Black college football national championship
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The black college football national championship is a mythical national championship
won by the best black college football team(s) in the United States of America
. There has been some criticism of this title on the grounds that the schools in the various polls compete in different levels of competition (e.g. Division II vs. the FCS level of Division I.
Attempts have been made over the years to determine a non-mythical national champion with an actual football game contested by leading teams amongst historically black colleges and universities
in the United States. The Orange Blossom Classic
was often billed as such a game, but Florida A&M
, as its annual host, was guaranteed a spot in this game and was not always of national championship-caliber each year that it was played between 1933-78. The Pelican Bowl
, a bowl game
that pitted the conference champions from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
(MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference
(SWAC), was one such example, but this venture failed to draw enough attendance and lasted only a few years in the 1970s. Similarly, the Heritage Bowl
was played in the 1990s featuring teams from the MEAC and SWAC, but this bowl game has not been held since 1999 and was often snubbed by the conference champions in lieu of the NCAA's then-Division I-AA playoffs. The two conferences are currently in negotiations concerning the creation of the "Legacy Bowl," to begin play possibly as soon as the 2011 postseason.
Men's basketball had a similar movement towards holding a black national championship game at one point. In 1941, Southern defeated North Carolina Central, 48-42, in the National Invitational Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament. This tournament was held because the National Invitational Tournament would not invite majority black schools at the time. With the South's black population isolated from segregated Atlantic Coast and Southeastern Conference schools, the NIIBT showcased a very high level of playing talent. Southern's 1941 champions were coached by the famed football coach Ace Mumford
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! Selector || Years
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| Pittsburgh Courier
(PC) || 1920–1980
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| Sheridan Broadcasting Network (SBN) || 1981–2007
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| American Sports Wire (ASW) || 1990–2007
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|-Edd Hayes Black College Sports Reports (ehbcs) || 1984–1995
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! Year || Champion(s) || Record || Coach || Selector(s)
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| rowspan="2" | 1920 || Howard
|| 7–0 || Edward Morrison || PC
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| Talladega
|| 5–0–1 || Jubie Bragg
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1921 || Talladega
|| 6–0–1 || Jubie Bragg
|| PC
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| Wiley
|| 7–0–1 || Jason Grant || PC
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| 1922 || Hampton
|| 6–1 || Gideon Smith || PC
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| 1923 || Virginia Union
|| 6–0–1 || Harold Martin || PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1924 || Tuskegee
|| 9–0–1 || Cleveland L. Abbott
|| PC
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| Paul Quinn
|| 8–0–1 || Harry Long
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1925 || Howard
|| 6–0–2 || Louis Watson || PC
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| Tuskegee
|| 8–0–1 || Cleveland L. Abbott
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1926 || Howard
|| 7–0 || Louis Watson || PC
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| Tuskegee
|| 10–0 ||Cleveland L. Abbott
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1927 || Bluefield State
|| 8–0–1 || Harry Jefferson || PC
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| Tuskegee
|| 9–0–1 || Cleveland L. Abbott
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1928 || Bluefield State
|| 8–0–1 || Harry Jefferson || PC
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| Wiley
|| 8–0–1 || Fred T. Long
|| PC
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| 1929 || Tuskegee
|| 10–0 ||Cleveland L. Abbott
|| PC
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| 1930 || Tuskegee
|| 11–0–1 || Cleveland L. Abbott
|| PC
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| 1931 || Wilberforce
|| 9–0 || Harry Graves || PC
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| 1932 || Wiley
|| 9–0 || Fred T. Long
|| PC
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| 1933 || Morgan State
|| 9–0 || Edward P. Hurt
|| PC
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| 1934 || Kentucky State
|| 9–0 || Henry Kean
|| PC
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| 1935 || Texas College
|| 9–0 || Arnett Mumford
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1936 || Virginia State
|| 7–0–2 || Harry Jefferson || PC
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| West Virginia State
|| 8–0 || Adolph Hamblin || PC
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| 1937 || Morgan State
|| 7–0 || Edward P. Hurt
|| PC
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| 1938 || Florida A&M
|| 8–0 || Bill Bell || PC
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| 1939 || Langston
|| 9–0 || Felton "Zip" Gayles || PC
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| 1940 || Morris Brown
|| 9–1 || Artis Graves || PC
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| 1941 || Morris Brown
|| 8–1 || William Nicks || PC
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| 1942 || Florida A&M
|| 9–0 || Bill Bell || PC
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| 1943 || Morgan State
|| 5–0 || Edward P. Hurt
|| PC
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| 1944 || Morgan State
|| 6–1 || Edward P. Hurt
|| PC
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| 1945 || Wiley
|| 10–0 || Fred T. Long
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1946 || Morgan State
|| 8–0 || Edward P. Hurt
|| PC
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| Tennessee State
|| 10–1 || Henry Kean
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1947 || Shaw
|| 10–0 || Brutus Wilson || PC
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| Tennessee State
|| 10–0 || Henry Kean
|| PC
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| 1948 || Southern
|| 12–0 || Arnett Mumford
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1949 || Morgan State
|| 8–0 || Edward P. Hurt
|| PC
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| Southern
|| 10–0–1 || Arnett Mumford
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1950 || Florida A&M
|| 8–1–1 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
|| PC
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| Southern
|| 10–0–1 || Arnett Mumford
|| PC
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| 1951 || Morris Brown
|| 10–1 || Edward "Ox" Clemons || PC
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| rowspan="4" | 1952 || Florida A&M
|| 8–2 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
|| PC
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| Lincoln || 8–0–1 || Dwight Reed || PC
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| Texas Southern
|| 10–0–1 || Alexander Durley
|| PC
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| Virginia State
|| 8–1 || Sylvester "Sal" Hall || PC
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| 1953 || Prairie View
|| 12–0 || William Nicks || PC
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| rowspan="4" | 1954 || Florida A&M
|| 8–1 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
|| PC
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| Prairie View
|| 10–1 || William Nicks || PC
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| Southern
|| 10–1 || Arnett Mumford
|| PC
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| Tennessee State
|| 10–1 || Henry Kean
|| PC
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| 1955 || Grambling
|| 10–0 || Eddie Robinson || PC
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| 1956 || Tennessee State
|| 10–0 || Howard C. Gentry
|| PC
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| 1957 || Florida A&M
|| 9–0 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
|| PC
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| 1958 || Prairie View
|| 10–0–1 || William Nicks || PC
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| 1959 || Florida A&M
|| 10–0 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
|| PC
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| 1960 || Southern
|| 9–1 || Arnett Mumford
|| PC
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| 1961 || Florida A&M
|| 10–0 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
|| PC
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| 1962 || Jackson State
|| 10–1 || John Merritt
|| PC
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| 1963 || Prairie View
|| 10–1 || William Nicks || PC
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| 1964 || Prairie View
|| 9–0 || William Nicks || PC
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| 1965 || Tennessee State
|| 9–0–1 || John Merritt
|| PC
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| 1966 || Tennessee State
|| 10–0 || John Merritt
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1967 || Grambling
|| 9–1 || Eddie Robinson || PC
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| Morgan State
|| 8–0 || Earl Banks
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1968 || Alcorn State
|| 9–1 || Marino Casem
|| PC
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| North Carolina A&T
|| 8–1 || Hornsby Howell || PC
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| 1969 || Alcorn State
|| 8–0–1 || Marino Casem
|| PC
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| 1970 || Tennessee State
|| 11–0 || John Merritt
|| PC
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| 1971 || Tennessee State
|| 9–1 || John Merritt
|| PC
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| 1972 || Grambling
|| 11–2 || Eddie Robinson || PC
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| 1973 || Tennessee State
|| 10–0 || John Merritt
|| PC
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| rowspan="2" | 1974 || Alcorn State
|| 9–2 || Marino Casem
|| PC
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| Grambling
|| 11–1 || Eddie Robinson || PC
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| 1975 || Grambling
|| 10–2 || Eddie Robinson || PC
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| 1976 || South Carolina State
|| 10–1 || Willie Jeffries
|| PC
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| rowspan="3" | 1977 || Florida A&M
|| 11–0 || Rudy Hubbard
|| PC
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| Grambling
|| 10–1 || Eddie Robinson || PC
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| South Carolina State
|| 9–1–1 || Willie Jeffries
|| PC
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| 1978 || Florida A&M
|| 12–1 || Rudy Hubbard
|| PC
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| 1979 || Tennessee State
|| 8–3 || John Merritt
|| PC
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| 1980 || Grambling
|| 10–2 || Eddie Robinson || PC
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| 1981 || South Carolina State
|| 10–3 || Bill Davis || SBN
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| 1982 || Tennessee State
|| 9–0–1 || John Merritt
|| SBN
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| 1983 || Grambling
|| 8–1–2 || Eddie Robinson || SBN
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| 1984 || Alcorn State
|| 9–1 || Marino Casem
|| SBN
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| 1985 || Jackson State
|| 8–3 || W. C. Gorden
|| SBN
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| 1986 || Central State
|| 10–1–1 || Billy Joe || SBN
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| 1987 || Central State
|| 10–1–1 || Billy Joe || SBN
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| 1988 || Central State
|| 11–2 || Billy Joe || SBN
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| 1989 || Central State
|| 10–2 || Billy Joe || SBN
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| rowspan="2" | 1990 || Central State
|| 11–1 || Billy Joe || SBN
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| North Carolina A&T
|| 9–2 || Bill Hayes
|| ASW
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| 1991 || Alabama State
|| 11–0–1 || Houston Markham || ASW, SBN
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| 1992 || Grambling
|| 10–2 || Eddie Robinson || ASW, SBN
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| 1993 || Southern
|| 11–1 || Pete Richardson
|| ASW, SBN
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| 1994 || Hampton
|| 10–1 || Joe Taylor
|| ASW, SBN
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| 1995 || Southern
|| 11–1 || Pete Richardson
|| ASW, SBN
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| 1996 || Jackson State
|| 10–2 || James Carson
|| ASW, SBN
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| 1997 || Southern
|| 11–1 || Pete Richardson
|| ASW, SBN
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| 1998 || Florida A&M
|| 11–2 || Billy Joe || ASW, SBN
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| 1999 || North Carolina A&T
|| 11–2 || Bill Hayes
|| ASW, SBN
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| rowspan="2" | 2000 || Grambling
|| 10–2 || Doug Williams || ASW
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| Tuskegee
|| 12–0 || Rick Comegy
|| SBN
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| 2001 || Grambling
|| 10–1 || Doug Williams || ASW, SBN
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| 2002 || Grambling
|| 11–2 || Doug Williams || ASW, SBN
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| 2003 || Southern
|| 12–1 || Pete Richardson
|| ASW, SBN
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| 2004 || Hampton
|| 10–2 || Joe Taylor
|| ASW, SBN
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| rowspan="2" | 2005 || Grambling
|| 11–1 || Melvin Spears
|| SBN
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| Hampton
|| 11–1 || Joe Taylor
|| ASW
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| rowspan="2" | 2006 || Hampton
|| 10–2 || Joe Taylor
|| ASW
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| North Carolina Central
|| 11–1 || Rod Broadway
|| SBN
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| rowspan="2" | 2007 || Tuskegee
|| 12–0 || Willie Slater || SBN
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| Delaware State
|| 10–2 || Al Lavan|| ASW
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| rowspan="1" | 2008 || Grambling
|| 11–2 || Rod Broadway
|| SBN
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| rowspan="1" | 2009 || South Carolina State
|| 10–2 || Oliver "Buddy" Pough || SBN
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| rowspan="1" | 2010 || Albany State
|| 11–1 || Mike White
|| SBN
|}
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! School || Championships || Years
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| Grambling
|| 14 || 1955, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008
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| Florida A&M
|| 11 || 1938, 1942, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1977, 1978, 1998
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| Tennessee State
|| 11 || 1946, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1982
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| Southern
|| 9 || 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003
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| Tuskegee
|| 8 || 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 2000, 2007
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| Morgan State
|| 7 || 1933, 1937, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1967
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| Central State
|| 5 || 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
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| Hampton
|| 5 || 1922, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006
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| Prairie View
|| 5 || 1953, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1964
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| Wiley
|| 4 || 1921, 1928, 1932, 1945
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| Alcorn State
|| 4 || 1968, 1969, 1974, 1984
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| South Carolina State
|| 4 || 1976, 1977, 1981, 2009
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| Howard
|| 3 || 1920, 1925, 1926
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| Jackson State
|| 3 || 1962, 1985, 1996
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| Morris Brown
|| 3 || 1940, 1941, 1951
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| North Carolina A&T
|| 3 || 1968, 1990, 1999
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| Albany State
|| 1 || 2010
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| Delaware State
|| 1 || 2007
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| North Carolina Central
|| 1 || 2006
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| Paul Quinn
|| 1 || 1924
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Mythical National Championship
A mythical national championship is a colloquial term used to question the validity of national championship recognition that is not explicitly competitive...
won by the best black college football team(s) in the United States of America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. There has been some criticism of this title on the grounds that the schools in the various polls compete in different levels of competition (e.g. Division II vs. the FCS level of Division I.
Attempts have been made over the years to determine a non-mythical national champion with an actual football game contested by leading teams amongst historically black colleges and universities
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Historically black colleges and universities are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the black community....
in the United States. The Orange Blossom Classic
Orange Blossom Classic
The Orange Blossom Classic was an annual postseason college football game held between 1933 and 1978. Each year, it featured Florida A&M and another historically black school in an unofficial de facto championship game., The New York Times, February 3, 2007, retrieved February 7, 2009. It was seen...
was often billed as such a game, but Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
, as its annual host, was guaranteed a spot in this game and was not always of national championship-caliber each year that it was played between 1933-78. The Pelican Bowl
Pelican Bowl
The Pelican Bowl is a defunct NCAA Division II bowl game that pitted the conference champions from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the Southwestern Athletic Conference to determine the black college football national championship in the United States between 1972–75. The game was won by...
, a bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
that pitted the conference champions from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities in the Southeastern United States...
(MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities in the Southern United States...
(SWAC), was one such example, but this venture failed to draw enough attendance and lasted only a few years in the 1970s. Similarly, the Heritage Bowl
Heritage Bowl
The Heritage Bowl is a defunct NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision bowl game pitting a team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference against a team from the Southwestern Athletic Conference...
was played in the 1990s featuring teams from the MEAC and SWAC, but this bowl game has not been held since 1999 and was often snubbed by the conference champions in lieu of the NCAA's then-Division I-AA playoffs. The two conferences are currently in negotiations concerning the creation of the "Legacy Bowl," to begin play possibly as soon as the 2011 postseason.
Men's basketball had a similar movement towards holding a black national championship game at one point. In 1941, Southern defeated North Carolina Central, 48-42, in the National Invitational Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament. This tournament was held because the National Invitational Tournament would not invite majority black schools at the time. With the South's black population isolated from segregated Atlantic Coast and Southeastern Conference schools, the NIIBT showcased a very high level of playing talent. Southern's 1941 champions were coached by the famed football coach Ace Mumford
Ace Mumford
Arnett W. "Ace" Mumford was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at historically black colleges and universities in Texas and Louisiana from 1924 to 1961, compiling a career college football record of 233–85–23...
.
Selectors
{| class="wikitable"|-
! Selector || Years
|-
| Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh Courier
The Pittsburgh Courier was an American newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which was published from 1907 to 1965. Once the country's most widely circulated Black newspaper, the legacy and influence of the Pittsburgh Courier is unparalleled.A pillar of the Black Press, it rose...
(PC) || 1920–1980
|-
| Sheridan Broadcasting Network (SBN) || 1981–2007
|-
| American Sports Wire (ASW) || 1990–2007
|-
|-Edd Hayes Black College Sports Reports (ehbcs) || 1984–1995
National champions
{| class="wikitable"|-
! Year || Champion(s) || Record || Coach || Selector(s)
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1920 || Howard
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
|| 7–0 || Edward Morrison || PC
|-
| Talladega
Talladega College
- External Links :* -- Official web site*...
|| 5–0–1 || Jubie Bragg
Jubie Bragg
Jubie Barton Bragg was the first head football coach at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Bragg coached the team off and on from 1907 through 1931 and has also served as head coach of Alabama's Talladega College, leading that school to shared Black College national titles in 1920 and...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1921 || Talladega
Talladega College
- External Links :* -- Official web site*...
|| 6–0–1 || Jubie Bragg
Jubie Bragg
Jubie Barton Bragg was the first head football coach at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Bragg coached the team off and on from 1907 through 1931 and has also served as head coach of Alabama's Talladega College, leading that school to shared Black College national titles in 1920 and...
|| PC
|-
| Wiley
Wiley College
Wiley College is a four-year, private, historically black, liberal arts college located on the west side of Marshall, Texas. Founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society, it is notable as one of the oldest predominantly...
|| 7–0–1 || Jason Grant || PC
|-
| 1922 || Hampton
Hampton University
Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...
|| 6–1 || Gideon Smith || PC
|-
| 1923 || Virginia Union
Virginia Union University
Virginia Union University is a historically black university located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It took its present name in 1899 upon the merger of two older schools, Richmond Theological Institute and Wayland Seminary, each founded after the end of American Civil War by the American...
|| 6–0–1 || Harold Martin || PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1924 || Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
|| 9–0–1 || Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland Leigh "Cleve" Abbott was an African-American football player, coach and educator.-Life:Abbott was born in Yankton, South Dakota in 1892...
|| PC
|-
| Paul Quinn
Paul Quinn College
Paul Quinn College is a private, historically black college located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas . Paul Quinn College holds the distinction as the oldest historically black college in the country west of the Mississippi River...
|| 8–0–1 || Harry Long
Harry Long
Harry J. "Little" Long was a college football coach and professor of biology and brother of Fred T. Long. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and graduated from Decatur High School in 1915. He enrolled at the James Millikin University in the fall of 1915 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1925 || Howard
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
|| 6–0–2 || Louis Watson || PC
|-
| Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
|| 8–0–1 || Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland Leigh "Cleve" Abbott was an African-American football player, coach and educator.-Life:Abbott was born in Yankton, South Dakota in 1892...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1926 || Howard
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
|| 7–0 || Louis Watson || PC
|-
| Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
|| 10–0 ||Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland Leigh "Cleve" Abbott was an African-American football player, coach and educator.-Life:Abbott was born in Yankton, South Dakota in 1892...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1927 || Bluefield State
Bluefield State College
Bluefield State College is a historically black college located in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. It is a part of West Virginia's public education system and offers baccalaureate and associate degrees. The school is not connected in any way with Bluefield College in nearby Bluefield,...
|| 8–0–1 || Harry Jefferson || PC
|-
| Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
|| 9–0–1 || Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland Leigh "Cleve" Abbott was an African-American football player, coach and educator.-Life:Abbott was born in Yankton, South Dakota in 1892...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1928 || Bluefield State
Bluefield State College
Bluefield State College is a historically black college located in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. It is a part of West Virginia's public education system and offers baccalaureate and associate degrees. The school is not connected in any way with Bluefield College in nearby Bluefield,...
|| 8–0–1 || Harry Jefferson || PC
|-
| Wiley
Wiley College
Wiley College is a four-year, private, historically black, liberal arts college located on the west side of Marshall, Texas. Founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society, it is notable as one of the oldest predominantly...
|| 8–0–1 || Fred T. Long
Fred T. Long
Fred Thomas "Pop" "Pops" "Big" Long was an African American professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues and a college football coach. He was the head football coach at four historically black colleges and universities in Texas between 1921 and 1965, compiling a career record of...
|| PC
|-
| 1929 || Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
|| 10–0 ||Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland Leigh "Cleve" Abbott was an African-American football player, coach and educator.-Life:Abbott was born in Yankton, South Dakota in 1892...
|| PC
|-
| 1930 || Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
|| 11–0–1 || Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland L. Abbott
Cleveland Leigh "Cleve" Abbott was an African-American football player, coach and educator.-Life:Abbott was born in Yankton, South Dakota in 1892...
|| PC
|-
| 1931 || Wilberforce
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce University is a private, coed, liberal arts historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio. Affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, it was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans...
|| 9–0 || Harry Graves || PC
|-
| 1932 || Wiley
Wiley College
Wiley College is a four-year, private, historically black, liberal arts college located on the west side of Marshall, Texas. Founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society, it is notable as one of the oldest predominantly...
|| 9–0 || Fred T. Long
Fred T. Long
Fred Thomas "Pop" "Pops" "Big" Long was an African American professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues and a college football coach. He was the head football coach at four historically black colleges and universities in Texas between 1921 and 1965, compiling a career record of...
|| PC
|-
| 1933 || Morgan State
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
|| 9–0 || Edward P. Hurt
Edward P. Hurt
Edward Paulette Hurt, A.B., M.S., LL.D., was the head football coach, the head basketball coach and the head track coach at Morgan State College, in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1929 to 1959...
|| PC
|-
| 1934 || Kentucky State
Kentucky State University
Kentucky State University is a four-year institution of higher learning, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States, the Commonwealth's capital. The school is an historically black university, which desegregated in 1954...
|| 9–0 || Henry Kean
Henry Kean
Henry Arthur Kean was an American college football coach best known for his tenure as head coach at Kentucky State University from 1931 to 1942. At KSU, Kean's teams won four Negro National Football championships and ten straight Midwestern Athletic Association championships...
|| PC
|-
| 1935 || Texas College
Texas College
Texas College is a historically black four-year college located in Tyler, Texas that is affiliated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the United Negro College Fund...
|| 9–0 || Arnett Mumford
Ace Mumford
Arnett W. "Ace" Mumford was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at historically black colleges and universities in Texas and Louisiana from 1924 to 1961, compiling a career college football record of 233–85–23...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1936 || Virginia State
Virginia State University
Virginia State University is a historically black and land-grant university located north of the Appomattox River in Chesterfield, in the Richmond area. Founded on , Virginia State was the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for black Americans...
|| 7–0–2 || Harry Jefferson || PC
|-
| West Virginia State
West Virginia State University
West Virginia State University is a historically black public college in Institute, West Virginia, United States. In the Charleston-metro area, the school is usually referred to simply as "State" or "West Virginia State"...
|| 8–0 || Adolph Hamblin || PC
|-
| 1937 || Morgan State
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
|| 7–0 || Edward P. Hurt
Edward P. Hurt
Edward Paulette Hurt, A.B., M.S., LL.D., was the head football coach, the head basketball coach and the head track coach at Morgan State College, in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1929 to 1959...
|| PC
|-
| 1938 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 8–0 || Bill Bell || PC
|-
| 1939 || Langston
Langston University
Langston University is an institution of higher learning located in Langston, Oklahoma, USA. It is the only historically black college in the state, and the westernmost historically black college in the United States...
|| 9–0 || Felton "Zip" Gayles || PC
|-
| 1940 || Morris Brown
Morris Brown College
Morris Brown College is a private, coed, liberal arts college located in the Vine City community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is a historically black college affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church...
|| 9–1 || Artis Graves || PC
|-
| 1941 || Morris Brown
Morris Brown College
Morris Brown College is a private, coed, liberal arts college located in the Vine City community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is a historically black college affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church...
|| 8–1 || William Nicks || PC
|-
| 1942 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 9–0 || Bill Bell || PC
|-
| 1943 || Morgan State
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
|| 5–0 || Edward P. Hurt
Edward P. Hurt
Edward Paulette Hurt, A.B., M.S., LL.D., was the head football coach, the head basketball coach and the head track coach at Morgan State College, in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1929 to 1959...
|| PC
|-
| 1944 || Morgan State
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
|| 6–1 || Edward P. Hurt
Edward P. Hurt
Edward Paulette Hurt, A.B., M.S., LL.D., was the head football coach, the head basketball coach and the head track coach at Morgan State College, in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1929 to 1959...
|| PC
|-
| 1945 || Wiley
Wiley College
Wiley College is a four-year, private, historically black, liberal arts college located on the west side of Marshall, Texas. Founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society, it is notable as one of the oldest predominantly...
|| 10–0 || Fred T. Long
Fred T. Long
Fred Thomas "Pop" "Pops" "Big" Long was an African American professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues and a college football coach. He was the head football coach at four historically black colleges and universities in Texas between 1921 and 1965, compiling a career record of...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1946 || Morgan State
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
|| 8–0 || Edward P. Hurt
Edward P. Hurt
Edward Paulette Hurt, A.B., M.S., LL.D., was the head football coach, the head basketball coach and the head track coach at Morgan State College, in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1929 to 1959...
|| PC
|-
| Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 10–1 || Henry Kean
Henry Kean
Henry Arthur Kean was an American college football coach best known for his tenure as head coach at Kentucky State University from 1931 to 1942. At KSU, Kean's teams won four Negro National Football championships and ten straight Midwestern Athletic Association championships...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1947 || Shaw
Shaw University
Shaw University, founded as Raleigh Institute, is a private liberal arts institution and historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1865, it is the oldest HBCU in the Southern United States....
|| 10–0 || Brutus Wilson || PC
|-
| Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 10–0 || Henry Kean
Henry Kean
Henry Arthur Kean was an American college football coach best known for his tenure as head coach at Kentucky State University from 1931 to 1942. At KSU, Kean's teams won four Negro National Football championships and ten straight Midwestern Athletic Association championships...
|| PC
|-
| 1948 || Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 12–0 || Arnett Mumford
Ace Mumford
Arnett W. "Ace" Mumford was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at historically black colleges and universities in Texas and Louisiana from 1924 to 1961, compiling a career college football record of 233–85–23...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1949 || Morgan State
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
|| 8–0 || Edward P. Hurt
Edward P. Hurt
Edward Paulette Hurt, A.B., M.S., LL.D., was the head football coach, the head basketball coach and the head track coach at Morgan State College, in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1929 to 1959...
|| PC
|-
| Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 10–0–1 || Arnett Mumford
Ace Mumford
Arnett W. "Ace" Mumford was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at historically black colleges and universities in Texas and Louisiana from 1924 to 1961, compiling a career college football record of 233–85–23...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1950 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 8–1–1 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
Jake Gaither
Alonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither was the head football coach at Florida A&M University for 25 years, and amassed one of the best winning records of any college football coach....
|| PC
|-
| Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 10–0–1 || Arnett Mumford
Ace Mumford
Arnett W. "Ace" Mumford was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at historically black colleges and universities in Texas and Louisiana from 1924 to 1961, compiling a career college football record of 233–85–23...
|| PC
|-
| 1951 || Morris Brown
Morris Brown College
Morris Brown College is a private, coed, liberal arts college located in the Vine City community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is a historically black college affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church...
|| 10–1 || Edward "Ox" Clemons || PC
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1952 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 8–2 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
Jake Gaither
Alonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither was the head football coach at Florida A&M University for 25 years, and amassed one of the best winning records of any college football coach....
|| PC
|-
| Lincoln || 8–0–1 || Dwight Reed || PC
|-
| Texas Southern
Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University is a historically black university located in Houston, Texas, United States....
|| 10–0–1 || Alexander Durley
Alexander Durley
Alexander Durley was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Texas Southern University from 1949 to 1964 and at Prairie View A&M University from 1969 to 1970, compiling a career college football record of 109–65–9....
|| PC
|-
| Virginia State
Virginia State University
Virginia State University is a historically black and land-grant university located north of the Appomattox River in Chesterfield, in the Richmond area. Founded on , Virginia State was the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for black Americans...
|| 8–1 || Sylvester "Sal" Hall || PC
|-
| 1953 || Prairie View
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools...
|| 12–0 || William Nicks || PC
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1954 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 8–1 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
Jake Gaither
Alonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither was the head football coach at Florida A&M University for 25 years, and amassed one of the best winning records of any college football coach....
|| PC
|-
| Prairie View
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools...
|| 10–1 || William Nicks || PC
|-
| Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 10–1 || Arnett Mumford
Ace Mumford
Arnett W. "Ace" Mumford was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at historically black colleges and universities in Texas and Louisiana from 1924 to 1961, compiling a career college football record of 233–85–23...
|| PC
|-
| Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 10–1 || Henry Kean
Henry Kean
Henry Arthur Kean was an American college football coach best known for his tenure as head coach at Kentucky State University from 1931 to 1942. At KSU, Kean's teams won four Negro National Football championships and ten straight Midwestern Athletic Association championships...
|| PC
|-
| 1955 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 10–0 || Eddie Robinson || PC
|-
| 1956 || Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 10–0 || Howard C. Gentry
Howard C. Gentry
Howard C. Gentry was the 12th head football coach for the Tennessee State University Tigers located in Nashville, Tennessee and he held that position for six seasons, from 1955 until 1960. His career coaching record at Tennessee State was 42 wins, 10 losses, and 1 ties...
|| PC
|-
| 1957 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 9–0 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
Jake Gaither
Alonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither was the head football coach at Florida A&M University for 25 years, and amassed one of the best winning records of any college football coach....
|| PC
|-
| 1958 || Prairie View
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools...
|| 10–0–1 || William Nicks || PC
|-
| 1959 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 10–0 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
Jake Gaither
Alonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither was the head football coach at Florida A&M University for 25 years, and amassed one of the best winning records of any college football coach....
|| PC
|-
| 1960 || Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 9–1 || Arnett Mumford
Ace Mumford
Arnett W. "Ace" Mumford was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at historically black colleges and universities in Texas and Louisiana from 1924 to 1961, compiling a career college football record of 233–85–23...
|| PC
|-
| 1961 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 10–0 || Alonzo "Jake" Gaither
Jake Gaither
Alonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither was the head football coach at Florida A&M University for 25 years, and amassed one of the best winning records of any college football coach....
|| PC
|-
| 1962 || Jackson State
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
|| 10–1 || John Merritt
John Merritt
John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
|| PC
|-
| 1963 || Prairie View
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools...
|| 10–1 || William Nicks || PC
|-
| 1964 || Prairie View
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools...
|| 9–0 || William Nicks || PC
|-
| 1965 || Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 9–0–1 || John Merritt
John Merritt
John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
|| PC
|-
| 1966 || Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 10–0 || John Merritt
John Merritt
John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1967 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 9–1 || Eddie Robinson || PC
|-
| Morgan State
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
|| 8–0 || Earl Banks
Earl Banks
-External links:* *...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1968 || Alcorn State
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University is an historically black university comprehensive land-grant institution in Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871-History:...
|| 9–1 || Marino Casem
Marino Casem
Marino "The Godfather" Casem is a former American football coach and athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, and Southern University. Casem was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.-Biography:Casem was...
|| PC
|-
| North Carolina A&T
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina.NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of North...
|| 8–1 || Hornsby Howell || PC
|-
| 1969 || Alcorn State
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University is an historically black university comprehensive land-grant institution in Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871-History:...
|| 8–0–1 || Marino Casem
Marino Casem
Marino "The Godfather" Casem is a former American football coach and athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, and Southern University. Casem was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.-Biography:Casem was...
|| PC
|-
| 1970 || Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 11–0 || John Merritt
John Merritt
John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
|| PC
|-
| 1971 || Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 9–1 || John Merritt
John Merritt
John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
|| PC
|-
| 1972 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 11–2 || Eddie Robinson || PC
|-
| 1973 || Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 10–0 || John Merritt
John Merritt
John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974 || Alcorn State
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University is an historically black university comprehensive land-grant institution in Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871-History:...
|| 9–2 || Marino Casem
Marino Casem
Marino "The Godfather" Casem is a former American football coach and athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, and Southern University. Casem was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.-Biography:Casem was...
|| PC
|-
| Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 11–1 || Eddie Robinson || PC
|-
| 1975 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 10–2 || Eddie Robinson || PC
|-
| 1976 || South Carolina State
South Carolina State University
South Carolina State University is a historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only state funded, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina and is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.- Colleges, departments,...
|| 10–1 || Willie Jeffries
Willie Jeffries
Willie Jeffries, was a college football coach. In his 29-year career, Jeffries compiled a 179-132-6 record. He coached 19 years at his alma mater South Carolina State University in two stints, five years at Wichita State University, and five years at Howard University...
|| PC
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1977 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 11–0 || Rudy Hubbard
Rudy Hubbard
Rudy Hubbard was the former head football coach at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, from 1974 to 1985....
|| PC
|-
| Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 10–1 || Eddie Robinson || PC
|-
| South Carolina State
South Carolina State University
South Carolina State University is a historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only state funded, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina and is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.- Colleges, departments,...
|| 9–1–1 || Willie Jeffries
Willie Jeffries
Willie Jeffries, was a college football coach. In his 29-year career, Jeffries compiled a 179-132-6 record. He coached 19 years at his alma mater South Carolina State University in two stints, five years at Wichita State University, and five years at Howard University...
|| PC
|-
| 1978 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 12–1 || Rudy Hubbard
Rudy Hubbard
Rudy Hubbard was the former head football coach at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, from 1974 to 1985....
|| PC
|-
| 1979 || Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 8–3 || John Merritt
John Merritt
John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
|| PC
|-
| 1980 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 10–2 || Eddie Robinson || PC
|-
| 1981 || South Carolina State
South Carolina State University
South Carolina State University is a historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only state funded, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina and is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.- Colleges, departments,...
|| 10–3 || Bill Davis || SBN
|-
| 1982 || Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 9–0–1 || John Merritt
John Merritt
John Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
|| SBN
|-
| 1983 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 8–1–2 || Eddie Robinson || SBN
|-
| 1984 || Alcorn State
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University is an historically black university comprehensive land-grant institution in Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871-History:...
|| 9–1 || Marino Casem
Marino Casem
Marino "The Godfather" Casem is a former American football coach and athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State University, Alcorn State University, and Southern University. Casem was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.-Biography:Casem was...
|| SBN
|-
| 1985 || Jackson State
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
|| 8–3 || W. C. Gorden
W. C. Gorden
William C. Gorden is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Jackson State University from 1977 to 1991, compiling a record of 118–47–5. Gorden was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2008.-Head coaching record:-External...
|| SBN
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| 1986 || Central State
Central State University
Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
|| 10–1–1 || Billy Joe || SBN
|-
| 1987 || Central State
Central State University
Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
|| 10–1–1 || Billy Joe || SBN
|-
| 1988 || Central State
Central State University
Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
|| 11–2 || Billy Joe || SBN
|-
| 1989 || Central State
Central State University
Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
|| 10–2 || Billy Joe || SBN
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990 || Central State
Central State University
Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
|| 11–1 || Billy Joe || SBN
|-
| North Carolina A&T
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina.NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of North...
|| 9–2 || Bill Hayes
Bill Hayes (American football)
William "Bill" Hayes is a college athletic administrator and former American football player and coach in the United States. He is currently the athletic director at Winston-Salem State University, a position he has held since 2010...
|| ASW
|-
| 1991 || Alabama State
Alabama State University
Alabama State University, founded 1867, is a historically black university located in Montgomery, Alabama. ASU is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.- History :...
|| 11–0–1 || Houston Markham || ASW, SBN
|-
| 1992 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 10–2 || Eddie Robinson || ASW, SBN
|-
| 1993 || Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 11–1 || Pete Richardson
Pete Richardson
Pete Richardson is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League and former college head coach....
|| ASW, SBN
|-
| 1994 || Hampton
Hampton University
Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...
|| 10–1 || Joe Taylor
Joe Taylor (American football coach)
Joe Taylor is an American football coach. He has been the head football coach at Florida A&M University since 2008. Before that, he was the head football coach at Hampton University from 1992 to 2007 where he compiled a 136–49–1 record and won four black college football national...
|| ASW, SBN
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| 1995 || Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 11–1 || Pete Richardson
Pete Richardson
Pete Richardson is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League and former college head coach....
|| ASW, SBN
|-
| 1996 || Jackson State
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
|| 10–2 || James Carson
James Carson (football coach)
James "Big Daddy" Carson was head football coach of Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi from 1992 to 1998, compiling a record of 54-25-1 and leading the school to three NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearances, as well as a Black College National Championship in 1996.The Clarksdale,...
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| 1997 || Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 11–1 || Pete Richardson
Pete Richardson
Pete Richardson is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League and former college head coach....
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| 1998 || Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 11–2 || Billy Joe || ASW, SBN
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| 1999 || North Carolina A&T
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina.NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of North...
|| 11–2 || Bill Hayes
Bill Hayes (American football)
William "Bill" Hayes is a college athletic administrator and former American football player and coach in the United States. He is currently the athletic director at Winston-Salem State University, a position he has held since 2010...
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| rowspan="2" | 2000 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 10–2 || Doug Williams || ASW
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| Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
|| 12–0 || Rick Comegy
Rick Comegy
Rick Comegy is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, a position he has held since the 2006 season. He was named JSU head coach on December 9, 2005 after ten years as head coach of Tuskegee...
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| 2001 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 10–1 || Doug Williams || ASW, SBN
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| 2002 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 11–2 || Doug Williams || ASW, SBN
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| 2003 || Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 12–1 || Pete Richardson
Pete Richardson
Pete Richardson is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League and former college head coach....
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| 2004 || Hampton
Hampton University
Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...
|| 10–2 || Joe Taylor
Joe Taylor (American football coach)
Joe Taylor is an American football coach. He has been the head football coach at Florida A&M University since 2008. Before that, he was the head football coach at Hampton University from 1992 to 2007 where he compiled a 136–49–1 record and won four black college football national...
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| rowspan="2" | 2005 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 11–1 || Melvin Spears
Melvin Spears
Melvin Spears is the current head coach at Alcorn State University. Previously, he was the sixth head college football coach for the Grambling State Tigers located in Grambling, Louisiana and he held that position for three seasons, from 2004 until 2006. His coaching record at Grambling was 20...
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| Hampton
Hampton University
Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...
|| 11–1 || Joe Taylor
Joe Taylor (American football coach)
Joe Taylor is an American football coach. He has been the head football coach at Florida A&M University since 2008. Before that, he was the head football coach at Hampton University from 1992 to 2007 where he compiled a 136–49–1 record and won four black college football national...
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| rowspan="2" | 2006 || Hampton
Hampton University
Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...
|| 10–2 || Joe Taylor
Joe Taylor (American football coach)
Joe Taylor is an American football coach. He has been the head football coach at Florida A&M University since 2008. Before that, he was the head football coach at Hampton University from 1992 to 2007 where he compiled a 136–49–1 record and won four black college football national...
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| North Carolina Central
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in the University of North Carolina system, located in Durham, North Carolina, offering programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, professional and doctoral levels....
|| 11–1 || Rod Broadway
Rod Broadway
Rod Broadway is the current head football coach at North Carolina A&T State University and former head coach at Grambling State University.-Bio:...
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| rowspan="2" | 2007 || Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
|| 12–0 || Willie Slater || SBN
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| Delaware State
Delaware State University
Delaware State University , is an American historically black, public university located in Dover, Delaware, and there are two satellite campuses located in Wilmington, Delaware, and Georgetown, Delaware...
|| 10–2 || Al Lavan|| ASW
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| rowspan="1" | 2008 || Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 11–2 || Rod Broadway
Rod Broadway
Rod Broadway is the current head football coach at North Carolina A&T State University and former head coach at Grambling State University.-Bio:...
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| rowspan="1" | 2009 || South Carolina State
South Carolina State University
South Carolina State University is a historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only state funded, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina and is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.- Colleges, departments,...
|| 10–2 || Oliver "Buddy" Pough || SBN
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| rowspan="1" | 2010 || Albany State
Albany State University
Albany State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university located in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is one of three HBCU's in the University System of Georgia.-History:-Establishment:...
|| 11–1 || Mike White
Mike White (defensive lineman)
James Michael "Mike" White in Augusta, Georgia is a former American football player who was a defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals and Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League from 1979-1982...
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National championships by school
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! School || Championships || Years
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| Grambling
Grambling State University
Grambling State University is a historically black , public, coeducational university, located in Grambling, Louisiana. The university is the home of legendary football coach Eddie Robinson and is on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.-Academics:Grambling State University provides over...
|| 14 || 1955, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008
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| Florida A&M
Florida A&M University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...
|| 11 || 1938, 1942, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1977, 1978, 1998
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| Tennessee State
Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
|| 11 || 1946, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1982
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| Southern
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
|| 9 || 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003
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| Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
|| 8 || 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 2000, 2007
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| Morgan State
Morgan State University
Morgan State University, formerly Centenary Biblical Institute , Morgan College and Morgan State College , is a historically black college in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland...
|| 7 || 1933, 1937, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1967
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| Central State
Central State University
Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
|| 5 || 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
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| Hampton
Hampton University
Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...
|| 5 || 1922, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006
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| Prairie View
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools...
|| 5 || 1953, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1964
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| Wiley
Wiley College
Wiley College is a four-year, private, historically black, liberal arts college located on the west side of Marshall, Texas. Founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society, it is notable as one of the oldest predominantly...
|| 4 || 1921, 1928, 1932, 1945
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| Alcorn State
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University is an historically black university comprehensive land-grant institution in Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871-History:...
|| 4 || 1968, 1969, 1974, 1984
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| South Carolina State
South Carolina State University
South Carolina State University is a historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only state funded, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina and is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.- Colleges, departments,...
|| 4 || 1976, 1977, 1981, 2009
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| Howard
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
|| 3 || 1920, 1925, 1926
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| Jackson State
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
|| 3 || 1962, 1985, 1996
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| Morris Brown
Morris Brown College
Morris Brown College is a private, coed, liberal arts college located in the Vine City community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is a historically black college affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church...
|| 3 || 1940, 1941, 1951
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| North Carolina A&T
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina.NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of North...
|| 3 || 1968, 1990, 1999
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| Albany State
Albany State University
Albany State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university located in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is one of three HBCU's in the University System of Georgia.-History:-Establishment:...
|| 1 || 2010
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| Delaware State
Delaware State University
Delaware State University , is an American historically black, public university located in Dover, Delaware, and there are two satellite campuses located in Wilmington, Delaware, and Georgetown, Delaware...
|| 1 || 2007
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| North Carolina Central
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in the University of North Carolina system, located in Durham, North Carolina, offering programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, professional and doctoral levels....
|| 1 || 2006
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| Paul Quinn
Paul Quinn College
Paul Quinn College is a private, historically black college located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas . Paul Quinn College holds the distinction as the oldest historically black college in the country west of the Mississippi River...
|| 1 || 1924
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