Jackson State Tigers football
College football team of Jackson State University
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| 2024 | T. C. Taylor wins SWAC Coach of the Year. |
| 2024 | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium ('The Vet') won the College Football Campus Tour Best FCS Stadium Invitational, defeating the Kibbie Dome in Idaho with 58% of nearly 12,000 votes. |
| 2024 | Irv Mulligan named SWAC Offensive Player of the Year as running back. Travis Terrell Jr. wins both SWAC Freshman of the Year and Boxtorow Newcomer of the Year as running back |
| 2024 | Secured SWAC championship with a 12-2 overall record and perfect 8-0 conference record under coach T. C. Taylor. |
| 2024 | Jackson State football fans led Division I FCS in attendance for the regular season, demonstrating the program's strong fanbase and support. |
| December 14 2024 | Tigers win their first National HBCU Football Championship since 1996, defeating the South Carolina State Bulldogs under Coach T. C. Taylor's leadership. |
| October 29 2023 | Leilani Armenta becomes the first woman to score in an HBCU Division I game, scoring three extra points against the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. |
| 2022 | Deion Sanders wins SWAC Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year. |
| 2022 | Shedeur Sanders wins both SWAC and Boxtorow Offensive Player of the Year as quarterback. Aubrey Miller Jr. wins both SWAC and Boxtorow Defensive Player of the Year as linebacker |
| 2022 | Tyler Brown (offensive line) and Aubrey Miller Jr. (defensive line) named to Associated Press FCS All-American Team. |
| 2022 | Deion Sanders wins SWAC Coach of the Year. |
| 2022 | Jackson State Tigers competed in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta, GA, losing to North Carolina Central in overtime with a score of 34-41. |
| 2022 | Claimed SWAC championship with a 12-1 overall record and perfect 8-0 conference record under coach Deion Sanders. |
| October 23 2022 | ESPN's College GameDay announced a live broadcast from Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium for the JSU-SU game, marking only the fourth time College GameDay had featured an HBCU football game. |
| 2021 | Jackson State football generated a $30 million positive economic impact on Jackson's economy, establishing itself as the most economically influential Division I FCS football program in terms of public interest and economic contribution. |
| 2021 | Shedeur Sanders wins Boxtorow Newcomer of the Year |
| 2021 | James Houston named to Associated Press FCS All-American Team as a defensive lineman. |
| 2021 | Deion Sanders wins SWAC Coach of the Year. |
| 2021 | Jackson State Tigers played in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta, GA, losing to South Carolina State with a score of 10-31. |
| 2021 | Won SWAC championship with an 11-2 overall record and perfect 8-0 conference record under coach Deion Sanders. |
| 2020 | Deion Sanders was hired as head coach of Jackson State University (JSU), which significantly raised national attention for the football program and the JSU-SU rivalry. |
| 2019 | Keonte Hampton named SWAC Defensive Player of the Year as linebacker. |
| 2016 | The stadium lost its status as the largest stadium in Mississippi. |
| 2016 | Javancy Jones again named to Sheridan All-American Team as a defensive lineman. |
| 2015 | Javancy Jones named to both Sheridan and Boxtorow All-American Teams as a defensive lineman, and Ryan Deising named to Sheridan All-American Team as a placekicker. |
| 2013 | Southern again defeated Jackson State in the SWAC championship game. |
| 2013 | Jordan Arthur (offensive line) and Qua Cox (defensive back) named Boxtorow All-Americans. |
| 2013 | Jackson State Tigers won the SWAC East Division championship under head coach Rick Comegy, with an 8-4 overall record and 8-1 in conference play, losing to Southern 27-34 in double overtime (win later vacated by Southern). |
| 2012 | Multiple Jackson State players named All-Americans: Rico Richardson (wide receiver, Sheridan and Boxtorow), Joseph LeBeau (defensive line, Sheridan and Boxtorow), and Qua Cox (defensive back, Boxtorow). |
| 2012 | Jackson State Tigers won the SWAC East Division championship under head coach Rick Comegy, with a 7-5 overall record and 7-2 in conference play, losing to Arkansas-Pine Bluff 21-24 in overtime. |
| 2011 | Casey Therriault wins SWAC Offensive Player of the Year and Boxtorow National Player of the Year as quarterback. Joseph LeBeau named SWAC Newcomer of the Year as defensive end. |
| 2011 | Multiple Jackson State players receive All-American honors: Joseph Lebeau (defensive line, FCS and Boxtorow), Casey Therriault (quarterback, Boxtorow), and Renty Rollins (tight end, Boxtorow). |
| 2011 | Jackson State Tigers won the SWAC East Division championship under head coach Rick Comegy, with a 9-2 overall record and 7-2 in conference play, but lost the tiebreaker to Alabama A&M. |
| 2010 | Casey Therriault wins SWAC and Boxtorow Newcomer of the Year as quarterback. |
| 2010 | Jackson State Tigers won the SWAC East Division championship under head coach Rick Comegy, with an 8-3 overall record and 6-3 in conference play, but lost the tiebreaker to Alabama State. |
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