Delta State Statesmen football

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Delta State Statesmen football
First season1926;99 years ago (1926) [1]
Head coach Todd Cooley
7 season, 42–34 (.553)
Stadium McCool Stadium
(capacity: 8000)
FieldTravis E. Parker Field
Year built1970
Field surfaceArtificial turf
Location Cleveland, Mississippi
NCAA division Division II
Conference Gulf South Conference
All-time record48140623 (.541)
Claimed national titles1 (2000)
ColorsForest green and white [2]
   
Website gostatesmen.com

The Delta State Statesmen football team represents Delta State University, located in Cleveland, Mississippi, in NCAA Division II college football. The Statesmen, who began playing football in 1926, currently compete as members of the Gulf South Conference (GSC). Delta State plays home games on campus at McCool Stadium.

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Delta State has won one national championship at the Division II level, in 2000.

History

The Delta State football team in action against the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions in 2013 13290-LSC Football Festival-8563 (9778068981).jpg
The Delta State football team in action against the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions in 2013

Delta State won the 2000 NCAA Division II football championship. Delta State's football team won the Gulf South Conference championship in 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2022, and 2024. They were runners-up in the NCAA Division II football championship in 2010. They were national semifinalists and regional champions in 2011.

Program achievements

Gulf South Conference Champions1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2022, 2023
NCAA Division II Team Playoff Participants1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2022, 2023
NCAA Division II Regional Championships2000, 2006, 2010, 2011
NCAA Division II National Championships2000

Alumni

References

  1. "Statesmen Football Record Book" (PDF). gostatesmen.com. Delta State Athletics. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  2. Delta State University Identity Standards Guide (PDF). Retrieved June 12, 2016.