Alcorn State Braves football explained

Teamname:Alcorn State Braves football
Currentseason:2024 Alcorn State Braves football team
Headcoach:Cedric Thomas
Headcoachyear:1st
Hcwins:0
Hclosses:0
Stadium:Casem-Spinks Stadium
Stadcapacity:22,500
Stadsurface:Natural grass
Conference:Southwestern Athletic Conference
Confdivision:East
Firstyear:1921;
Location:Lorman, Mississippi
Atwins:497
Atlosses:389
Atties:38
Conftitles:13 (SWAC: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019)
Divtitles:6 (SWAC East: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Websitename:alcornsports.com
Websiteurl:https://alcornsports.com/sports/football

The Alcorn State Braves are the college football team of Alcorn State University. The Braves play in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

History

Classifications

Conference memberships

Championships

Black college national championships

Alcorn State has won five Black college football national championships.

19689–1SWAC
19698–0–1SWAC
19749–2SWAC
19849–1SWAC
201410–3 SWAC

SWAC championships

Alcorn joined the Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC in 1962. Since then, the Braves have won thirteen conference championships, nine outright and four shared.

19689–1 6–1
19698–0–1 6–0–1
8–1 6–0
19749–2 5–1
8–2 5–1
19798–2 5–1
9–1 7–0
7–4 7–0
19948–3–1 6–1
10–3 7–2
9–4 7–2
9–4 6–1
20199–4 6–1

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.

Quarterfinals Louisiana Tech L 21–44
First Round Northeast Louisiana L 27–78
First Round Youngstown State L 20–63

NCAA Division II

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

Quarterfinals L 22–35

Rivalry game

See main article: Soul Bowl. The Alcorn State Braves biggest rival is against the Jackson State Tigers in the Soul Bowl. The rivalry was previously named the Capital City Classic, but Alcorn ended the Classic in 2012 so that it could be brought back to Lorman, Mississippi.[1]

College Football Hall of Fame members

Alumni in the NFL

Over 50 Alcorn State alumni have played in the NFL,[3] including:

Head coaches

Alcorn State has seen 21 head football coaches over its history. The program was most recently led by Fred McNair.[4]

Octavius T. Henderson19214–01.000
O.A. Ross 1922–193344–15–110.629
W. Morton1934–19351–7–10.125
A. A. Abraham 1936, 1938, 1941–194214–8–70.483
L. Harris 1937, 1939–194010–10–10.476
J. Anderson19450.20.000
Reuben Alba 19461–80.111
W. Felix "Lerroy" Harris19479–10.900
Dwight Fisher1948–195652–35–70.553
W. Broadus19570–50.000
E. E. Simmons1958–19593–140.176
Franklin Purnell1960–196314–200.412
1964–1985138–71–80.636
Theo Danzy1986–199026–220.542
Cardell Jones1991–199741–32–30.539
Johnny Thomas1998–200748–610.440
Ernest T. Jones20082–100.167
Earnest Collins2009–20108–12 0.400
Melvin Spears20112–80.200
Jay Hopson2012–201519–170.528
Fred McNair2016–202348–330.593

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[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASU ends Capital City Classic. 4 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Dennis Thomas . footballfoundation.org . October 9, 2023.
  3. Web site: Alcorn St. Players/Alumni. Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  4. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/alcorn.sidearmsports.com/documents/2020/10/19/2020_21_Record_Book.pdf 2020-2021 Record Book
  5. Web site: Alcorn State sanctioned for NCAA violations. 19 October 2016.