Alabama State Hornets football
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 | ||
Athletic director | Dr. Jason Cable | ||
Head coach | Eddie Robinson 1st season, 0–0 (–) | ||
Stadium | Hornet Stadium (capacity: 26,500) | ||
Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
Location | Montgomery, Alabama | ||
Conference | SWAC | ||
Division | East | ||
All-time record | 516–507–41 (.504) | ||
Conference titles | 6 | ||
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.
Conference affiliations
- Independent (1901–1912)
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1913–1975)
- Division II Independent (1976–1981)
- Southwestern Athletic Conference (1982–present)
Championships
Conference
Alabama State has won six conference championships.
Year | Coach | Conference | Record | |
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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
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
Over 20 Alabama State alumni have played in the NFL,[1] including:
Head Coaches
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- | 0-0 |
Notes
References
- "Alabama St. Players/Alumni - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- https://bamastatesports.com/documents/2019/8/12/FB_Media_Guide.pdf