The Stillman Tigers football team represented

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in the

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, competing as part of the

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until

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. Stillman played its home games at the 9,000 seat Stillman Stadium, which is located on-campus in

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. Although only fielding a team since the 1999 season, Stillman previously fielded a team that was disbanded following the 1950 season. The program was discontinued after their 2015 season when the school eliminated all athletic teams, except for men's and women's basketball, due to increased costs associated with the athletic program.

History

Stillman originally fielded a football squad for the 1922 season, and would compete on and off through its abandonment following the 1950 season.Stillman College Tigers 2006 Football Preseason Prospectus
"Football History," Stillman College, 2006. p. 3. Accessed 2008-12-29 By 1999, the football program was revived and on September 4, 1999, the Tigers were defeated by Arkansas-Monticello 30–7 in the first Stillman game since 1950. Competing as a Division III Independent though the 2003 season, Stillman would revive its rivalry game with

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in 2001 as the Steel City Classic. The Tigers would enter the 2003 season as a Division II Independent, and compete as an Independent through the 2005 season when Stillman was admitted to the

in football. Stillman College football discontinued after the fall season of 2015. Following the 2008 season,

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was fired as head coach, and on December 3, 2008,

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was announced as the program's third head coach since the reinstatement of the program in 1999. In the

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, the

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drafted defensive tackle Sammie Hill, the first player from Stillman to be drafted. He is also the second to play in the NFL from Stillman after Brian Witherspoon was signed by the

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as an

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in 2008. Following the 2010 season, Cole was fired as head coach, and on December 3, 2010, Stillman alumnus Teddy Keaton was announced as the program's fourth and last head coach since the reinstatement of the program in 1999. The program was discontinued after they completed their 2015 season.

Seasons

Head coaches

References

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