Northwestern State Demons football


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The Northwestern State Demons football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Northwestern State University located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Southland Conference. Northwestern State's first football team was fielded in 1907. The team plays its home games at the 15,971 seat Harry Turpin Stadium in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Notable former players
Notable alumni include:
 * Jamal Johnson - Hamilton Tiger Cats (CFL)

Year-by-year results

 * Statistics correct as of the end of the 2011-12 college football season

Conference championships
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 * 1907–13, Independent
 * 1914–25, Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
 * 1926–27, Independent
 * 1928–41, SIAA
 * 1942–47, Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
 * 1948–70, Gulf States Conference
 * 1971, Independent
 * 1972–74, Gulf South Conference
 * 1975, Division II Independent
 * 1976–77, Independent
 * 1978–83, Division I-AA Independent
 * 1984–86, Gulf Star Conference
 * 1987–present, Southland Conference
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Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks
In the 1992 edition of the rivalry game, the teams' mascots Vic the Demon and Chief Brave Spirit got involved in a fight that distracted television cameras to the point that the entire altercation is caught on video. In the scuffle, Vic the Demon's head is ripped off as the two crashed to the ground behind one of the end zones, which according to the video clip breaks a "cardinal rule" of being a mascot. The melee was broken up by college police without further incident.