Southern Jaguars football

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Southern Jaguars football
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2025 Southern Jaguars football team
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First season1916;109 years ago (1916)
Athletic directorRoman Banks
Head coach Terrence Graves
2nd season, 9–5 (.643)
Stadium A. W. Mumford Stadium
(capacity: 29,000)
Field surfaceArtificial turf
Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Conference SWAC
DivisionWest
All-time record562–345–28 (.616)
Bowl record8–3 (.727)
Claimed national titles9 (Black College): 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003
Unclaimed national titles2 (Black College): 1975, 1998
Conference titles19
Rivalries Grambling State
Jackson State
Texas Southern
ColorsColumbia blue and gold [1]
   
Marching bandHuman Jukebox
Website gojagsports.com
A. W. Mumford Stadium Ace W. Mumford Stadium (Baton Rouge, LA).jpg
A. W. Mumford Stadium

The Southern Jaguars are the college football team representing Southern University. The Jaguars play in NCAA Division I Football Championship as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Jaguars started collegiate football in 1916, and played in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference before joining the SWAC in 1934.

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Every late November they play their last regular season game against in-state rival Grambling in the Bayou Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana. Another notable rivalry, dubbed the "Boombox Classic," is played between Jackson State and Southern yearly.

History

Classifications

Conference memberships

Championships

Black college football national championships

YearCoachNational championship selectorsRecord
1948 Ace Mumford Associated Negro Press, Baltimore Afro-American , Pittsburgh Courier 12–0
1949 Associated Negro Press, Pittsburgh Courier10–0–1
1950 Associated Negro Press, Pittsburgh Courier10–0–1
1954 Atlanta Daily World , Pittsburgh Courier10–1
1960 Atlanta Daily World, Associated Negro Press, Pittsburgh Courier9–1
1993 Pete Richardson American Sports Wire, Black College Sports Report11–1
1995 Atlanta Daily World, American Sports Wire, American Urban Radio Networks 11–1
1997 Atlanta Daily World, American Sports Wire11–1
2003 Atlanta Daily World, American Sports Wire, American Urban Radio Networks,
Black College Sports Page, Dr. Cavil's Classic Cuts–Major Division Poll		12–1

Conference championships

Southern has won 19 conference championships, with all of them coming in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, 12 outright and 7 shared.

SeasonConferenceCoachOverall recordConference record
1937† Southwestern Athletic Conference Ace Mumford 4–4–1–
1938†7–1–14–1–1
1940†8–15–1
19469–2–16–0
1947 10–27–0
1948 12–07–0
1949†10–0–16–0–1
1950 10–0–17–0
1955 7–2–16–1
1959 8–27–0
1960†9–16–1
1966† Robert E. Smith 7–2–15–1–1
1975† Charles Bates 9–34–2
1993 Pete Richardson 11–17–0
1997 11–16–1
1998 11–18–0
1999 11–24–0
2003 12–16–1
2013 Dawson Odums 9–47–2
Conference Championships:19

† Co-champions

Division championships

YearDivisionCoachOpponentCG result
2000 SWAC West Pete Richardson Jackson State W 31–30
2003† Alabama State W 20–9
2004 Alabama State L 35–40
2013 Dawson Odums Jackson State W 34–27
2014 Alcorn State L 24–38
2018 Alcorn State L 28–37
2019 Alcorn State L 24–39
2022† Eric Dooley Jackson State L 24–43
2024 Terrence Graves Jackson State L 13–41
Division Championships9

† Co-champions

Postseason

Southern has appeared in eleven bowl games. The Jaguars have a record of 8–3. [2]

DateBowlOpponentResult
Jan 1, 1942 Flower North Carolina A&T Aggies L 12–14
Dec 25, 1946 Yam Tuskegee Golden Tigers W 64–7
Dec 25, 1947Yam Fort Valley State Wildcats W 46–0
Dec 5, 1948 Fruit Bowl San Francisco State Gators W 30–0
Dec 27, 1975 Pelican Bowl South Carolina State Bulldogs W 15–12
Jan 1, 1994 Heritage Bowl South Carolina State Bulldogs W 11–0
Dec 29, 1995Heritage Bowl Florida A&M Rattlers W 30–25
Dec 31, 1996Heritage Bowl Howard Bison L 24–27
Dec 27, 1997Heritage Bowl South Carolina State Bulldogs W 34–28
Dec 26, 1998Heritage Bowl Bethune-Cookman Wildcats W 28–2
Dec 18, 1999Heritage Bowl Hampton Pirates L 3–24

College Football Hall of Fame members

Alumni in the NFL

Southern has three alumni that has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Over 70 Southern alumni have played in the NFL, [3] including:

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of April 25, 2025 [4]

202520262027
vs NC Central (Atlanta, GA)
MEAC/SWAC Challenge 		at Houston at Nicholls
at Mississippi Valley State
Alabama State
at Fresno State

See also

References

  1. ↑ Southern University Style Guide (PDF). Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ College Football Reference Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Pro Football Reference
  4. ↑ "Future Southern Jaguars Football Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
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