Английская Википедия:Alcorn State Braves football
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox college football team 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
- 1964–1969: NAIA
- 1970–1983: NAIA Division I
- 1965–1972: NCAA College Division
- 1973–1976: NCAA Division II
- 1977: NCAA Division I
- 1978–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS
Conference memberships
- 1921–1935: Independent
- 1935–1962: South Central Athletic Conference
- 1962–present: Southwestern Athletic Conference
Championships
Black college national championships
Alcorn State has won five Black college football national championships.
Шаблон:CollegePrimaryHeaderSWAC championships
Alcorn joined the Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC in 1962. Since then, the Braves have won thirteen conference championships, nine outright and four shared.
Шаблон:CollegePrimaryHeader| 1968* | Southwestern Athletic Conference | Marino Casem | 9–1 | 6–1 |
| 1969 | 8–0–1 | 6–0–1 | ||
| 1970 | 8–1 | 6–0 | ||
| 1974* | 9–2 | 5–1 | ||
| 1976 | 8–2 | 5–1 | ||
| 1979* | 8–2 | 5–1 | ||
| 1984 | 9–1 | 7–0 | ||
| 1992 | Cardell Jones | 7–4 | 7–0 | |
| 1994* | Cardell Jones | 8–3–1 | 6–1 | |
| 2014 | Jay Hopson | 10–3 | 7–2 | |
| 2015 | Jay Hopson | 9–4 | 7–2 | |
| 2018 | Fred McNair | 9–4 | 6–1 | |
| 2019 | Fred McNair | 9–4 | 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.
Шаблон:CollegePrimaryHeader| 1984 | Quarterfinals | Louisiana Tech | L 21–44 |
| 1992 | First Round | Northeast Louisiana | L 27–78 |
| 1994 | 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.
Шаблон:CollegePrimaryHeader| 1974 | Quarterfinals | UNLV | L 22–35 |
Rivalry games
The Alcorn State Braves take on 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 to Lorman.[1]
College Football Hall of Fame members
Alumni in the NFL
Over 50 Alcorn State alumni have played in the NFL,[3] including: Шаблон:Col-start Шаблон:Col-break
- Milton Barney
- Charles Coleman
- Donald Driver
- Leonard Fairley
- Leslie Frazier
- Marcus Hinton
- Billy Howard
- Nate Hughes
- Garry Lewis
- Steve McNair
- Bryant Mix
- Lawrence Pillers
- Elex Price
- Jack Spinks
- Roynell Young
- Henry Bradley
- Willie Young
Head coaches
Alcorn State has seen 21 head football coaches over its history. The program was most recently led by Fred McNair.[4]
Шаблон:CollegePrimaryHeader| Octavius T. Henderson | 1921 | 4–0 | 1.000 |
| O.A. Ross | 1922–1933 | 44–15–11 | 0.629 |
| W. Morton | 1934–1935 | 1–7–1 | 0.125 |
| A. A. Abraham | 1936, 1938, 1941–1942 | 14–8–7 | 0.483 |
| L. Harris | 1937, 1939–1940 | 10–10–1 | 0.476 |
| J. Anderson | 1945 | 0.2 | 0.000 |
| Reuben Alba | 1946 | 1–8 | 0.111 |
| W. Felix "Lerroy" Harris | 1947 | 9–1 | 0.900 |
| Dwight Fisher | 1948–1956 | 52–35–7 | 0.553 |
| W. Broadus | 1957 | 0–5 | 0.000 |
| E. E. Simmons | 1958–1959 | 3–14 | 0.176 |
| Franklin Purnell | 1960–1963 | 14–20 | 0.412 |
| Marino Casem | 1964–1985 | 138–71–8 | 0.636 |
| Theo Danzy | 1986–1990 | 26–22 | 0.542 |
| Cardell Jones | 1991–1997 | 41–32–3 | 0.539 |
| Johnny Thomas | 1998–2007 | 48–61 | 0.440 |
| Ernest T. Jones | 2008 | 2–10 | 0.167 |
| Earnest Collins | 2009–2010 | 8–12 | 0.400 |
| Melvin Spears | 2011 | 2–8 | 0.200 |
| Jay Hopson | 2012–2015 | 19–17Шаблон:Ref | 0.528 |
| Fred McNair | 2016–2023 | 48–33 | 0.593 |
Notes
- Шаблон:Note 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
References
External links
Шаблон:Alcorn State Braves football navbox Шаблон:Southwestern Athletic Conference football navbox Шаблон:Alcorn State University
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