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The Virginia Union Panthers kept their Division II playoff run alive following a dominant 44-12 win over Lenoir-Rhyne. Virginia Union becomes the fifth HBCU since 2011 to advance to the Division II playoffs’ Regional Final. They join a list that includes Albany State (2010), Winston-Salem State (2011 and 2012), Tuskegee (2015), and Bowie State (2021). […]
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This HBCU football season has been a feast for quite a few schools, so it’s fitting on Thanksgiving weekend that we have three HBCU squads playing postseason football. We also have a couple of classics and a make-up game, so that’s reason enough to take a break from holiday prep and look into the Chris-tal
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The HBCU football Division I schedule winds down for the most part in Week 13, but a pair of D-II schools have entered the second season and are looking to make some waves in the playoffs. As we look into the Chris-tal ball (one time for senior editor Kendrick Marshall coming up with that play
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HBCU football Week 12 will possibly see two division champions crowned as well as three conference champions crowned, making for one exciting weekend to watch closely. In a season of ups and downs, your intrepid HBCU Sports predictions analyst is ready to be surprised again by upsets and unexpected outcomes, and maybe a few sure
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Week 10 of HBCU Football was wild as a few teams pulled off mild upsets while others played down to the level of competition and cost themselves dearly. Week 11 features the final chapter of the Division II regular season, where we’ll find out who will face each other in the CIAA and SIAC championship
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Virginia Union University’s Jada Byers had a record-setting day as VUU defeated Bowie State 56-28 on Saturday. First, Byers became the Panthers’ all-time leading rusher by rushing for 324 yards, giving him a career total of 5,311 rushing yards. This broke the previous record of 5,008 set by Andre Braxton from 1997-2000. Then, Byers scored
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Week 5 was a fun one in HBCU football, but it was by the letter for the most part, as teams with home-field and talent advantages won out. That meant a return to form for HBCU Sports’ intrepid weekly predictions expert (me) and not a moment too soon. Before we take a look at Week
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The Virginia Union Panthers officially began their CIAA championship defense with a dominant 42-7 win over the Shaw Bears. Virginia Union bounces back from its first Division II loss of the season against Johnson C. Smith, improving its overall record to 2-2. On the other hand, Shaw has now dropped two of its last three
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Virginia Union University’s football team racked up a school-record 674 offensive yards as the Panthers opened the 2024 season with a 69-7 win over Kentucky State University on Saturday, August 31, in Frankfort, Ky. The 674 offensive yards broke the old record of 623 yards set against Norfolk State University in 1992. VUU’s Jada Byers
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