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 Confererence before joining the SWAC in 1934.

Championships

 * Black college football national championships


 * 1948
 * 1949
 * 1950
 * 1954
 * 1960
 * 1993
 * 1995
 * 1997
 * 2003


 * SWAC Championships


 * 1937 (shared with Langston)
 * 1938 (shared with Langston)
 * 1940 (shared with Langston)
 * 1946
 * 1947
 * 1948
 * 1949 (shared with Langston)
 * 1950
 * 1955
 * 1959
 * 1960 (shared with Prairie View A&M and Grambling State)
 * 1966 (shared with Grambling State, Texas Southern, and Arkansas-Pine Bluff)
 * 1975 (shared with Grambling State)
 * 1993
 * 1997
 * 1998
 * 1999
 * 2003

College Football Hall of Fame members

 * Marino Casem (head coach; 1987–1988, 1992)
 * Ace Mumford (head coach; 1936–1961)

Alumni in the NFL
Over 70 Southern alumni have played in the NFL, including:
 * Mel Blount
 * Harold Carmichael
 * Rich Jackson
 * Aeneas Williams