Underdog Dynasty · Oct 4, 2021
Mission Complete: Protective Stadium Punctuates UAB’s Incredible Comeback Story
I often hear fans say “they should make a 30 for 30 about that…” when they learn about a unique sports story or an interesting sports-related fact. Of course, it’s impossible for ESPN to produce an episode on everything, but hopefully someday there will be one chronicling the history of the University of Alabama-Birmingham football program. It’s certainly worthy of it.
UAB’s football program is very young compared to most FBS football programs. Their first year of NCAA competition was 1991. They started play as a Division III independent and after just 2 seasons were reclassified as I-AA in 1993. And after only 3 years of I-AA (FCS) play, they moved to I-A (FBS) in 1996.