Full SWAC Football Slate

:Full SWAC Football Slate In Week Two
Delta Devils-Jaguars Tangle On TV
Wallace Dooley, Jr.
August 26, 2003

Nine SWAC schools will be in action this Labor Day weekend. Grambling
State, which opened last week with a 29-0 loss at San Jose State, is the
only SWAC team idle this week.

Saturday's slate will begin at 2:00p with Alabama State playing Florida
A&M at the Motor City Classic in Detroit, Michigan. Action continues at
6:00p when Jackson State faces off at #22 Northwestern State in
Natchitoches, Louisiana.

At 6:30p Alabama A&M hosts Jacksonville State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff
hosts Alcorn State. Prairie View and Texas Southern renew their Labor
Day Classic in Houston at 7:00p while Mississippi Valley State hosts
Southern in Jackson, Mississippi on Major Broadcast Cable (MBC) TV.

NEWS NOTES: Three SWAC players - Bruce Eugene, Robert Kent and Tramon
Douglas, are listed on the Sports Network's "Walter Payton Watch

SWAC Games
Alcorn State at Ark.- Pine Bluff - 6:30p
Prairie View at Texas Southern - 7:00p

Non-SWAC Games
Alabama State vs. Florida A&M (Detroit, MI)- 2:00p
Jackson State at Northwestern State (Natchitoches, LA)- 6:00p
Alabama A&M vs. Jacksonville State (Huntsville, AL)- 6:30p
Southern vs. Miss. Valley (Jackson, MS) - 7:00p

SWAC - WEEK TWO PREVIEWS

Alabama State "Hornets" (0-0) <6-6 in 2002>
vs. Florida A&M "Rattlers" (0-0)
Motor City Classic
Date: August 30, 2003
Time: 2:00p CT
Site: Ford Field, Detroit, MI (65,000)

Series: 19-15-2 - Alabama State
Last Meeting: 44- 32, Alabama State (1990)

Radio: WVAS-FM 90.7 (Montgomery)
TV: Comcast Sports South
Internet: None

The Coaches:
Alabama State: Charles Coe (Kansas State, '71)
0-0 (1st Yr) Overall
0-0 (1st yr) Alabama State

FAMU - William "Billy" Joe (Villanova, '63)
228-94 -4 (30 yrs) Overall
77- 32 (9 yrs) FAMU

Jackson State "Tigers" (0-0) <7-4 in 2002>
vs. Northwestern State "Demons" (0-0) <9-4 in 2002>
Date: August 30, 2003
Time: 6:00p CT
Site: Turpin Stadium (15,971) - Natchitoches, LA

Series: 2-2-0
Last Meeting: 31-24, Northwestern (1990)

Radio: 105.9 FM (Jackson)
Internet: sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/teams/jja

The Coaches
Jackson State - James Bell (Central Arkansas - '81)
0-0 (1st Yr) Overall
0-0 (1st Yr) Jackson State

Northwestern State - Scott Stoker ( Northwestern State, '91)
9-4 (1 Yr) Overall
9-4 (1 Yr) Northwestern State

Alabama A&M "Bulldogs" (0-0) <8-4 in 2002>
vs. Jacksonville State "Gamecocks" (0-0) <5-6 in 2002>
Date: August 30, 2003
Time: - 6:30p CT
Site: Louis Crews Stadium (21,000) - Huntsville, AL

Series: 19-2-2 Jacksonville State
Last Meeting: 20-17, Jacksonville State (2002)

Radio: WJAB-FM 90.0 (Huntsville)
TV: None
Internet: TBA

The Coaches:
Alabama A&M - Anthony Jones (Wichita State, 1984)
26-17- (4 yrs) Overall
8-4 (1 yr) AAMU

Jacksonville State - Jack Crowe (UAB, 1970)
28-48 (6 yrs) Overall
14-18 (3 yrs) Jacksonville State

Miss. Valley State "Delta Devils" (0-0) <5-6 in 2002>
vs. Southern "Jaguars" (0-0) <6-6 in 2002>
Date: August 30, 2003
Time: - 7:00p CT
Site: - Miss. Veterans Memorial Stadium (60,000) - Jackson, MS
Series: - 27-7, Southern
Last Meeting: 19-16, Southern (2002)

Radio: WVSD 91.7 (Greenville, Greenwood, Itta Bena,), WQKL 106.5 (Baton
Rouge)
TV: MBC-TV
Internet: none

The Coaches:
Miss. Valley State - Willie Totten (MVSU, 1986)
5-6- (1 yr) Overall
5-6 (1 yrs) MVSU

Southern - Pete Richardson (U. of Dayton, 1968)
126-46-1 (15 yrs) Overall
84-33 (11 yrs) Southern

Notes: MVSU and SU are trying to open their season by building on the
momentum in which they left off from a year ago. MVSU ended 2002 on a
three game win streak while SU finished the last half of the season 5-1
The Delta Devils are led by All-SWAC pre-season selectees, Travis Martin
(Center, 1st Team), William Smith (WR 2nd team) Michael Smith (Offensive
tackle 2nd team) and O'keefe Henderson (Cornerback, 2nd team). SU
counters with the SWAC Pre-season Defensive Player of the Year in Lenny
Williams.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff "Golden Lions" (0-0) <3-8 in 2002>
vs Alcorn State "Braves" (0-0) <6-5 in 2002>
15th Annual Arkansas Classic
Saturday, August 30, 2003

Time: 7:00 p.m. CT
Site: Golden Lion Stadium (12,500) - Pine Bluff, Ark.
Series: 16-10-3 (UAPB)
Last Meeting: 34-24, Alcorn State (2002)

Radio: KUAP-89.7FM (Pine Bluff, Ark.)
TV: UAPB-TV 24 (Pine Bluff Cable)
Internet: www.uapb.edu

The Coaches:
UAPB -- Lee Hardman (UAPB, '72)
60-50 (10 years) Overall
24-27 (6 years)

Alcorn State -- Dr. Johnny Thomas (Alcorn State, '78)
20-34 (5 years) Overall

Texas Southern "Tigers" (0-0) <4-7 in 2002>
vs. Prairie View A&M "Panthers" (0-0) <1-10 in 2002>
19th Labor Day Classic
Saturday, August 30, 2003
Time: 7:00 p.m. CT
Site: Reliant Stadium (68, 000) - Houston, TX
Series: 15-1 (TXSO)
Last Meeting: 44-14, Texas Southern (2002)

Radio: KTSU 90.0 FM (Houston), KPVU-FM 91.3 (Prairie View)
TV: https://maxvusports.tv/prairieview_panthervision/ (subscription)
Internet:

The Coaches:
Texas Southern - Bill Thomas (Tenn. State, '71)
79-72-3 (14 years) Overall
45-52 (10 years) Texas Southern

Prairie View A&M - C.L. Whittington (Prairie View, '73)
0-0 (1st Year) Overall
0-0 (1st Year) Prairie View A&M