2021 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

2021 South Carolina State Bulldogs football
Black college national champion
MEAC champion
Celebration Bowl champion
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record7–5 (5–0 MEAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBennett Swygert (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJonathan Saxon (3rd as DC, 7th overall season)
Home stadiumOliver C. Dawson Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
South Carolina State $   5 0     7 5  
North Carolina Central   4 1     6 5  
Delaware State   2 3     5 6  
Norfolk State   2 3     6 5  
Howard   1 4     3 8  
Morgan State   1 4     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 2021 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs, led by 20th-year head coach Oliver Pough, played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.

On November 13, the Bulldogs clinched a berth in the Celebration Bowl;[1] the team completed their season with a 7–5 record and a 5–0 record in conference play. The Bulldogs upset the SWAC champions No. 15 Jackson State 31–10 in the Celebration Bowl, their first postseason win since the December 1994 Heritage Bowl.

  1. ^ "Celebration Bowl ticket punched for SC State". HBCU Gameday. November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.