| Teamname: | Alcorn State Braves football |
| Currentseason: | 2024 Alcorn State Braves football team |
| Headcoach: | Cedric Thomas |
| Headcoachyear: | 1st |
| Hcwins: | 0 |
| Hclosses: | 0 |
| Stadium: | Casem-Spinks Stadium |
| Stadcapacity: | 22,500 |
| Stadsurface: | Natural grass |
| Conference: | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Confdivision: | East |
| Firstyear: | 1921; |
| Location: | Lorman, Mississippi |
| Atwins: | 497 |
| Atlosses: | 389 |
| Atties: | 38 |
| Conftitles: | 13 (SWAC: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019) |
| Divtitles: | 6 (SWAC East: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) |
| Websitename: | alcornsports.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://alcornsports.com/sports/football |
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).
Alcorn State has won five Black college football national championships.
| 1968 | 9–1 | SWAC | |||
| 1969 | 8–0–1 | SWAC | |||
| 1974 | 9–2 | SWAC | |||
| 1984 | 9–1 | SWAC | |||
| 2014 | 10–3 | SWAC |
Alcorn joined the Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC in 1962. Since then, the Braves have won thirteen conference championships, nine outright and four shared.
| 1968 | 9–1 | 6–1 | ||
| 1969 | 8–0–1 | 6–0–1 | ||
| 8–1 | 6–0 | |||
| 1974 | 9–2 | 5–1 | ||
| 8–2 | 5–1 | |||
| 1979 | 8–2 | 5–1 | ||
| 9–1 | 7–0 | |||
| 7–4 | 7–0 | |||
| 1994 | 8–3–1 | 6–1 | ||
| 10–3 | 7–2 | |||
| 9–4 | 7–2 | |||
| 9–4 | 6–1 | |||
| 2019 | 9–4 | 6–1 |
The Braves have appeared in the I-AA/FCS playoffs three times with an overall record of 0–3.
| Quarterfinals | Louisiana Tech | L 21–44 | ||
| First Round | Northeast Louisiana | L 27–78 | ||
| First Round | Youngstown State | L 20–63 |
The Braves appeared in the Division II playoffs one time, with an overall record of 0–1.
| Quarterfinals | L 22–35 |
See main article: Soul Bowl. The Alcorn State Braves biggest rival is against 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 back to Lorman, Mississippi.[1]
Over 50 Alcorn State alumni have played in the NFL,[3] including:
Alcorn State has seen 21 head football coaches over its history. The program was most recently led by Fred McNair.[4]
| 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 | |
| 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 | 19–17 | 0.528 | |
| Fred McNair | 2016–2023 | 48–33 | 0.593 |
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]