The MEAC/SWAC Challenge, an ESPN Regional Television (ERT) owned-and-operated event, announced today the creation of the Walter Payton Achievement Award in honor of the NFL football legend known as “Sweetness.” Like Payton, who starred at Jackson State from 1971 to ‘74 and earned his bachelor’s degree in communications, award winners are high achievers in the […]

Date Game Site Time (CST) NetworkSaturday, August 30 Labor Day Classic Houston, TX 7:00 p.m. ESPNU
Prairie View at Texas Southern
Sunday, August 31 MEAC / SWAC Challenge Orlando, FL 1:00 p.m. ESPN2
Jackson State vs. Hampton

The Southwestern Athletic Conference announces its 2008 football schedule highlighted by classics, traditional rivalries and televised contests.
In addition to the schedule, the Conference has revised its tiebreaker policy. As football will be moving to a seven-game conference mandate, the SWAC Council of Presidents approved a new divisional tiebreaker to decide the participants in the SWAC […]

MEMPHIS , Tenn. – Beginning this year, the Southern Heritage Classic presented by FedEx football game will air on the American Forces Network® (AFN). For the nineteenth year, the Southern Heritage Classic (SHC) matches two of the midsouth’s top university football teams in an annual heated match that frequently runs into overtime. This year’s game, […]

The Southwestern Athletic Conference will hold its annual Kickoff Luncheon & Media Day on Tuesday, July 22, 2007. The media activities will be held at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame while the luncheon will take place at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex in downtown Birmingham.
The media day activities will begin at 9 am […]

Jackson State receiver Jaymar Johnson was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 6th round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
Johnson - a 6-foot, 176-pound receiver from Gary, Indiana, was the 193rd pick (the 27th pick of the sixth round) overall. According to NFL.com, he was ranked among the fastest receivers in this year’s draft. […]

Itta Bena, Miss. — In a 90-play scrimmage held by the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team it was all defense as the offensive unit sputtered at best during the morning workout on the Delta Devils practice field.
Senior defensive end Fred Poole led a defensive unit that recorded eight sacks, two forced fumbles, four […]

It was announced today that the Walt Disney World Resort will serve as a presenting sponsor of the MEAC-SWAC Challenge, an ESPN Regional Television (ERT) owned-and-operated event, featuring teams from two prominent HBCU (Historically Black College/University) leagues — Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). This year, the event moves to Orlando and […]