Delta State Statesmen football

Delta State Statesmen
First season1926; 98 years ago (1926)[1]
Head coachTodd Cooley
7 season, 42–34 (.553)
StadiumMcCool Stadium
(capacity: 8000)
FieldTravis E. Parker Field
Year built1970
Field surfaceArtificial turf
LocationCleveland, Mississippi
NCAA divisionDivision II
ConferenceGulf South Conference
All-time record481–406–23 (.541)
Claimed national titles1 (2000)
ColorsForest green and white[2]
   
WebsiteStatesmen Football

The Delta State Statesmen football team represents Delta State University, located in Cleveland, Mississippi, in NCAA Division II college football.

The Statesmen, who began playing football in 1926, currently compete as members of the Gulf South Conference (GSC).

Delta State plays its home games on campus at McCool Stadium

Delta State has won one national championship at the Division II level (2000).

History

The Delta State football team in action against the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions in 2013

Delta State won the 2000 NCAA Division II national football championship. Delta State's football team won the Gulf South Conference Championship in 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2022, and 2024. They were runner-up in the D-2 National Championship in 2010. They were national semi-finalists and regional champions in 2011.

Program achievements

Gulf South Conference Champions 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2022, 2023
NCAA Division II Team Playoff Participants 1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2022, 2023
NCAA Division II Regional Championships 2000, 2006, 2010, 2011
NCAA Division II National Championships 2000

Alumni

References

  1. ^ "Statesmen Football Record Book" (PDF). gostatesmen.com. Delta State Athletics. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ Delta State University Identity Standards Guide (PDF). Retrieved June 12, 2016.