The Alcorn State Braves are the

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

team of Alcorn State University. The Braves play in

NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the Football Bowl Subdivision. Sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic ...

as a member of the

Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in t ...

(SWAC).

History

Classifications

*1964–1969: NAIA *1970–1983: NAIA Division I *1965–1972: NCAA College Division *1973–1976: NCAA Division II *1977: NCAA Division I *1978–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

*1921–1935: Independent *1935–1962:

South Central Athletic Conference The South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) was an intercollegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that existed from 1935 to 1961. The conference's members were located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi ...

*1962–present:

Championships

Black college national championships

* 1968 * 1969 *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

* 1984 *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

SWAC championships

The Alcorn Braves joined the

SWAC in 1962. Since then, ASU has won SWAC championships. * 1968 * 1969 * 1970 *

* 1976 * 1979 * 1984 * 1992 *

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Playoff appearances

NCAA Division I FCS

The Braves have appeared in the I-AA/FCS playoffs three times with an overall record of 0–3.

NCAA Division II

The Braves appeared in the Division II playoffs one time, with an overall record of 0–1.

Rivalry games

The Alcorn State Braves take on the

Jackson State Tigers The Jackson State Tigers and Lady Tigers represent Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, in NCAA intercollegiate athletics. Conference affiliation Jackson State University's athletic teams participate in the Southwestern Athletic Confe ...

in the

Soul Bowl The Soul Bowl is an American college football rivalry between Jackson State and Alcorn State. Mississippi's two largest historically black colleges and universities have played over 80 times in the game dating back to the late 1920s. The game ...

. The rivalry was previously named the Capital City Classic, but Alcorn ended the Classic in 2012 so that it could be brought to Lorman.

College Football Hall of Fame members

Marino Casem Marino H. "The Godfather" Casem (June 23, 1934 – April 25, 2020) was an American college football coach and athletic administrator. He served as the head coach at Alabama State University (1963), Alcorn State University (1964–1985), and S ...

Steve McNair Stephen LaTreal McNair (February 14, 1973 – July 4, 2009),Steve McNair Found Dead
...

Alumni in the NFL

Over 50 Alcorn State alumni have played in the NFL, including: *

Milton Barney Milton J. Barney (born December 23, 1963) is a former American football wide receiver who played one season with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He played college football at Alcorn State University and attended Gulfport ...

* Charles Coleman *

Donald Driver Donald Jerome Driver (born February 2, 1975) is a former American football wide receiver. After playing college football for Alcorn State University, Driver was picked by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He ...

Leonard Fairley Leonard C. Fairley (born January 2, 1951) is a former American football cornerback who played one season with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Oilers in the seventh round of the 1974 NFL Draft. He pl ...

* Leslie Frazier * Marcus Hinton * Billy Howard * Nate Hughes * Garry Lewis *

Steve McNair Stephen LaTreal McNair (February 14, 1973 – July 4, 2009),Steve McNair Found Dead
...

Bryant Mix Bryant Lee Mix (born July 28, 1972) is a former American football defensive end who played two seasons with the Houston/Tennessee Oilers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the second round of the 1996 NFL Dr ...

Lawrence Pillers Lawrence Pillers (born November 4, 1952) is a former American football defensive end who played for the New York Jets, the San Francisco 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons in a ten-year career that lasted from 1976 to 1985 in the National Football ...

* Elex Price * Jack Spinks *

Roynell Young Roynell Young (born December 1, 1957) is a former professional American football safety and cornerback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles his entire National Football League (NFL) career, from 1980 to 1988. Young was selected by the Eagles fr ...

Henry Bradley Henry Bradley, FBA (3 December 1845 – 23 May 1923) was a British philologist and lexicographer who succeeded James Murray as senior editor of the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (OED). Early life Bradley had humble beginnings as a farmer's so ...

* Willie Young

Head Coaches

Alcorn State has seen 21 head football coaches over its history. The program is currently led by

Fred McNair Frederick V. McNair IV (born July 22, 1950) is an American former professional tennis player who reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1976. That year, he teamed up with Sherwood Stewart to capture the men's doubles titles at French Open, ...

Notes

: Hopson went 4–7 and 9–3 in the 2012 and 2013 seasons, respectively, but the school's wins from these seasons were vacated due to NCAA violations

References

External links

* {{Alcorn State University American football teams established in 1921 1921 establishments in Mississippi