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2018 SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEDIA GUIDE I FOOTBALL HONOR THE HERITAGE. WWW.SWAC.ORG TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Media Services 2-3 SWAC at a Glance 4-5 Teams of the SWAC 6 2018 Team-by-Team Schedule 8 THE SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2101 6TH AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 700 2017 Year in Review 9-15 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203 (205) 251-7573 2017 Standings, Awards, Trends 10 2017 Team Stats 11-12 Commissioner (interim) EDGAR GANTT 2017 Individual Stats 13-14 SWAC Pays Tribute Director of Communications PETER HOLEHAN Robert “Dr. Doom” Brazile 15 Director of Championships/SWA JASMINE QUINN 2018 SWAC Football Teams 16-55 Assistant Director of Compliance WES CROCKETT Alabama A&M 16-19 Conference Office Liaison Alabama State 20-23 & Office Coordinator MILTON TAYLOR Alcorn State 24-27 Grambling State 28-31 Coordinator of Football Officials HAROLD MITCHELL Jackson State 32-35 Mississippi Valley State 36-39 Assistant Director of Communications ED BAILEY Prairie View A&M 40-43 Communications Assistant NATE STEVENS Southern 44-47 Championships Intern DANIELLE TATE Texas Southern 48-51 2018 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA 2018 FOOTBALL Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 52-55 DESIGN & LAYOUT BY SWAC Championship Game History 56-75 History of SCG Game & Results 56 SCG Recaps 57-75 SWAC Football History 76-94 SWAC Pro, College Hall of Famers 76 Creative Director/Owner ..................... ROBYN WEBER All-Conference Honors 77-80 Director of Photography..........................MATT WEBER Operations Manager ............................JUDITH NICKEL SWAC Football Champions 80 SWAC Football Standings 81-94 4818 RIDGEMOOR CIRCLE PALM HARBOR, FL 34685 [P] 727 741 3065 [W] www.lo-calgraphics.com 2018 Composite Schedule Back Cover HONOR THE HERITAGE. 1 SWAC - MEDIA SERVICES The 2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference TELECONFERENCE SCHEDULE Football Media Guide will assist the media in 10:00 a.m. - SWAC News & Notes their coverage of SWAC Football. For additional 10:05 a.m. - Connell Maynor (AAMU) information not found in this guide please contact 10:15 a.m. - Donald Hill-Eley (ALST) Peter Holehan at (205) 241-3468 (office) or at 10:25 a.m. - Tony Hughes (JKST) [email protected]. Thanks for your interest in 10:35 a.m. - Cedric Thomas (UAPB) SWAC Football. 10:45 a.m. - Broderick Fobbs (GRAM) 10:55 a.m. - Fred McNair (ALCN) PETER HOLEHAN 11:05 a.m. - Vincent Dancy (MVSU) Director of Communications 11:15 a.m. - Eric Dooley (PVAM) 11:25 a.m. - Dawson Odums (SUBR) Office: (205) 241-3468 11:35 a.m. - Mike Haywood (TXSO) Fax: (205) 241-3473 e-mail: [email protected] www.swac.org SWAC MEDIA E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION LIST Information on SWAC Football and all SWAC sports will be emailed to accredited media on a regular FOLLOW SWAC ON THE WEB: www.swac.org basis. To be added to the SWAC Media email For the latest information on SWAC Football and its distribution list, please send a request to Peter 17 additional sports, log on to www.swac.org. Weekly Holehan ([email protected]). releases, notes, game recaps and stats can be found throughout the season. SWAC MEMBER ATHLETIC WEBSITES All ten member institutions have established websites SWAC WEEKLY HONORS to allow fans indepth information on their respective Each week during the regular season, the SWAC will programs: name an offensive, defensive, newcomer and special teams player of the week. Alabama A&M www.aamusports.com Alabama State www.bamastatesports.com Alcorn State www.alcornsports.com SWAC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE Grambling State www.gsutigers.com The SWAC football coaches will be available on a Jackson State www.jstatetigers.com weekly teleconference Mondays from August 27 - Mississippi Valley State www.mvsusports.com November 12 from 10:00 am until noon central time. Prairie View A&M www.pvpanthers.com Each coach will be available for 8-10 minutes each Southern www.gojagsports.com week for questions and reviews. Texas Southern www.tsusports.com Arkansas-Pine Bluff www.uapblionsroar.com Media representatives who wish to participate should consult the conference weekly release or the SWAC Communications Office for details. SWAC PRESS BOX NUMBERS Alabama A&M (256) 372-5153 A replay of each teleconference will be available Alabama State (334) 263-0637 each Monday on the conference’s website: Alcorn State (601) 877-6520/6521 www.swac.org. Grambling State (318) 274-2151/2152/2153 Jackson State (601) 979-2382 Mississippi Valley State (662) 809-3960 Prairie View A&M TBA Southern (225) 771-2522/2933 Texas Southern (713) 547-3093 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (870) 575-7900 2018 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA 2018 FOOTBALL 2 WWW.SWAC.ORG SWAC - MEDIA SERVICES POSTSEASON HONORS At the conclusion of the regular season, the SWAC will announce its all conference teams. The selection includes: First and Second Team All-Conference honors, Freshman of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. SWAC FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – SAT., DEC. 1 The SWAC Football Championship game returns home to Legions Field in Birmingham, Alabama, this December, 2018. Once again, the Eastern and Western Division champions will meet with a kick-off time that is to be determined and will be available for viewing on the ESPN family of networks. SWAC FOOTBALL DIVISIONAL TIE-BREAKER In the event of a tie for the division championship, the following procedures will be used to break all ties to determine the SWAC Football Championship Game representative: Only those Conference versus Conference Games 2. THREE (OR MORE) TEAM TIE (both division and non-division) will be counted in (Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, go the Conference Standings. to the two-team tie breaker format) a. Head-to-head competition between the two 1. TWO TEAM TIE tied teams. a. Head-to-head competition between the two b. Records of the tied teams within the division. tied teams. c. Head-to-head competition versus the team b. Records of the tied teams within the division. within the division with the best overall (divisional and GUIDE MEDIA 2018 FOOTBALL c. Head-to-head competition versus the team non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding within the division with the best overall (divisional and through the division. Multiple ties within the division non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding will be broken from first to last. through the division. Multiple ties within the division d. Overall record versus non-division teams. will be broken from first to last. e. Combined record versus all common non- d. Overall record versus non-division teams. divisional teams. e. Combined record versus all common non- f. Record versus common non-divisional team divisional teams. with the best overall Conference (divisional and f. Record versus common non-divisional team non-divisional record and proceeding through other with the best overall Conference (divisional and common non-divisional teams based on their order non-divisional record and proceeding through other of finish within their division. common non-divisional teams based on their order g. Best point differential between the tied teams of finish within their division. in head-to-head matchups g. Coin flip h. Coin flip HONOR THE HERITAGE. 3 SWAC - AT A GLANCE MEMBER SCHOOLS (10) Alabama A&M “Bulldogs” Normal, Ala. Alabama State “Hornets” Montgomery, Ala. Alcorn State “Braves” Lorman, Miss. Grambling State “Tigers” Grambling, La. Jackson State “Tigers” Jackson, Miss. Mississippi Valley State “Delta Devils” Itta Bena, Miss. Prairie View A&M “Panthers” Prairie View, Texas Southern “Jaguars” Baton Rouge, La. Texas Southern “Tigers” Houston, Texas Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff “Golden Lions” Pine Bluff, Ark. CHAMPIONSHIPS SPONSORED (18) • To maintain fiscal management; and WOMEN (10) MEN (8) • To legislate through Bylaws or Resolutions on Basketball Baseball subjects of general concern to the membership. Bowling Basketball Cross Country Cross Country The members of the conference are committed to the Golf Football philosophy of maintaining intercollegiate athletics as Indoor Track & Field Golf an integral part of the overall educational program. To Soccer Indoor Track & Field this end, the conference believes in and subscribes to Softball Outdoor Track & Field the fundamental principles of amateurism, institutional Outdoor Track & Field Tennis control, sound academic standards, financial Tennis aid, recruiting and ethical conduct that governs Volleyball intercollegiate athletics, and the enforcement of rules and regulations as adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. CONFERENCE MISSION The Southwestern Athletic Conference is organized exclusively for the purpose of encouraging, promoting, HISTORY AT A GLANCE advancing and conducting intercollegiate sports In 1920, athletic officials from six Texas HBCUs — activities and other recreational and not-for-profit C.H. Fuller of Bishop College, Red Randolph and C.H. activities among the members of the Conference. Its Patterson of Paul Quinn College, E.G. Evans, H.J. purposes are: Evans and H.J. Starns of Prairie View A&M, D.C. Fuller of Texas College and G. Whitte Jordan of Wiley College • To uphold the principles of institutional control of, and — met in Houston, Texas, to discuss common interests. responsibility for all collegiate sports conducted by the At this meeting, they agreed to form a new league, the members of this organization in conformity with the SWAC. Constitution and Bylaws hereof; • To stimulate and improve intercollegiate athletic Paul Quinn became the first of the original members to sports; withdraw from the league when it did so in 1929. When • To comply with satisfactory standards of scholarship Langston University of Oklahoma was admitted into and amateur standing and good sportsmanship; the conference two years later, it began the migration • To preserve and maintain the collegiate athletic of state-supported institutions into the SWAC. Southern records of the members of the Southwestern Athletic University entered the ranks in 1934, followed by Conference, and make them available upon request; Arkansas AM&N (now the University of Arkansas at Pine • To cooperate with other amateur athletic organizations Bluff) in 1936 and Texas Southern University in 1954.