1968 Alcorn A&M Braves football team
Appearance
1968 Alcorn A&M Braves football | |
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Black college football national champion SWAC champion | |
Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Record | 9–1 (7–1 SWAC) |
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Home stadium | Henderson Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Alcorn A&M + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grambling + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas AM&N | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wiley | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1968 Alcorn A&M Braves football team was an American football team that represented Alcorn A&M University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during 1969 NCAA College Division football season. In their third season under head coach Marino Casem, Alcorn compiled a 9–1 record (7–1 against conference opponents), won the SWAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 359 to 85.[1]
Alcorn A&M was also recognized as the black college national champion.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 22 | at Grambling | W 28–12 | ||||||
September 28 | at Jackson State | No. 20 | Jackson, MS | W 30–6 | ||||
October 12 | at Wiley | No. 16 | Marshall, TX | W 60–5 | ||||
October 19 | Texas Southern | No. 14 | L 21–35 | |||||
October 26 | Southern |
| W 26–14 | |||||
November 2 | at Arkansas AM&N | Pine Bluff, AR | W 53–0 | |||||
November 9 | at Mississippi Valley State | No. 19 | Itta Bena, MS | W 40–0 | ||||
November 16 | at Prairie View A&M | Prairie View, TX | W 17–3 | |||||
November 23 | Kentucky State* | W 48–0 | ||||||
December 7 | vs. Florida A&M | Miami, FL (Orange Blossom Classic) | W 36–9 | |||||
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References
- ^ "Alcorn State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2019.