Defending SWAC champion Alcorn State continued its recent dominance of Southern with a 48-7 victory Saturday in Baton Rouge, La. The rain-soaked victory was the fifth in a row for the SWAC East Division leading Braves (5-2, 4-1 SWAC) against Southern (4-4, 4-2 SWAC) and puts a third straight SWAC West Division championship for the […]
Bethune-Cookman’s Homecoming turned into a fireworks show Saturday as the Wildcats outlasted Norfolk State 59-49 for an MEAC victory in Daytona Beach, Fla. In addition to scoring 108 points between them, the teams combined for 1,090 yards total offense and 10 plays that gained at least 25 yards, five by each side. Quarterback Quentin Williams […]
Eddie Robinson, the legendary coach who made Grambling State a household, created a mystique around the G-Men and the belief that they’re never out of a game. Saturday, the G-Men put on a show against defending Black College champion and No. 1 ranked Alcorn State that would have made Robinson proud. The G-Men rallied from […]
The expectation when Southern played at Alabama State Saturday night was for a close game that likely would not be decided until the waning moments. After all, the margin of victory in each of the last five contests had been seven points or less, and all but one was decided in the final 20 seconds. […]
Bethune-Cookman played at Grambling State for the first time in almost 30 years Saturday night and came away with a wild 56-53 victory. The Wildcats (1-1), scoreless until midway through the second quarter, scored two touchdowns in a span of one minute, 44 seconds in the fourth quarter to give Terry Sims his first victory […]
Fans of Black College Football can expect an intriguing and highly competitive 2015 season. The season gets underway Thursday night with defending Black College National Champion Alcorn State playing up a level against Georgia Tech. The Braves don’t figure to fare well against the Yellow Jackets, but they are the team to beat among HBCUs. […]
Instate rivals Southern and Grambling State combined to produce more than 1,000 yards of offense and the highest point total in the 41-year history of the Bayou Classic Saturday at the Mercedes Benz Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. But it was defending SWAC champion Southern’s defense that spelled the difference as the Jaguars prevailed 52-45 […]
North Carolina Central wasn’t a very gracious host Saturday when the Eagles hosted in-state MEAC rival North Carolina A&T. The Aggies, No.1 in the HBCU polls and No. 24 in the FCS rankings, needed a victory to lock up the conference championship and an automatic berth in the FCS playoffs. But the Eagles, picked in […]
Freshman quarterback Niko Johnson was the unlikely hero Saturday as Virginia State defeated two-time defending CIAA champion Winston-Salem State 21-17 Saturday in Durham, N.C., to win the conference championship and end the Rams’ 31-game conference winning streak. Winston-Salem (9-2) was ranked No. 10 in the AFCA Division II poll and No. 4 in NCAA Super […]
Tuskegee stormed back from a14-point third-quarter deficit Saturday to defeat Miles 48-33 in Fairfield, Ala., and win the SIAC West Division championship. It was the eighth straight victory for the Golden Tigers (8-2, 7-0), who will play Albany State in the SIAC Championship Game next Saturday in Montgomery, Ala. The win avenged Tuskegee’s 41-36 home […]
Bethune-Cookman pounded North Carolina Central into submission with a relentless running game Saturday as the Wildcats posted a 34-20 come-from-behind home victory. The victory keeps the Wildcats (7-2, 4-1 MEAC) in the middle of a logjam with four other teams for the top spot in the conference. South Carolina State, North Carolina A&T, Morgan State […]
Alabama State’s season of promise continued to unravel Saturday in the 73rd Magic City Classic at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., in front of 67,710 fans, the largest crowd for a game between two Football Championship Subdivision teams this season. The Hornets, ranked No. 1 among HBCUs at the start of this month, blew a […]
