Texas Southern Tigers football
| Texas Southern Tigers football | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| First season | 1947; 78 years ago | ||
| Head coach | Cris Dishman 2nd season, 5–6 (.455) | ||
| Stadium | Shell Energy Stadium (capacity: 22,000) | ||
| Year built | 2012 | ||
| Field surface | Natural grass | ||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||
| Conference | SWAC | ||
| Division | West | ||
| All-time record | 330–439–27 (.432) | ||
| Claimed national titles | 2 (black college): 1952, 2010 | ||
| Conference titles | 3 (1 MAA, 2 SWAC) | ||
| Colors | Maroon and gray | ||
| Website | tsusports.com | ||
The Texas Southern Tigers is the college football team representing Texas Southern University, a historically black university (HBCU) in Houston. The Tigers play in the NCAA's Division I FCS as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), a conference whose members are all HBCUs. In 2012, the Tigers moved into the new Shell Energy Stadium in East Downtown, built for the city's Major League Soccer team, the Houston Dynamo. It replaced Delmar Stadium as the primary home of Tiger football.