Alabama A&M Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs

Alabama A&M Bulldogs Lady Bulldogs

University	Alabama A&M University
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
NCAA	Division I / FCS
Athletic director	Bryan Hicks
Location	Huntsville, Alabama
Varsity teams	15
Football stadium	Louis Crews Stadium
Arena	T. M. Elmore Gymnasium
Nickname	Bulldogs Lady Bulldogs
Colors	Maroon and White^[1]
Website	www.aamusports.com

The Alabama A&M Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. The program features 15 varsity sports teams. They participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Russell Athletic is the current sponsor of the Alabama A&M University Athletic Department.

Football

Alabama A&M vs. Southern University, 2014

The Alabama A&M Bulldogs are the college football team representing the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. The Bulldogs play in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision.

The Alabama A&M Bulldogs men's basketball team has made the NCAA Tournament once, in 2005.^[2]

The AAMU-Alabama State basketball rivalry is annually the highest attended and most anticipated series for both schools.

Alabama A&M's men's soccer team won two NCAA Division II national championships in 1977 and 1979, and was runner-up in Division I in 1981. The program was discontinued following the 2011 season.^[3]^[4]

↑ Alabama A&M University Style Manual (PDF). Retrieved 2016-09-11.
↑ "NCAA Basketball Tournament History: Alabama A&M Bulldogs". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
↑ Kennedy, Paul (August 16, 2010). "Alabama A&M to drop men's program". SoccerAmerica. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
↑ McCarter, Mark (February 18, 2012). "Alabama A&M sports history: Men's soccer program folded after years of success". The Huntsville Times. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.

Alabama A&M University

Athletics	Bulldogs & Lady Bulldogs Men's Basketball Football

Campus	Elmore Gymnasium Historic District James H. Wilson Hall Louis Crews Stadium

Presidents	William Hooper Councill (1875-1909) Solomon T. Clanton^(acting)(1903) William Solomon Buchanan (1909-1920) Theophilus Robert Parker (1921-1927) Joseph Finning Drake (1927-1962) Richard David Morrison (1962-1984) Douglas Covington (1984-1987) Carl Harris Marbury (1987-1991) David B. Henson (1992-1995) John Thomas Gibson (1996-2005) Robert R. Jennings (2006-2008) Andrew Hugine, Jr. (present)

Related	Alabama Cooperative Extension System WJAB-FM

Southwestern Athletic Conference

East Division	Alabama A&M Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs Alabama State Hornets and Lady Hornets Alcorn State Braves and Lady Braves Jackson State Tigers and Lady Tigers Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils and Devilettes

West Division	Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions Grambling State Tigers Prairie View A&M Panthers and Lady Panthers Southern Jaguars and Lady Jaguars Texas Southern Tigers

Sports teams based in Alabama

NCAA Division I	Alabama Alabama A&M Alabama State Auburn Jacksonville State Samford South Alabama Troy UAB

NCAA Division II	Alabama–Huntsville Miles Montevallo North Alabama Stillman Tuskegee West Alabama

NCAA Division III	Birmingham–Southern Huntingdon

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