1969 Southern Jaguars football team

The 1969 Southern Jaguars football team represented Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Alva Tabor, the Jaguars compiled an overall record of 6–2–1, with a conference record of 5–1–1, and finished second in the SWAC.

1969 Southern Jaguars football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	6–2–1 (5–1–1 SWAC)
Head coach	Alva Tabor (1st season)
Home stadium	University Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9/8 Alcorn A&M $	6	–	0	–	1			8	–	0	–	1
Southern	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Grambling	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Texas Southern	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Prairie View A&M	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Arkansas AM&N	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Jackson State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Mississippi Valley State	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Texas Southern	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	T 13–13		[1]
September 28	at Prairie View A&M	Astrodome Houston, TX	W 14–6	22,175	[2]
October 4	Mississippi Valley State	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 30–7		[3]
October 11	Arkansas AM&N	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 40–19		[4]
October 18	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)	W 47–20		[5]
October 25	No. 4 Alcorn A&M	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–27	25,000	[6]
November 1	No. 18 Tennessee State*	University Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 30–22	13,000	[7]
November 15	at Florida A&M*	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–10	12,917	[8]
November 22	at Grambling	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA (rivalry)	W 21–17	32,115	[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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