Alabama State Hornets football

College football program of Alabama State University

Alabama State Hornets football

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First season| 1901; 123 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
Division| East
All-time record| 523-511-41 (.506)
Bowl record| 1-0 (1.000)
Claimed national titles| 1 (Black College): 1991
Unclaimed national titles| 1 (Black College): 2011
Conference titles| 2 (SWAC: Championships 1991, 2004)
Division titles| 5 (SWAC East: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011)
Rivalries| Alabama A&M Bulldogs
Tuskegee Golden Tigers
Colors| Black and old gold

Fight song| Hail Alabama
Marching band| Mighty 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).

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

* Independent (1901–1912)
* Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1913–1975)
* Division II Independent (1976–1981)
* Southwestern Athletic Conference (1982–present)

## Championships

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### National

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Alabama has won one national championship

Year  | Coach  | Championship  | Record

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

### Conference

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

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1935 | Rufus Lewis | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 9–2–1
1936 | Rufus Lewis | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 6–2–2
1965 | Whitney L. Van Cleve | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Section B | 6–4–0
1966 | Whitney L. Van Cleve | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Section B | 8–2–0
1991 | Houston Markham | Southwestern Athletic Conference | 11–0–1
2004 | Charles Coe | Southwestern Athletic Conference | 10–2
Total Conference Championships: | 6

## Rivalries

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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

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

* Reggie Barlow
* Keenan Issac
* Brad Baxter
* Earl Cochran
* Michael Coe
* Isaiah Crowell
* Tytus Howard
* Johnny Huggins
* Tarvaris Jackson
* Greg Jenkins
* Bill Johnson
* Terren Jones
* Zefross Moss
* Eddie Robinson
* Tyrone Rogers
* Ricky Smith
* Jylan Ware

## Head coaches

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Name | Seasons | Record | Win Pct.

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Theodore Bradford  | 1902–1904  | 0–2  | 0.000
J.A. Welton  | 1905–1908  | 4–5–1  | 0.444
John Hope  | 1909–1916  | 17–6–1  | 0.739
"Professor Kilpatrick"  | 1917–1920  | 1–3–1  | 0.250
Ralph Harris  | 1921–1925  | 21–13–3  | 0.618
Bertrand C. Jacobs  | 1926–1928  | 16–10–3  | 0.615
Gaston F. Lewis | 1929–1933  | 31–13–4  | 0.705
Rufus Lewis | 1934–1942  | 42–32–9  | 0.568
John Brown  | 1943, 1945–1948  | 10–24–1  | 0.249
Georgie Lockhart & E.B. Campbell a | 1944  | 0–7  | 0.000
James H. Dixon  | 1949–1951  | 5–20–3  | 0.179
A.E. Simmons  | 1952–1961  | 43–40–3  | 0.500
C.E. Anderson  | 1962  | 0–8  | 0.000
Marino Casem | 1963  | 2–8  | 0.200
Whitney Van Cleve | 1964–1968  | 35–14–1  | 0.700
Henry Holbert | 1969–1972  | 21–21  | 0.500
Willie J. Parker  | 1973–1976, 1984, 1986  | 16–38  | 0.296
George James | 1976–1983  | 43–39–2  | 0.524
Ron Mitchell (interim)  | 1985  | 3–8  | 0.273
Houston Markham | 1987–1997  | 65–50–4  | 0.546
Ron Dickerson | 1998–1999  | 7–15  | 0.318
L.C. Cole | 2000–2002  | 20–15  | 0.571
Charles Coe III | 2003–2006  | 29–18  | 0.617
Reggie Barlow | 2006–2014  | 49–42  | 0.538
Brian Jenkins | 2015–2017  | 10–17  | 0.370
Donald Hill-Eley | 2017–2021  | 20–21  | 0.488
Travis Pearson (interim)  | 2021  | 2–2  | 0.500
Eddie Robinson | 2022–  | 13–9  | 0.591

## Notes

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^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.[2]

## References

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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. ^ "FB Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Alabama State University Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2023.

## External links

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* Official website

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Alabama State Hornets football

Venues|

* Cramton Bowl (1923–2012)
* New ASU Stadium (2012–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Alabama A&M: Magic City Classic
* Tuskegee: Turkey Day Classic

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

Seasons|

* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912–1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919–1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

National championship seasons in bold

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Alabama State University

Athletics|

* Baseball
* Men's basketball
* Football
* Women's basketball

Buildings|

* Cramton Bowl
* Dunn-Oliver Acadome
* New ASU Stadium
* Wheeler–Watkins Baseball Complex

Related|

* Bama State Collegians
* Dixon v. Alabama
* Historic District
* Tompkins v. Alabama State University
* WVAS Campus Radio

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Southwestern Athletic Conference football

East Division|

* Alabama A&M Bulldogs
* Alabama State Hornets
* Bethune–Cookman Wildcats
* Florida A&M Rattlers
* Jackson State Tigers
* Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils

West Division|

* Alcorn State Braves
* Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions
* Grambling State Tigers
* Prairie View A&M Panthers
* Southern Jaguars
* Texas Southern Tigers

Championships & awards|

* SWAC Championship Game
* All-time standings

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