Southern University and A&M

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Southern University and A&M Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section of the City of Baton Rouge. The campus encompasses 512 acres, with an agricultural experimental station on an additional 372-acre site, located five miles north of the main campus. The University is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the flagship institution of the Southern University System.

The Southern Jaguars and Lady Jaguars represent the university in NCAA intercollegiate athletics. Southern’s sports teams participate in Division I (FCS for football) in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Southern University and its northern Louisiana SWAC rival, Grambling State University, annually participate in the Bayou Classic on the Saturday following Thanksgiving Day in New Orleans. NBC has carried the game live for over 20 years. In 2011, Southern became the first school handed a postseason ban in two sports (basketball and football) for failing to meet the NCAA’s academic progress rate requirements.

Southern’s other most notable SWAC rivals are Jackson State and Texas Southern.

The Southern University marching band, nicknamed the “Human Jukebox”, has been featured in television commercials, music videos and invited to participate in the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, Presidential Inauguration ceremonies and 5 Super Bowl halftime presentations. The band was also featured in the music video for the Jonas Brothers song, “Pom Poms”. In 2008, The band was named “Best Dressed Marching Band” by FashionNews.com, and named “#1 Band In The Nation” by USA Today. The band is well known for their powerful sound in the stands, precise, high stepping, and entertaining drills on the field, and as being the only HBCU marching band to feature one drum major during performances.