Jacksonville State Gamecocks football

Jacksonville State Gamecocks football
2024 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
First season1904; 120 years ago
Athletic directorGreg Seitz
Head coachRich Rodriguez
3rd season, 23–9 (.719)
StadiumBurgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium (Capacity: 24,000)
Field surfaceTurf
LocationJacksonville, Alabama
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferenceConference USA
All-time record618–422–39 [1] (.591)
Bowl record1–0 (1.000)
Claimed national titles1 NCAA Division II (1992)
Conference titles25
RivalriesTroy Kennesaw State
ColorsRed and white[2]
   
Marching bandMarching Southerners
WebsiteJaxStateSports.com

The Jacksonville State Gamecocks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Jacksonville State University (JSU) located in the U.S. state of Alabama. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the Conference USA. Jacksonville State's first football team was fielded in 1904. The team plays its home games at the 24,000-seat Burgess–Snow Field at AmFirst Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama.[3]

On November 5, 2021, the school accepted an invitation to join Conference USA (C-USA) of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) beginning with the 2023 season.[4]

  1. ^ NCAA Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/history?utf8=✓&org_id=315&sport_code=MFB&commit=Search
  2. ^ Jacksonville State University Style Guide & Identification Standards Manual (PDF). Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Jacksonville State Historical Data". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "Conference USA to add Liberty, Jacksonville State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State beginning in 2023". ESPN. November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.