The Tuskegee Golden Tigers football program is the intercollegiate

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team for the

Tuskegee University Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU), formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute, is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. It was founded on Independence Day in 1881 by the state legislature. The campus was ...

located in the U.S. state of

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. The team competes in the

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level and are members of the

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Formed in 1913, it consists mostly of historically black c ...

. The school's first football team was fielded in 1913. The team plays its home games at the 10,000 seat Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium. They are coached by

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Notable former players

Notable alumni include: *

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NFL 11 seasons * Ken Woodard NFL 8 seasons * Anthony Mitchell NFL 8 seasons * Ricky Jones NFL 7 seasons * Cecil Leonard NFL 2 seasons *

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* Frank Walker NFL 9 seasons There have been years where a pair of Tuskegee players were drafted in the same year (1967,1970,1972,2002), but no year was like 1969. In that year, five different players from Tuskegee University were selected in the NFL Draft. It started with George Irby going 195th overall to the New York Giants in the eighth round, followed by Cecil Leonard just 13 picks later at 208th overall to the New York Jets in the eighth round. The Golden Tigers had to wait seven rounds before their next pick as Fritz Latham was selected 383rd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, while in the 16th round, James Lowe was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 410th overall pick. The final pick of the year for Tuskegee came in the 17th round as Ralph Jenkins was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 438th overall pick. Cleveland Leigh Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium

Cleveland Leigh Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium

All-Time NFL Draft at Tuskegee

Championships

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- 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2017

Pioneer Bowl Championships

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- 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1998 Lost 2012, 2004 and 1999

NCAA Division II Football Playoffs

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- 4 appearances 2016 (lost round 2), 2015 (lost round 3), 2014 (lost round 2), 2013 (lost round 1)

References

External links

* {{Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football navbox American football teams established in 1913 1913 establishments in Alabama