Tennessee State Tigers football

Tennessee State Tigers football
2025 Tennessee State Tigers football team
First season1912 (1912)
Athletic directorDr. Mikki Allen
Head coachReggie Barlow
1st season, 2–10 (.167)
LocationNashville, Tennessee
StadiumNissan Stadium and Hale Stadium
(capacity: 69,143 and 10,000)
NCAA divisionDivision I FCS
ConferenceOVC–Big South
ColorsReflex blue and white
   
All-time record597–339–32 (.633)
Bowl record8–1–1 (.850)
Small college national championships
1973
Black college national championships
1946, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1982, 2013
Conference championships
Midwestern: 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
OVC: 1998, 1999
OVC–Big South: 2024
WebsiteTSUTigers.com

The Tennessee State Tigers football program represents Tennessee State University in the sport of American football. The Tigers compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as member of the OVC–Big South Football Association.