The 43rd Bayou Classic was billed as a matchup of heavyweights with the SWAC Division title at stake. In the black and gold corner was Grambling State, the defending division champion with a perfect 8-0 conference record and a 17-game regular season SWAC winning streak. In the blue and gold corner was the challenger, Southern […]
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 […]
Tuskegee kept its Division II playoff hopes alive with a stirring 13-10 come-from-behind victory against SIAC rival Miles Saturday at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. The Golden Tigers (8-1, 6-1 SIAC) never led until Branden Wilson plunged into the end zone from the two-yard line for the winning score with 1:15 remaining in the game. […]
There seems to something about the Magic City Classic and close games that’s to Alabama A&M’s liking. The Bulldogs took down Alabama State 42-41 in overtime Saturday at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., for their seventh straight Magic City Classic victory in games decided by three points or less. The Bulldogs scored the winning points […]
Senior running back Tarik Cohen topped the 200-yard rushing mark for the third consecutive game North Carolina A&T pulled away in the fourth quarter for a come from behind MEAC 52-35 road victory against Bethune-Cookman. Cohen, the MEAC’s career rushing leader, ran for 220 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries as North Carolina A&T […]
Tuskegee remained unbeaten and continued its dominance of Morehouse with a 28-19 victory against the Maroon Tigers in the 81st Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic in Columbus, Ga., Saturday. The win was the fifth in a row for the Golden Tigers (6-0, 4-0 SIAC) against their conference rival and the 12th in the last 13 times that the teams […]
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 […]
Savannah State, an MEAC doormat ever since joining the conference in 2011, stunned Bethune-Cookman, a perennial contender for the league championship, with a 16-10 overtime victory in first-year coach Erik Raeburn’s home debut. Savannah State (1-2, 1-0 MEAC) put the game away on the strength of its defense. Bethune-Cookman got the ball first in overtime. […]
NOTE: We start coverage of Black College football this year with the season already in progress. MOBILE, Ala. – Tuskegee and Florida A&M, two of the most storied programs in Black College football, renewed their rivalry which began in 1908, last Saturday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in the inaugural Fifth Quarter Classic. It was their first […]
It was a routine play – just another kickoff return in the college football career of Southern University’s Devon Gales. Unfortunately, that return proved to be anything but routine. Last September, Gales was severely injured in what his doctors called a ‘burst’ injury when he collided with another player and fractured several bones in his […]
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 […]
