Team:
Alabama Birmingham Blazers
Stadium: Legion Field
Conference: Conference USA
Sport: College Football
Background: The University of Alabama
at Birmingham is an American four-year institution
of higher education located in Birmingham, Alabama.
The university is part of the three-member University
of Alabama System, which also includes the main University
of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa and the University
of Alabama in Huntsville.
UAB became an autonomous campus in 1969, 24 years
after the UA medical school was relocated to Birmingham.
The school is highly renowned for its medical research
and natural sciences programs. UAB received over 390
million dollars in federal grants during the past
fiscal year for research purposes. This places the
school as one of the larger Research Institutions
in the Southeast. UAB's enrollment is about 16,000,
and it is the largest employer in Birmingham. The
school's president is Carol Garrison.