HBCU Gameday Scoreboard: Week 4
SWAC Grambling 43, Alcorn State 18Texas Southern 31, Alabama State 27Southern 59, Alabama A&M 31Prairie View 56, Mississippi Valley State 21Jackson State 32, UAPB 20 SIAC Tuskegee 38, Lane 7Miles 31, Morehouse 7Kentucky State 17, Central State 14Benedict 28, Fort Valley 17West Georgia 28, Albany State 23Clark Atlanta 37, Ave Maria 13 CIAA Virginia Union […]
Winston-Salem State pushes past Va. State in CIAA opener
Virginia State rolled into Bowman Gray Stadium looking to stay perfect on Saturday while Winston-Salem State was desparate for a win after a blowout loss to Virginia Union. WSSU would come up with its best all-around performance so far this season, picking up a 35-14 win over VSU for its first home victory of the […]
HBCU Football Players of The Week: Week 1
The first week of college football season is in the books and it was an exciting one. Every week we’ll be bringing you the offensive and defensive players of the week for the FCS and Division II conferences. Trey Green is our first FCS National Player of the Week. He led his team to a […]
HBCU Scoreboard: Week 1
SIACTuskegee 36. Clark Atlanta 13Valdosta State 16, Albany State 7Dayton 31, Central State 19Benedict 5, Livingstone 3Lane College 44, Texas College 6Charleston Southern 57, Kentucky State 7 FMorehouse 19, Edward Waters 13 SWAC University of Texas-San Antonio 26, Alabama State 13University of Louisiana-Monroe 38, Southern 21Middle Tennessee 55, Alabama A&M 0Grambling State 72, VUL 12*UNLV […]
Black College Football Hall of Fame to award Deacon Jones Trophy
A new year of black college football is upon us, and so is a new award for the players. The Black College Football Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday it will name a black college football player of the year following the 2016 season. The Deacon Jones Trophy will be given at the eighth annual […]
CIAA Predictions: WSSU picked to repeat as conference champs
Winston-Salem State surprised many observers by winning the CIAA football title in 2015, and they will be the favorites to win it all again. WSSU was picked to win the CIAA for the fifth consecutive time by the conference. Defending CIAA Northern Division champion Bowie State was predicted to finish second, while division runner up […]
HBCU Gameday CIAA Football Poll
We’re still a week away from CIAA Media Day, and over a month and a half from the start of the season, but its never too early to start looking ahead. We asked our Twitter followers who they thought would win the championship. We were only able to put up for options, so we gave […]
HBCU Gameday Top Five 2016: D2 RBs
1. Trent Cannon, Virginia State 5. Kavon Bellamy, Virginia State The 2015 season was a fall-back one for Virginia State, but Trent Cannon shined brightly for VSU. After joining VSU following a stint at Shepherd, Cannon finished second in the CIAA in rushing with 1,183 yards and added nine touchdowns and averaging a league-best 6.8 yards per […]
Four CIAA games scheduled for broadcast
Bowie State will get a heavy dose of television exposure this fall. The defending CIAA North champs will appear in two of the conference’s four televised games this season, the league announce on Thursday. BSU will make its first appearance against Virginia State on Oct. 15 for its homecoming. A week later, Bowie will travel […]
Six SIAC, CIAA schools featured in 2016 D2 Football Showcase
A total of six SIAC and CIAA schools will appear in the Division II Football Showcase this fall. Two SIAC matchups and one CIAA North Division rivalry will be broadcast, with the possibility of more games to be added. NCAA Division II Football Showcase announced – https://t.co/u9ZkYf6hcq @TheSIAC #TUPride #AllTUDoIsWin pic.twitter.com/HH6EL4Tqjf – Tuskegee Athletics (@MyTUAthletics) […]
HBCU Gameday’s Top D2 HBCU Quarterbacks 2016
(Photo courtesy of Donald Watkins/Shaw University) 1. Shawheem Dowdy, Virginia Union Virginia Union had its best season in years in 2015 and Shawheem Dowdy had a lot to do with it. The Baltimore product led the CIAA with 2,410 yards passing, going over the 300-yard mark three times, including VUU’s 40-21 loss to Slippery Rock […]
HBCUs continue to dominate FCS, Division II attendance
The 2015 football attendance numbers are in, and once again, HBCUs held it down. HBCUs represented nearly one-third of the top thirty attendances averages at the FCS level and held down seven of the top 30 spots in Division II. Southern took home the crown for the highest attendance overall, averaging 18,310 fans per game, […]
Iona’s A.J. English is stuntin’ like his daddy
You’ll be hearing the name A.J. English quite a bit this week–and maybe longer. The Iona guard is one of the best players in college hoops right now, and his team is sure to be one of the darlings. Of course, if you were a basketball fan on the East Coast in the late 1980s […]
Location and expansion have put MEAC Tournament in a good position to succeed
In the fall of 1971, six schools left the CIAA to start a new conference – the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Forty-five years and several expansions later, the MEAC is still trying to step out of the spotlight of its big brother’s basketball tournament. As the MEAC Tournament kicks off in Norfolk, VA this week, things […]
Gameday Faction: If Allen Iverson went to an HBCU
Dream with us for a second as Allen Iverson spends his college career at an HBCU.