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Every year, the Magic City Classic can be relied upon to produce some stellar attendance numbers and this year is no different, leading all HBCU football games in that category in Week 9. Alabama State vs. Alabama A&M: 69,372 South Carolina State vs. Norfolk State: 47,273 Grambling State vs. Jackson State: 29,655 Edward Waters vs. […]
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South Carolina State head coach Chennis Berry says his Bulldogs are healthy, confident and ready to chase another Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title as they head into Saturday’s game at Norfolk State. Coming off a bye week and a 4-3 nonconference slate, Berry said his team used the break to regroup and refocus for the stretch
Week Seven’s Division I HBCU football action was light, so our top 10 doesn’t move very much. The competition picks up again this weekend with the first full week of MEAC play and more SWAC games to decide who has a chance and who is playing for next year. Here’s our weekly Division I rankings.
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Now that Prairie View A&M’s head coach, Tremaine Jackson, has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the vacant head coaching job at UAB, some may be celebrating the news as progress. On the surface, it feels like validation, a sign that the work being done inside HBCU football is finally being noticed beyond its
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South Carolina State head coach Chennis Berry had plenty to smile about this week. Fresh off a thrilling 22-16 road win over North Carolina A&T, the defending MEAC champion Bulldogs head into a much-needed bye week sitting 4-3 overall. Facing a raucous sellout crowd at A&T’s homecoming last Saturday, Berry’s Bulldogs overcame a two-score deficit,
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Dubbed the ‘Game of the Year,’ Jackson State’s highly anticipated homecoming clash with SWAC East rival Alabama State ranks at the top of the most attended games from Week seven of the HBCU football season. Jackson State vs. Alabama State: 44,000 Fayetteville State vs Livingstone: 30,487 South Carolina State vs. North Carolina A&T: 21,500 Alabama
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Norfolk State looks to repeat as MEAC men’s basketball champions for the second time this decade and the preseason voters believe they can, naming the Spartans the conference’s top team during Wednesday’s media day event. Norfolk State led all teams with 118 voter points while Howard was picked second with 97 points. Rounding out the
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Week Five went mostly by the letter in HBCU Division I Football, but one convincing win calls for a change at the top of the Ultimate HBCU Sports Division I poll. After that, not much more movement, but Week Six could bring a changing of the guard. Before we get there, here’s our rankings after
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The leader in the clubhouse in the attendance category for week 6 of the HBCU football season is Alabama State’s high-scoring win over Bethune-Cookman. Alabama State vs. Bethune-Cookman: 24,736 South Carolina State vs. Savannah State: 24,322 Morehouse vs. Tuskegee: 14,586 North Carolina A&T vs. William & Mary: 12,783 Jackson State vs. Alabama A&M: 14,517 Hampton
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After a frustrating 31–24 loss to Charleston Southern, South Carolina State head football coach Chennis Berry is looking ahead to this weekend’s homecoming matchup against Savannah State as a chance to reset and refocus his Bulldogs. Despite outgaining Charleston Southern in total offense and winning the time of possession battle, S.C. State was undone by
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