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FAMU, Southern renew rivalry, will meet in 2019 and 2020

HBCU Sports by HBCU Sports
May 2, 2018
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — One of the longest standing nonconference rivalries in Black College Football history will be renewed in September of 2019, as the Florida A&M Rattlers will take on the Southern University Jaguars for the first time since 2012.

FAMU and Southern jointly announced the initial home-and-home agreement on Wednesday, which begins with a date in venerable Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday, September 21, 2019, followed by the return date at A.W. “Ace” Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge on September 12, 2020.

FAMU and Southern have met four times on the gridiron since the yearly series was suspended in 2001, once in the MEAC-SWAC Challenge in 2007 and twice in the Atlanta Football Classic in 2011 and 2012. The last meeting between the Jaguars and the Rattlers on the schools’ respective campuses occurred in 2008, when FAMU edged Southern 52-49 in a high scoring road win in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

FAMU Athletic Director John Eason, Ph.D., said, “The two-year, home-and-home agreement with Southern University is a ‘win-win’ for both schools. We are excited about the opportunity of playing one of the most recognized football programs among HBCUs. It represents our efforts to ignite our fan base with games they want to see.”

Southern Athletic Director Roman Banks said, “The renewal of this rivalry represents the best of both schools and will spark high interest among our respective fans. This one is a ‘no-brainer.’ Southern and FAMU should play each other and we’re extremely excited about this development.”

The two universities began their football rivalry in 1941, and while FAMU enjoys a slight edge in the meetings at 33-26-1, the record is just one part of the rich legacy that these two programs share.

Combined the pair have won 22 Black College National Football championships, FAMU won 12 and Southern won 10. Both teams rank in the Top 20 all-time among NCAA Division I FCS programs in winning percentage, each having won more than 64 percent of their games since the 1920s.

Both schools have also produced their share of star athletes and coaches who occupy the Pro Football, College Football and Black College Football Halls of Fame. The honor roll of stellar luminaries is headed by players such as FAMU’s Bob Hayes, Ken Riley, and Willie Galimore, along with Southern greats Mel Blount, Isiah “Butch” Robertson and Aeneas Williams, as well as legendary coaches A.S. “Jake” Gaither of FAMU, and Arnett “Ace” Mumford of Southern.

FAMU and Southern are also among the perennial attendance leaders in Division I FCS, with both ranking in either the Top 10 or Top 20 over the past decade or more. In fact, FAMU has ranked third in the FCS in home attendance in each of the past two seasons, while Southern has turned in a pair of Top 15 finishes in average home attendance in 2016 and 2017.

Of course this long-standing Black college rivalry would not be complete without the musical complement of two of the greatest marching bands in America — FAMU’s world famous Marching “100” and Southern University’s “Human Jukebox.” The fans bases of both schools have longed for this rivalry to be renewed, and they will get their wish come September 21, 2019.

Courtesy: FAMU 

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