The Delta State Statesmen football team represents

Delta State University Delta State University (DSU) is a public university in Cleveland, Mississippi, a city in the Mississippi Delta. History The school was established in 1924 by the State of Mississippi, using the facilities of the former Bolivar County Agricultu ...

, located in

Cleveland, Mississippi Cleveland is a city and one of two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States, the other seat being Rosedale, Mississippi, Rosedale. The Cleveland population was 11,199 as of the 2020 United States census. Cleveland has a large c ...

, in

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is the intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment ...

college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ...

. The Statesmen, who began playing football in 1926, currently compete as members of the

Gulf South Conference The Gulf South Conference (GSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the Southeastern United States. History Originally known as the ...

(GSC). Delta State plays home games on campus at McCool Stadium. Delta State has won one national championship at the Division II level, in 2000.

History

Delta State won the 2000 NCAA Division II football championship. Delta State's football team won the

championship in 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2022, and 2024. They were runners-up in the NCAA Division II football championship in 2010. They were national semifinalists and regional champions in 2011.

Program achievements

Alumni

* George Chesser * Pete Golding * Jack Gregory * Mark Hudspeth * Anthony Maddox * Aubrey Matthews * Wilbur Myers * Aubrey Rozzell

References

External links

* {{Gulf South Conference navbox American football teams established in 1926 1926 establishments in Mississippi