MEAC conference

Willie Jeffries is a college football Hall of Fame honoree who has amassed a number of championships across three decades. He is also the first Black head coach of a Division I-A and predominately white football team, achieving the feat in 1979. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  Jeffries was born January 4, 1937 in Union, […]

Virginia State looked defeat squarely in the eye Saturday in its regular season finale against arch-rival Virginia before eking out a 40-39 home win to claim the CIAA Northern Division championship. Sitting atop the division standings and sporting a perfect 8-0 record and a No. 16 in Division II and No. 3 in their region, […]

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 […]

A year, three coaches and a truckload of controversy later, Grambling State finally played Jackson State Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Miss., and the G-Men came away with 40-35 victory in the SWAC opener for both teams. Last year’s game, Jackson State’s Homecoming contest, was postponed when Grambling players refused to make the […]