill Clark | 1579 | -0.3 | ||
| 2017 | 8–5 | 6–2 | Bill Clark | 1460 | |||
| 2014 | 6–6 | 4–4 | Bill Clark | 1399 | -4.2 | ||
| 2013 | 2–10 | 1–7 | Garrick McGee | 1231 | -20.8 | ||
| 2012 | 3–9 | 2–6 | Garrick McGee | 1301 | -11.1 | ||
| 2011 | 3–9 | 3–5 | Neil Callaway | 1333 | -19.2 | ||
| 2010 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Neil Callaway | 1378 | -9.7 | ||
| 2009 | 5–7 | 4–4 | Neil Callaway | 1434 | -6.8 | ||
| 2008 | 4–8 | 3–5 | Neil Callaway | 1366 | -10.3 | ||
| 2007 | 2–10 | 1–7 | Neil Callaway | 1272 | -21.7 | ||
| 2006 | 3–9 | 2–6 | Watson Brown | 1366 | -11.3 | ||
| 2005 | 5–6 | 3–5 | Watson Brown | 1503 | 2.3 | ||
| 2004 | 7–5 | 5–3 | Watson Brown | 1465 | -3.2 | ||
| 2003 | 5–7 | 4–4 | Watson Brown | 1419 | -8.1 | ||
| 2002 | 5–7 | 4–4 | Watson Brown | 1426 | -15.6 | ||
| 2001 | 6–5 | 5–2 | Watson Brown | 1505 | -1.2 | ||
| 2000 | 7–4 | 3–3 | Watson Brown | 1487 | 1.4 |
Every season back to 1994 (6 more)
Officially 179–205–2 since 1991 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 152–191 (343 of its 386 games are on file). Our file starts in 1994; the program began in 1991. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 2015–16: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.