Southern Jaguars football
The Southern Jaguars are the college football team representing the Southern University. The Jaguars play in NCAA Division I Football Championship as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Jaguars started collegiate football in 1916, and played in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference before joining the SWAC in 1934.
Every year, they play their last regular season game against Grambling in the Bayou Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana in late November.History
Classifications
;Black college football national championships
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950
- 1954
- 1960
- 1975
- 1993
- 1995
- 1997
- 1998
- 2003
;SWAC Championships
- 1937
- 1938
- 1940
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950
- 1955
- 1959
- 1960
- 1966
- 1975
- 1993
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2003
- 2013
Postseason
Southern has three alumni that has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- Mel Blount, Class of 1989
- Aeneas Williams, Class of 2014
- Harold Carmichael, Class of 2020
Over 70 Southern alumni have played in the NFL, including:
- Rashaun Allen
- Perry Brooks
- Matthew Dorsett
- Jubilee Dunbar
- George Farmer
- Alvin Haymond
- Maurice Hurst
- Rich Jackson
- Ray Jones
- Tyrone Jones
- Gerald Perry
- Rufus Porter
- Isiah Robertson
- Godwin Turk
- Ralph Williams
- Gillis Wilson
- Jerry Wilson
- Danny Johnson
