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Troy Trojans
The Troy Trojans is the name given to all the sports teams of Troy University. Troy University's athletics nickname was the Red Wave until early 1970s, but then the student body voted to change the name to Trojans.

History
Troy University has fielded a football team continuously since 1946. Prior to that year, the team was fielded with only a few interruptions from 1909 to 1942.

Eight years were skipped due to lack of participation and later World War I from 1913-1920, while the Wall Street Crash of 1929 kept the team from playing that year.

Prior to becoming a member of NCAA Division One athletics in 1993, Troy University was a member of the Gulf South Conference of the NCAA Division II ranks.

Troy's only perfect regular season record in football came at the conclusion of the 1995 season as the Trojans finished 11-0 and were crowned champions of the Southland Football League heading into the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.

Having moved up from Division I-AA, the team has competed in the NCAA's Division I since 2001.In 2001, Troy defeated Mississippi State University at Scott Field in Starkville, Mississippi, by a count of 21-9 to notch the Trojans' first victory over a BCS level program.

The Trojans began their 2004 campaign with a win over Marshall, and then garnered the program's largest win one game later as the Trojans defeated then #17 ranked Missouri, 24-14, in front of a Movie Gallery Veterans Stadium record crowd.

The Trojan football team made its first bowl game appearance in the Silicon Valley Football Classic on December 30, 2004 that same season, but lost to Northern Illinois, 34-21.

It became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2004, and joined that conference for all other sports in 2005. As the 2006 Sun Belt Conference champions, Troy played in the New Orleans Bowl on December 22, 2006 against Rice University, routing the Owls of Conference USA by a score of 41-17.

The New Orleans Bowl victory was Troy's first bowl victory in two tries. The 2007 team finished the season with an 8-4 record and a share of the Sun Belt Conference title.

Rival Teams
Troy's primary rivals were Jacksonville State University, Livingston University (now the University of West Alabama), and the University of North Alabama.

Since Troy University moved to Division I-A participation in football and because the two universities no longer share the same conference affiliation, this once heated rivalry has cooled significantly.

Troy?s Important Designations
Director of athletics Troy University's director of athletics is Steve Dennis, an alumnus of the University of Georgia, who was a standout defensive back for legendary head coach Vince Dooley.

The Coach
Troy football head coach Larry Blakeney is entering his 18th season as head coach.He has led the program to three Southland Football League titles and two Sun Belt Conference titles, as well as guided the Trojans to seven FCS playoff appearances and two FBS bowl games.

Successes
Troy won the NAIA national football championship in 1968 and the NCAA Division II national football championship in 1984 and 1987.The Troy football program currently has 12 players playing professional football, with 9 of them in the NFL, 2 in the CFL, and 1 in the AFL.In 2006, Troy won the Sun Belt Conference after defeating Middle Tennessee in dramatic fashion toward the end of the 2006 season.