North Carolina A&T played the role of giant killer against an FBS opponent for the second consecutive season with a 35-31 upset road win over winless Charlotte in front of record crowd of 19,651 at Jerry Richardson Stadium. “For our little ragtag bunch from Greensboro to come over here and play with the big boys […]
The 4th annual Whitewater Classic was billed as preview of the SIAC Championship game with East Division preseason favorite Albany State taking on Tuskegee, the West favorite, in a matchup of Division II Top 25 teams. But what was supposed to be a marquee matchup ended up being a mismatch as No. 20 Albany State […]
Grambling State is back on top of the Black College Football heap following a hard-fought 10-9 victory over North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl Saturday at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The win was the 11th in a row for Grambling and gives the G-Men their 14th Black College Football National Championship and the […]
Grambling State enjoyed a drama-free run to Saturday’s SWAC Championship game rematch with Alcorn State. The G-Men, ranked No. 1 among HBCUs and No. 14 in the FCS, didn’t need any last-second or late-game heroics during the regular season. They outscored opponents by nearly 27 points a game en route to a 9-0 conference record […]
Tuskegee’s fourth consecutive Division II playoff appearance figured to be a brief one. The Golden Tigers got into the 28-team field as the No. 7 seed in Super Region 2 and had to go on the road against second-seeded Newberry, one of the hottest teams in the field after reeling off 10 straight wins. The […]
Fort Valley State completed an improbable turnaround Saturday with a 33-30 double overtime victory against Kentucky State in the SIAC Championship Game at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala. The Wildcats (5-6) began the season 1-6 under first-year coach Kevin Porter and going nowhere fast a month ago before reeling off four consecutive wins. Their culmination […]
Kentucky State has experienced nothing but frustration against Tuskegee since the Thorobreds joined the SIAC in 1997. That changed Saturday, however, as they handed the nationally ranked Golden Tigers their first loss of the season, a 10-9 Homecoming defeat. The Thorobreds (4-4, 3-0 SIAC West) emerged with the win when junior defensive lineman Rodriguez Jones […]
Tuskegee has had some improbable wins among its 673 all-time victories, but it hard to imagine any being more improbable than the Golden Tigers’ 21-16 home triumph over UNC-Pembroke Saturday at Abbott Stadium. Trailing 16-0 with a little more than nine minutes remaining in the contest, the Golden Tigers (5-0), ranked No. 11 in NCAA […]
Many point to the September 1970 contest between the University of South California Trojans vs. the University of Alabama Crimson Tide as the first racially integrated college football game in the South. However, a contest between the Florida A&M Rattlers and the University of Tampa Spartans happened a year prior, but it is often overlooked. […]
North Carolina A&T’s offense stood at center stage Saturday in the inaugural Celebration Bowl after taking a backseat to the Aggies’ nationally ranked defensive unit all season. With junior running back Tarik Cohen running rings around the Alcorn State defense North Carolina A&T held on for a 41-34 nationally televised (ABC) victory at the Georgia […]
Records fell like raindrops Saturday in the SWAC Championship Game at NRG Stadium in Houston as Alcorn State overwhelmed Grambling State 49-21 to win its second consecutive conference title. Alcorn (9-3, 8-2 SWAC) set Championship Game records with 613 yards total offense (613 yards), 411 rushing yards and the 49 points. Running back Darryan Ragsdale, […]
Left for dead in the CIAA South Division race three games into the season, Winston-Salem State won the CIAA Conference Championship game for the third time in five years in dramatic fashion Saturday in Durham, N.C. Will Johnson kicked a 23-yard field goal as time expired for the winning points as the Rams defeated North […]
