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Alabama Birmingham Football Team History

Alabama Birmingham Blazers

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Founded: 1969
Stadium: Legion Field
Capacity: 83,391
Colors: Green & White
Coach: Trent Dilfer
Conference: American Athletic-

Alabama Birmingham

Team Timeline
First Team: 1991

Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
2018, 2020
Division Championships
2018, 2019, 2020

Team Records
Overall Record	174-195-2
Winning Pct.	47%
Vacated Wins	0
Forfeit Games	0
Adjusted Record	174-195-2
Winning Pct.	47%
National Championships	0
Conference Titles	2
Division Titles	3
Conference Record	86-90-0
All American Players
NFL Players (#2)
Home Record	111-63-1
Away Record	59-128-1

By The Numbers
Seasons	34
Winning Seasons (#1)	14
Losing Seasons (#1)	18
Most Wins in A Season	11 (2018)
Most Loses in A Season	10 (2013)
10 Win Seasons	1
Most Points Scored in a Game	61 (11/11/1995)
Most Points Scored in a Season	418 (2018)
Most Points Allowed in a Game	72 (9/24/1994)
Most Points Allowed in a Season	525 (2013)
Largest Margin of Victory	59 (9/1/2022)
Largest Margin of Defeat	72 (9/24/1994)
Most Points Both Teams in a Game	114 (10/23/2004)
Last Shutout	9/1/2022
Last Time Shutout	9/10/2011
Shutouts All-Time	12
Been Shutout All-Time	10

Streaks
Longest Win	8 (9/15/2018-11/10/2018)
Longest Losing	9 (10/20/2007-9/13/2008)

Bowl Records
Overall Record	3-3-0
Rose	0-0-0
Cotton	0-0-0
Orange	0-0-0
Fiesta	0-0-0
Sugar	0-0-0

By the Decade
2020-29	28-29
2010-19	46-55
2000-09	49-68
1990-99	51-43
1980-89	0-0
1970-79	0-0
1960-69	0-0
1950-59	0-0
1940-49	0-0
1930-39	0-0
1920-29	0-0

Next Game
11/23/2024 (Sat) vs. Rice in a Conference Game
Last Time: Alabama Birmingham lost 24-28 in 2022.
All-Time:
Alabama Birmingham vs. Rice	6-5-0	54.5%

2024 Season

Thu., Aug. 29	vs. Alcorn State	41-3 W
Sat., Sep. 7	@ Louisiana Monroe	6-32 L
Sat., Sep. 14	@ Arkansas	27-37 L
Sat., Sep. 21	OPEN
Sat., Sep. 28	vs. Navy	18-41 L
Sat., Oct. 5	vs. Tulane	20-71 L
Sat., Oct. 12	@ Army	10-44 L
Sat., Oct. 19	@ South Florida	25-35 L
Sat., Oct. 26	OPEN
Sat., Nov. 2	vs. Tulsa	59-21 W
Sat., Nov. 9	vs. Connecticut	23-31 L
Sat., Nov. 16	@ Memphis	18-53 L
Sat., Nov. 23	vs. Rice
Sat., Nov. 30	@ Charlotte

2024 Season Totals
Record	2-8
Scoring	247-368
Conference Record	1-2
Home Record	2-3
Away Record	0-5

2024 American Athletic Standings
Season		Conference
Memphis	10-1	5-1
Army	9-0	4-0
Tulane	9-2	4-0
East Carolina	6-4	3-0
Navy	7-3	3-1
Rice	3-7	2-2
Temple	3-7	2-1
Texas San Antonio	4-6	2-1
Alabama Birmingham	2-8	1-2
Charlotte	3-7	1-2
North Texas	5-5	1-2
South Florida	5-5	1-2
Tulsa	3-7	1-2
Florida Atlantic	2-8	0-3

Longest Running Rivalry
Alabama Birmingham & Southern Mississippi have played 19 games.
Alabama Birmingham has won 8 games.
Southern Mississippi has won 11 games.
with 0 tie games.

Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
Scoring	Record
less than 10	0-30
10 or more	123-122
20 or more	115-79
30 or more	77-27
40 or more	36-7

Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
Points Allowed	Record
less than 10	28-1
10 or more	95-151
20 or more	57-145
30 or more	12-110
40 or more	2-57

Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

Field goals in college football were originally worth five points. This was decreased to four points in 1904 and three points in 1909.