Alabama State Hornets football

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Alabama State Hornets football
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2024 Alabama State Hornets football team
Alabama State ASU Wordmark.png
First season1901; 124 years ago
Athletic director Dr. Jason Cable
Head coach Eddie Robinson Jr.
3rd season, 20–14 (.588)
Stadium ASU Stadium
(capacity: 26,500)
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Montgomery, Alabama
NCAA division Division I FCS
Conference SWAC
DivisionEast
All-time record523–511–41 (.506)
Bowl record1–0 (1.000)
Claimed national titles1 (Black College): 1991
Unclaimed national titles1 (Black College): 2011
Conference titles2 (SWAC: Championships 1991, 2004)
Division titles5 (SWAC East: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011)
Rivalries Alabama A&M Bulldogs
Tuskegee Golden Tigers
ColorsBlack and old gold
   
Fight songHail Alabama
Marching bandMighty Marching Hornets
Website bamastatesports.com

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

Contents

Hornet Stadium serves as the facility for Alabama State football games and practices. The 120-yard field turf playing field provides training to ASU football in all weather conditions. In June 2011, construction on the Houston Markham Football Complex was completed. The two-story, 30,000-square-foot facility serves as the new home of the football program.

Conference affiliations

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Hornets football players during a game in 2018

Championships

National

Alabama State has won one national championship.

YearCoachChampionshipRecord
1991 Houston Markham Black College National Champions 11–0–1

Conference

Alabama State has won six conference championships.[ citation needed ]

YearCoachConferenceRecord
1935 Rufus Lewis Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 9–2–1
1936 Rufus LewisSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference6–2–2
1965 Whitney L. Van Cleve Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Section B6–4–0
1966 Whitney L. Van CleveSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Section B8–2–0
1991 Houston Markham Southwestern Athletic Conference 11–0–1
2004 Charles Coe Southwestern Athletic Conference10–2
Total Conference Championships:6

Rivalries

The Magic City Classic is the highest attended and most anticipated regular season ASU football game every year. The Hornets take on in-state rival Alabama A&M Bulldogs in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Turkey Day Classic is an annual event played yearly on Thanksgiving between ASU and another opponent, most recently Prairie View A&M in 2019 and has been played almost consecutively since 1924, except for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alumni in the NFL

Over 20 Alabama State alumni have played in the NFL, [1] including:

Head coaches

NameSeasonsRecordWin Pct.
Theodore Bradford1902–19040–20.000
J.A. Welton1905–19084–5–10.444
John Hope1909–191617–6–10.739
"Professor Kilpatrick"1917–19201–3–10.250
Ralph Harris1921–192521–13–30.618
Bertrand C. Jacobs1926–192816–10–30.615
Gaston F. Lewis 1929–193331–13–40.705
Rufus Lewis 1934–194242–32–90.568
John Brown1943, 1945–194810–24–10.249
Georgie Lockhart & E.B. Campbell a 19440–70.000
James H. Dixon1949–19515–20–30.179
A.E. Simmons1952–196143–40–30.500
C.E. Anderson19620–80.000
Marino Casem 19632–80.200
Whitney Van Cleve 1964–196835–14–10.700
Henry Holbert 1969–197221–210.500
Willie J. Parker1973–1976, 1984, 198616–380.296
George James 1976–198343–39–20.524
Ron Mitchell (interim)19853–80.273
Houston Markham 1987–199765–50–40.546
Ron Dickerson 1998–19997–150.318
L.C. Cole 2000–200220–150.571
Charles Coe III 2003–200629–180.617
Reggie Barlow 2006–201449–420.538
Brian Jenkins 2015–201710–170.370
Donald Hill-Eley 2017–202120–210.488
Travis Pearson (interim)20212–20.500
Eddie Robinson 2022–13–90.591

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of March 7, 2025 [2]

202520262027
at UAB at Troy vs South Carolina State (Atlanta, GA)
MEAC/SWAC Challenge
at Southern at South Carolina State
Miles College
Tuskegee

Notes

^a At an unknown point in the 1944 season, Georgie Lockhart was replaced by E.B. Campbell. Both coaches share credit for the 1944 season. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Alabama St. Players/Alumni - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Future Alabama State Hornets Football Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  3. ↑ "FB Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Alabama State University Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2023.


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