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The Southern Jaguars are the college football team representing the Southern University. The Jaguars play in NCAA Division I Football Championship as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Jaguars started collegiate football in 1916, and played in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference before joining the SWAC in 1934.
Every year, they play their last regular season game against
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The Southern Jaguars are the college football team representing the Southern University. The Jaguars play in NCAA Division I Football Championship as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Jaguars started collegiate football in 1916, and played in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference before joining the SWAC in 1934.
Every year, they play their last regular season game against Grambling
Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritag ...
in the Bayou Classic in , in late November. Another rivalry, dubbed the " Boombox Classic," is played between Jackson State and Southern yearly.
History
Classifications
*1952–1972: NCAA College Division *1973–1976: NCAA Division II *1977: NCAA Division I *1978–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCSConference memberships
*1916–1933: Independent *1934–present: Southwestern Athletic ConferenceChampionships
Black College Football National Championships
Conference championships
Southern has won 19 conference championships, with all of them coming in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, 12 outright and 7 shared. † Co-championsDivision championships
† Co-championsPostseason
College Football Hall of Fame members
* Marino Casem (head coach; 1987–1988, 1992) *Ace Mumford
Arnett William "Ace" Mumford (November 26, 1898 – April 28, 1962) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at historically black colleges and universities in Texas and Louisiana from 1924 to 1961, compiling a career ...
(head coach; 1936–1961)
Alumni in the NFL
Southern has three alumni that has been elected to thePro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio. Opened on September 7, , the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of professional football, including players, coa ...
.
*Mel Blount
Melvin Cornell Blount (born April 10, 1948) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons. A five-time Pro Bowler, he was inducted in ...
, Class of 1989
* Aeneas Williams, Class of 2014
*Harold Carmichael
Lee Harold Carmichael (born September 22, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles (1971–1983) and one season for ...
, Class of 2020
Over 70 Southern alumni have played in the NFL,/ref> including: * Rashaun Allen *
Perry Brooks
Perry Brooks (December 4, 1954 – March 1, 2010) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Southern University and was drafted in the seventh roun ...
* Matthew Dorsett
* Jubilee Dunbar
* George Farmer
* Alvin Haymond
* Maurice Hurst
* Rich Jackson
* Ray Jones
* Tyrone Jones
*Gerald Perry
Gerald June Perry (born October 30, 1960) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played from 1983 to 1995 for the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
In 1988, ...
*Rufus Porter Rufus Porter may refer to:
*Rufus Porter (painter)
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Famous family
Rufus Porter descended from an old coloni ...
*Isiah Robertson
Isiah "Butch" Robertson (August 17, 1949 – December 6, 2018) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams (1971–1978) and the Buffalo Bills (1979–1982). He was selected to six Pro Bowls during ...
* Godwin Turk
* Ralph Williams
* Gillis Wilson
* Jerry Wilson
* Danny Johnson
* Kendel Shello
See also
* Southern Jaguars and Lady Jaguars * List of Southern Jaguars in the NFL Draft * List of black college football classics *List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs
This is a list of schools in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that play football in the United States as a varsity sport and are members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), known as Division I-AA f ...
* Human Jukebox
References
External links
* {{Southern University American football teams established in 1916 1916 establishments in Louisiana