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 the NCAA's Division I for all sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly referred to as Division I-AA.
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is a public historically black university in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Founded in 1873, it is the second oldest public institution in the state of Arkansas. UAPB is part of the University of Arkansas System and Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium has been the home stadium of the Jackson State Tigers football team since 1970. Originally known as War Veterans Memorial Stadium, it was later known as Hinds County War Memorial Stadium. It was redesigned and enlarged in 1960 and Ole Miss vs. Arkansas dedicated Mississippi Memorial Stadium in 1961 before a capacity crowd of 46,000. With political support from Ole Miss and Mississippi State and leadership from Ole Miss Athletics Director Warner Alford, Mississippi Memorial Stadium was enlarged to 62,500 in 1981 and on September 26, 1981 Ole Miss and Arkansas again dedicated the facility before 63,522.
George Ivory is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He was appointed as head coach on March 27, 2008. Previously, Ivory was an assistant at Mississippi Valley State University, his alma mater.
The Alabama A&M Bulldogs are the college football team representing the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. They play in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
The Jackson State Tigers football team represents Jackson State University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The SWAC Championship Game, officially the Cricket Wireless SWAC Championship Game, is an American college football game that is held annually on the first Saturday in December by the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) to determine its football champion. The game pits the champion of the Eastern Division against the champion of the Western Division in a game that follows the conclusion of the regular season. From 2015 onward, the winner of the game has represented the SWAC in the Celebration Bowl. As of the 2019 season, the game is sponsored by Cricket Wireless.
The 2012 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represented the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Golden Lions were led by fifth year head coach Monte Coleman and played their home games at Golden Lion Stadium as a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished with an overall record of ten wins and two losses and as SWAC champions after they defeated Jackson State in the SWAC Championship Game.
The 2012 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by seventh-year head coach Rick Comegy and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the East Division Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished with an overall record of seven wins and five losses and lost to Arkansas–Pine Bluff in the SWAC Championship Game.
The 2013 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represents the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Golden Lions are led by sixth year head coach Monte Coleman and play their home games at Golden Lion Stadium as a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They came into the 2013 season as the defending SWAC Champions.
The 2016 SWAC Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference to be held from November 3 to 6, 2016. The seven-match tournament will be held at the Prairie View A&M Soccer Stadium in Prairie View, Texas. The eight team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Howard Lady Bison are the defending tournament champions after defeating the Alabama State Hornets in the championship match.
The 2019 Southern Jaguars football team represents Southern University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars are led by seventh-year head coach Dawson Odums and play their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The 2019 Grambling State Tigers football team represents Grambling State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers are led by sixth-year head coach Broderick Fobbs and play their home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The 2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represents Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs are led by third-year head coach Connell Maynor and play their home games at Louis Crews Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represents the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Golden Lions are led by first-year head coach Doc Gamble and play their home games at Simmons Bank Field in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The 2020 Southern Jaguars football team represents Southern University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars are led by eighth-year head coach Dawson Odums and play their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The 2020 Texas Southern Tigers football team represents Texas Southern University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers are led by second-year head coach Clarence McKinney and play their home games at a BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
The 2021 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represents the University of Arkansas in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season, in what is their 127th year of competition. The Razorbacks play their home games at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Arkansas plays as a member of the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and is led by second-year head coach Sam Pittman.
The 2021 SWAC Championship Game is a college football game scheduled to be played on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. This will be the 23rd SWAC Championship Game and will determine the 2021 champion of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Sponsored by wireless service provider Cricket and by diet cola Pepsi Zero Sugar, the game will officially be known as the 2021 Cricket SWAC Football Championship presented by Pepsi Zero Sugar. The winner of the game will face the South Carolina State Bulldogs of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the Celebration Bowl.
The 2021–22 Jackson State Tigers basketball team represent Jackson State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by ninth-year head coach Wayne Brent, play their home games at the Williams Assembly Center in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
