2022 HBCU Legacy Bowl

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2022 HBCU Legacy Bowl
1st HBCU Legacy Bowl
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1234Total
Team Robinson00606
Team Gaither069722
DateFebruary 19, 2022
Season 2021
Stadium Yulman Stadium
Location New Orleans, Louisiana
MVPGeremy Hickbottom (QB, Tennessee State) & Antwan Collier (DB, Florida A&M) [1]
National anthem Tonya Boyd-Cannon [2]
Referee Tuta Salaam [3]
Halftime show GSU Tiger Marching Band [4]
United States TV coverage
Network NFL Network
HBCU Legacy Bowl
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The 2022 HBCU Legacy Bowl was a post-season college football all-star game played on February 19, 2022, at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the inaugural edition of the HBCU Legacy Bowl, whose founding was announced by the Black College Football Hall of Fame on March 18, 2021. The game was the last of the all-star games that concluded the 2021–22 bowl games. Television coverage was provided by NFL Network.

Contents

The bowl's teams are named after Jake Gaither, coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers from 1945 to 1973, and Eddie Robinson, coach of the Grambling State Tigers from 1941 to 1997.

Players

Football programs representing historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) primarily compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) in NCAA Division II, and the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

On September 1, 2021, Aqeel Glass, quarterback for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs, became the first player to be selected for the HBCU Legacy Bowl. [5] [6] As the 2021 season progressed, the game's website was updated with players who confirmed plans to participate in the game. Those players are listed below. [7]

Box score

Several game-specific rules were used: [8]

2022 HBCU Legacy Bowl
Period1234Total
Team Robinson00606
Team Gaither069722

at Yulman StadiumNew Orleans

  • Date: Saturday, February 19, 2022
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 5,000
  • Referee: Tuta Salaam
  • TV: NFL Network
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • (4:05) GAIT – Calil Wilkins 12-yard pass from Bryce Witt (Jefferson Souza kick failed). Gaither 6–0
Second quarter
  • No scoring
Third quarter
  • (12:16) GAIT – Jefferson Souza 21-yard field goal. Gaither 9–0
  • (7:31) GAIT – Juwan Carter 7-yard run (Jefferson Souza kick failed). Gaither 15–0
  • (0:30) ROB – Jawon Pass 1-yard run (Rigoberto Tinoco kick failed). Gaither 15–6
Fourth quarter
  • (9:18) GAIT – Geremy Hickbottom 3-yard run (Jefferson Souza kick good). Gaither 22–6
StatisticsROBGAIT
First downs1022
Plays–yards49–13671–344
Rushes–yards21–3129–91
Passing yards105253
Passing: comp–att–int11–28–027–42–0
Time of possession18:2741:33
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
ROBPassingAqeel Glass (Alabama A&M)4–15, 51 YDS
RushingEzra Gray (Alabama State)4 CAR, 33 YDS
ReceivingDee Anderson (Alabama A&M)3 REC, 33 YDS
GAITPassingBryce Witt (Chowan)15–21, 131 YDS, 1 TD
RushingBryce Witt (Chowan)3 CAR, 32 YDS
ReceivingMarquis McClain (Southern)7 REC, 84 YDS

Source: [9]

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