OFFENSIVE - QB Greg Dillon, Grambling State; 6-0, 200; SO; Bogalusa, LA
Dillon totaled 287 yards and two touchdowns in the Tigers’ 29-14 win over Southern to clinch the SWAC Western Division title. Dillon completed 9-of-13 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown of 11 yards in the second quarter, and rushed 26 times for 151 […]

The HBCU Major Division Football Top 10, with number of first-place votes, record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, and next opponent:
Name——————Record–1PV-Points-PWR–Next Game-(12/13/08)
1. Grambling State—–(10-2)-(4)–93—-2—(Open)
2. S. C. State———(10-3)-(4)–92—-1—(Season Complete)
3. Prairie View A & M–(9-1)–(2)–85—-3—(Season Complete)
4. Florida A & M——-(9-3)——-74—-4—(Season Complete)
5. Jackson State——-(7-4)——-59—-6—(Open)

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Grambling State advanced to the 2008 SWAC Championship Game for the second consecutive year with a 29-14 comeback victory over archrival Southern in the 35th annual State Farm Bayou Classic at the Louisiana Superdome.
On Grambling’s first drive of the contest, quarterback Greg Dillon lost a prime scoring opportunity as the sophomore […]

Alabama State pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in Black College Football this season, defeating previously unbeaten Tuskegee, 17-13, in the annual Turkey Day Classic in Montgomery, AL.
The Hornets ended a three-game losing streak in the series in posting their third win of 2008. The loss by Tuskegee ended a 26-game winning streak.
Tuskegee opened the […]

OFFENSIVE - QB Kevin Atkins, Alabama A&M; 6-0, 222; SO; Durham, NC
Atkins completed 24-of-35 passes for 357 yards with five touchdowns and also rushed for two touchdowns in a 58-23 win over Mississippi Valley St. Atkins threw touchdown passes of 13, 28, 4,15, and 18 and tallied two touchdown runs of 1-yard each.
DEFENSIVE […]

The HBCU Major Division Football Top 10, with number of first-place votes,record in parentheses, total points, previous ranking, and next opponent:
Name——————Record–1PV-Points-PWR–Next Game-(11/27/08-11/29/08)
1. S. C. State———(10-2)-(5)–97—-1—(NCAA FCS Playoffs)
2. Grambling State—–(9-2)–(3)–89—-2—(vs-Southern)
3. Prairie View A & M–(9-1)–(2)–84—-3—(Open)
4. Florida A & M——-(9-3)——-73—-5—(Season Complete)
5. Southern————(6-4)——-61—-7—(vs-Grambling State)

Alabama A&M 58, Mississippi Valley State 23
ITTA BENA, MS - Scoring came early and often as Alabama A&M and Mississippi Valley State met in the final regular-season game for both teams. By the time the afternoon was complete, the Bulldogs had defeated the Delta Devils 58-23.
AAMU QB Kevin Atkins accounted for seven touchdowns […]

BIRMINGHAM - The Southwestern Athletic Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors today approved the coin flip procedure for the final step of the conference’s three-team tie breaker for football.
The procedure would be put in place only if Grambling State defeats Texas Southern Thursday, Nov. 20, and loses to Southern on Saturday, Nov. 29. If that […]