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College football program of Alabama State University From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
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| First season | 1901; 123 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Dr. Jason Cable | ||
| Head coach | Eddie Robinson Jr. 3rd season, 13–9 (.591) | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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 | ||
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.
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Alabama State has won six conference championships.[citation needed]
| Year | Coach | Conference | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
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.
Over 20 Alabama State alumni have played in the NFL,[1] including:
| Name | Seasons | Record | Win Pct. |
| 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 |
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