RENO, Nev. - Grambling State came up on the short end during its 2008 season opener as the Tigers dropped a 49-13 decision to the University of Nevada Wolf Pack before a crowd of 20,078 at Mackay Stadium in Reno.
Grambling fell behind early as the Football Bowl Subdivision member Wolf Pack took advantage of a […]

Tennessee State WR, JaJuan Spillman, a 5-8 Junior from Louisville, KY, was named Ohio Valley Conference “Newcomer of the Week” for his play against Alabama A&M on 8/30/08.
In his Tennessee State debut, Spillman caught a 65-yard touchdown pass and returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown as the Tigers went on the road to […]

ORLANDO, Florida – Hampton defeated Jackson State 17-13 in the 2008 MEAC/SWAC Challenge played Sunday, August 31 at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The win gives the MEAC a 3-1 series lead in the four-year challenge series.
For Hampton (1-0), QB Herbert Bynes – named Hampton Most Outstanding Player – finished the game […]

Spring practice, summer conditioning, and fall camp is over. Today it’s time to play.
All 10 SWAC teams will be in action this weekend, 9 of them on Saturday. Highlighting the schedule is the first conference matchup of the season, Texas Southern playing arch-rival Prairie View in the Labor Day Classic at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. Kickoff […]

In 2007, Jackson State won its first SWAC Football Championship since 1996.To do it, they overcame both an 0-2 start to the season, and avenged a home regular season loss to Western Division champ Grambling in the conference title game. 
Now Jackson State is seeking to win back-to-back SWAC titles, a feat that has not accomplished […]

Alabama A&M, the 2006 defending SWAC Champions, were primed to return to the conference title game in December, 2007 in their quest for back-to-back titles.
However, November was unkind to the Bulldogs, as they lost in overtime at home to Jackson State and ended the season with a loss at Prairie View A&M, ending their championship […]

Mississippi Valley State is looking for a strong start to 2008 after a solid finish to a disappointing 3-8 season in 2007.  The Delta Devils won two of their final five games, and the three losses during that time came by a combined 12 points, which would have given them three consecutive winning seasons.  Former […]

To say former Alabama State great Reggie Barlow went through the highs and lows in his first season as head coach would be an understatement.His Hornets won their first four games, then dropped their next five. After ending the losing skid, Alabama State lost a three-overtime thriller to Tuskegee in the Turkey Day Classic. Barlow […]