Football
Tennessee State University, known as The Big Blue to its fans, won its 12th Black College Football National Championship in the 2013 season. They can now celebrate for another reason – the school was the only HBCU to have its athletes selected in this year’s NFL Draft. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers chose four-year starting guard […]
A few NFL legends returned home to where it all began to celebrate new and old talent at Grambling State University. Sammy White (1976-1985, Minnesota Vikings) and Everson Walls (1981-1993, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns) were both spotted taking photos with fans and enjoying the University’s annual Black and Gold spring game activities. Both White […]
The 2013 Black College football season had its share of memorable moments. Among the highlights were five HBCUs making the NCAA playoffs – Bethune-Cookman, South Carolina State and Tennessee State in the FCS and Tuskegee and Winston-Salem State in Division II with Tennessee State and Winston-Salem winning first-round games and Bethune-Cookman defeating an FBS member […]
The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff won its first SWAC football championship in more than 40 years in record fashion Saturday in Birmingham, Ala. The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff won its first SWAC football championship in more than 40 years in record fashion Saturday in Birmingham, Ala. The Golden Lions, who trailed Jackson State the entire […]
Southern defeated Jackson State 34-27 in double overtime Saturday at Reliant Stadium in a game for the ages as the Southwestern Athletic Conference returned to Houston, its birthplace in 1920, for its 15th conference championship game. It was the first double-overtime contest in championship game history, and the crowd of 38,895, the third-largest ever got […]
Unbeaten Winston-Salem State, the No. 1 seed in its region, is in the Division II playoff semifinals for the second consecutive year thanks to a dramatic goal line stand in the final minute Saturday. Unbeaten Winston-Salem State, the No. 1 seed in its region, is in the Division II playoff semifinals for the second consecutive […]
Tennessee State captured its first postseason victory in 27 years with a 31-0 victory against Butler Saturday in Indianapolis in the first round of the FCS playoffs. The shutout was the first for the 17th-ranked Tigers (10-3) since 2006 when they blanked Southeast Missouri 31-0. The Big Blue held Butler (9-4) to 257 yards total […]
Quarterback Rudy Johnson led Winston-Salem State to a 27-20 home victory against Slippery Rock Saturday in the first round of the Division II playoffs after trying week for him and his teammates. Johnson was the victim of an attack by a group of Virginia State players eight days before the Rams’ playoff game, which led […]
The CIAA cancelled its championship game between Winston-Salem State and Virginia State, which was scheduled for Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C., after a group of Virginia State players attacked Winston-Salem’s starting quarterback in a bathroom Friday during a banquet honoring both teams. Rudy Johnson, Winston-Salem’s All-CIAA junior quarterback, suffered a swollen eye and a laceration above […]
The rematch between Tuskegee and Fort Valley State in Atlanta Saturday night was no match when the teams met in the SIAC Championship Game at Lakewood Stadium. The rematch between Tuskegee and Fort Valley State in Atlanta Saturday night was no match when the teams met in the SIAC Championship Game at Lakewood Stadium. Tuskegee, […]
Winston-Salem State’s hopes for a Black College National Championship three-peat are still alive after the Rams posted a sloppy 28-24 come-from-behind home CIAA victory against Shaw Saturday. The Rams went into the game ranked No.13 in Division II and No. 2 among HBCUs, having won 21 straight regular season conference games. No. 22 in a […]
