Southwestern Athletic Conference

HOUSTON – Tickets to the 2014 Toyota SWAC Football Championship are available now for presale purchase with general public on sale launching Thursday, Aug. 28 at 10 a.m.  Ticket prices range from $15-$50 and may be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000, or in person at the NRG Stadium box office located inside Budweiser Plaza.  Seats at the $30 value will be made available for $25 to groups of ten or more who purchase by phone at 281-367-9717.

The 2014 Toyota SWAC Football Championship will feature a showdown with division leaders from the East and West at NRG Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 3:00 p.m. CST and will be televised nationally on ESPNU.  Additional information may be found on the football championship’s official website at www.swacfootball.org. 

Special events around the football championship weekend will kick off with the SWAC Hall of Fame Reception on Thursday, Dec. 4 at the Westin Galleria Hotel.  In addition, SWAC will host official parties on Friday and Saturday night featuring top hip-hop talent and entertainers.  A full schedule of events will be available this fall.

With the move to Houston in 2013, the SWAC became the first conference in HBCU history to play both its football and basketball championships in professional facilities in the same city.  Almost 40,000 fans attended the 2013 game that saw Southern University defeat Jackson State University in double overtime.  The 2013 football championship recorded the third highest attendance in SWAC football championship history and was the best attended game since 2007. 

“We look forward to building on the success in 2013,” SWAC Commissioner Duer Sharp said.  “Having the game at NRG Stadium gives our student athletes the opportunity to play on the same field as the Houston Texans and Super Bowl LI.  We feel confident that we can surpass last year’s attendance and set a new standard for SWAC football.”

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), established in 1920, is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., which is comprised of historically black universities in the Southern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports and the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

 

Jennifer Jones, Southwestern Athletic Conference – 205-602-9117

Jasher Cox, Southwestern Athletic Conference – 205-568-6383

Stephanie Weaver, Harris County – Houston Sports Authority – 713-308-5915

Lauren Towns, French West Vaughan – 919-749-3446