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The Black college football national championship, also named the HBCU football championship, is a national championship honor that, since 1920, has been regularly bestowed upon the best College football teams among historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) within the United States.
What is the Celebration Bowl? History, results of HBCU football national championship game. Craig Meyer, USA TODAY NETWORK. Updated December 14, 2024 at 5:30 AM.
The Celebration Bowl is a postseason college football bowl game, first played in the 2015 season, contested between the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)—the two prominent conferences of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in NCAA Division I.
The Celebration Bowl thus serves as a de facto black college football national championship. The Celebration Bowl was the only one of the 2024–25 bowl games played by teams from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The NCAA had a 24-team bracket tournament to determine a champion for the 2024 FCS football season.
The 11-1 Florida A&M Rattlers play the 6-5 Howard Bison for the Black college football national championship in the 2023 Celebration Bowl in Atlanta. Game Recap: FAMU football wins HBCU national ...
FAMU Black College Football National Championship Seasons. 1938 Black College National Champions William M. Bell 8–0 SIAC. 1942 Black College National Champions William M. Bell 9–0 SIAC.
Also, HBCUs are increasingly scheduling "guarantee games"—roadtrips against National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision schools that can guarantee high payouts but are also very difficult to win [19] (all HBCUs compete in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision level or below in football).
The former Rattler football player who also coached Simmons at Shanks High applauded Simmons’ effort and perseverance. FAMU’s lone defeat this season (12-1) was at FCS USF, 38-24.