HBCU Gameday
History
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2.7KAll-Time SIAC Football Champions
The SIAC is the second oldest HBCU conference and its history includes many current DI HBCUs.
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7.2KTop 15 MEAC Rushers of All-Time
The top 15 rushers in the 49-year history of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
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2.1KBison’s Run of the Century
For the first time in 125 years the Penn Relays didn't happen, coincidentally it was also 100 year anniversary of HBCU's running...
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2.0KLightning struck twice for HBCU duo in 2000 NFL Draft
Jackson State had not one, but two players picked in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft.
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2.3KMoments in TSU History: Ed “Too Tall” Jones Makes History
The NFL's number 1 draft pick in 1974 came from an HBCU
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2.8KFAMU Alum starts petition for Rattler great Ken Riley’s enshrinement in NFL’s Hall of Fame
15 seasons. 201 games started. 65 Interceptions. Still waiting on a gold jacket.
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3.5KToo Good To Pass Up: Steve McNair defied the odds in 1995 NFL Draft
They questioned his school and his brain. But Steve McNair's talent was too much to pass up.
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4.3KThe Legend of (A.J.) English: Part II — Faster Than A (Washington) Bullet
After averaging double-figures in limited time, Washington's A.J. English disappeared from the NBA as quickly as he proved he belonged.
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4.8KThe Legend of (A.J.) English: Part I
A.J. English's basketball legend rose in Wilmington, DE and bloomed in Richmond.
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2.2KWe Messed Up Some Brackets: Norfolk State’s 2012 March Madness Magic
For one day in 2012, Norfolk State and Kyle O'Quinn had Cinderella rocking Green and Gold to the March Madness dance.
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12.1KTop 50 CIAA Basketball scorers of all-time
The CIAA has been producing top-tier scorers for nearly 100 years.
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17.2K2The Origin of ‘Neck’: How Cameo’s hit became an HBCU band anthem
Cameo dropped "Talking Out The Side of Ya Neck" 35 years ago and the HBCU world has never been the same since....
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5.6K1Part I: The long, complicated history of choosing an HBCU national champion
For nearly 100 years, the Black Press has picked Black College Football National Champions. It hasn't always been easy, or clear-cut.
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3.3KThe Fast, Furious, Frustrating History of the Heritage Bowl (Part I)
The Heritage Bowl was a decade-long experiment to build the ultimate HBCU football bowl. It did NOT go smoothly.
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3.7KThe Pelican Bowl: Black College Football’s Championship Game Trial
The Pelican Bowl was the first attempt by the MEAC and SWAC to create a black college national championship game.