The South Carolina State Bulldogs football team plays in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). A historically dominant football program, the Bulldogs lead the MEAC in conference championships. The Bulldogs have been awarded a NCAA-recognized black college football national championship six times in program history. South Carolina State has won eighteen Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference titles, ten outright and eight shared. They also have appeared in the I-AA/FCS playoffs six times with a record of 2–6. The Bulldogs have appeared in 14 bowl games.