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On This Day In Alabama History: UAB Football Reinstatement Announced

| June 1, 2019 @ 5:00 am

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

The UAB football program began as a club sport in 1989, and by 1996 had moved to Division-1A. Success was hard to come by, though, with just three winning seasons through 2014. Just a few days after that team, guided by new coach Bill Clark, ended its season at 6-6, UAB President Ray Watts announced the university would shut down the football, rifle and bowling programs.

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