Black college football national championship

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Head coach Rod Broadway (right) at the 2015 Celebration Bowl Rod Broadway 2015 Celebration Bowl.jpg
Head coach Rod Broadway (right) at the 2015 Celebration Bowl

The black college football national championship is a national championship honor that, since 1920, has been regularly bestowed upon the best football teams among historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) within the United States.

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History

Report of a college football victory by Howard appearing in The Washington Herald in November 1920 Howard University football 26-Nov-1920.jpg
Report of a college football victory by Howard appearing in The Washington Herald in November 1920

Background

In college football's early years, HBCUs generally lacked the opportunity to compete against predominantly white schools due to segregation, which was practiced in much of the U.S. at the time—leaving HBCUs with few scheduling options other than to play games among themselves only and sponsor their own championships.

The first football game between HBCU schools was played on December 27, 1892. On that day Johnson C. Smith defeated Livingstone College. As it was the only game played by HBCU schools that year, Johnson C. Smith's team could no doubt claim to be that season's HBCU national champions by default. However, the earliest documented claim to such a title was Livingstone's 1906 team, led by captain Benjamin Butler "Ben" Church. [1] It is not immediately clear who exactly determined that Livingstone was the best team—or if they simply declared themselves champions.

Initially, starting in 1920, HBCU national champions were designated by the Pittsburgh Courier at the end of the season. The champions were credited to compilations generated by Courier managing editor William Goldwyn "Bill" Nunn, Jr., Courier sports writer Eric "Ric" Roberts, and Grambling State sports information director Collie "Nick" Nicholson [2] (the Courier was also known to tabulate weekly HBCU rankings in later decades—first by borrowing the Dickinson System, from 1941 to 1950, before abandoning it due to controversy and replacing it with the newspaper's own "Courier Double-rating System" from 1951 onward, into the 1970s). [3]

In 1921, others more directly associated with the schools themselves made their own attempts to crown a champion, coordinating their efforts under the auspices of the Champion Aggregation of All Conferences (CAAC). The CAAC's initiative was fostered by Paul Jones, who reported the champion annually in his column in Spalding's Intercollegiate Football Guide. [4]

The first prominent game between an HBCU and predominantly white institution occurred in the 1948 Fruit Bowl when Southern defeated San Francisco State, 30–0. [5] Five years later, HBCUs began to gravitate over to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) because it offered numerous athletic competition options, was oriented primarily toward smaller institutions, and had also begun openly welcoming schools of varying demographic backgrounds as members. [6]

At present, most HBCUs are now members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). However, designating an annual black national champion has remained a popular tradition, even as HBCUs have successfully challenged majority white schools for football championships for decades now, within the framework of both NCAA and NAIA competition; this includes Associated Press, United Press International, NCAA, and NAIA-sponsored titles for the 1962, 1973, 1978, 1990, 1992, and 1995 seasons, as well as runner-up finishes in 1963, 1983, 1991, 1994, and 2012.

Noteworthy team accomplishments include the 16 HBCU championships won all-time by Florida A&M (under five different coaches) and Tennessee State (also under five different coaches) and the five won consecutively by Central State from 1986 to 1990 (all five under coach Billy Joe). Florida A&M has also won titles in nine different decades. Southern (1948), Prairie View A&M (1953), Tuskegee (2000 and 2007), and North Carolina A&T (2017) have each achieved the best single-season won–loss record of 12–0. Winston–Salem State (2012) has achieved the best single-season win total of 14 (with their only loss being in the NCAA Division II national championship game).

Noteworthy coaching accomplishments include the nine HBCU championships won by Billy Joe (seven at Central State and two at Florida A&M), John Merritt (one at Jackson State and eight at Tennessee State), and Eddie Robinson (all nine at Grambling State). Rod Broadway is the only coach to have won titles at three different schools (two at North Carolina Central, one at Grambling, and two at North Carolina A&T). Jay Hopson is the only white coach to have won a title (in 2014, at Alcorn State).

Championship bowl games

Attempts have been made over the years to determine a non-mythical national champion with an actual football game contested by leading teams among HBCUs throughout 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 necessarily national championship-caliber each and every year that it was played (indeed, the Rattlers were even accused of taking advantage of a system where most selectors—at the time—named their national champions before postseason bowl games; if the Rattlers were not named champs by any selector after the regular season, then they still got a second chance at the claim by winning the Orange Blossom Classic). [7]

Contests including the Colored Championship games of 1920 and 1923 (which happened to feature members of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, although the games were not played for the conference title), the Chocolate Bowl (1935), the Steel and Vulcan bowls (1940s), the National Bowl (1947), and the National Football Classic (1954) were attempted periodically but without any sustained success.

The Pelican Bowl, a bowl game that tried to match up the conference champions from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), was another such example—and actually did manage to last several seasons—but even 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 Division I-AA playoffs; indeed, five teams of the Heritage Bowl era were still able to claim black national titles from various selectors after declining their bids to the bowl game.

Celebration Bowl

Head coach Sam Washington (left) receiving the 2018 Celebration Bowl trophy from Richard W. Scobee Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl in Atlanta.jpg
Head coach Sam Washington (left) receiving the 2018 Celebration Bowl trophy from Richard W. Scobee

The MEAC and SWAC began negotiations in 2010 to create a successor called the "Legacy Bowl"—not to be confused with a like-named 2015 exhibition game—to begin during the 2011 postseason, but it was voted down by MEAC officials. [8] Several seasons later, in 2015, the first Celebration Bowl was played, pitting the champions of the two conferences. While the Celebration Bowl's trophy itself only includes the inscription "Celebration Bowl Champions," [9] the bowl's creator (ESPN), [10] [11] a former title sponsor (Air Force Reserve), [12] [13] and other prominent sponsors, [14] [15] [16] have indicated that it is for the HBCU national title—as have coaches of participating teams, [17] [18] the two competing conferences, [19] [20] and even the NCAA's website. [21]

However, with Tennessee State being a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), the Celebration Bowl could not fully represent all HBCUs within the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision. Further, Hampton and North Carolina A&T later withdrew from the MEAC (after the 2017 and 2019 seasons, respectively) to join the Big South Conference (both programs later joined CAA Football). [22] Despite watching Tennessee State struggle to a losing record in games played since joining the OVC in 1988, these teams exited the MEAC primarily because of revenue sharing and the opportunity to play in the NCAA Division I championship tournament.[ according to whom? ] This is not the first time that some individual schools have been isolated from the HBCU championship process; in 1960, the Associated Negro Press stated: "A total of 76 Negro colleges played football during the past season. Cheyney State and Langston were not considered in (our) rating because most of their games were against non-Negro colleges." [23]

In other sports

Black national champions have been crowned regularly in football for more than a century, and the concept has also caught on with other sports, including HBCU baseball and HBCU men and women's basketball teams. There are also HBCU tournaments for golf [24] and tennis. [25]

Selectors

Not all black national championships are determined the same way. Early poll rankings were for the best overall HBCU, while bowl games often matched champions of only two specific HBCU conferences. However, the NCAA and NAIA later split into divisions, and newer selectors have tended to rank HBCU members by division only (e.g., the FCS level of NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II). [26] The variations between how champions have been selected over the years has not been completely without controversy—partly because of the issue of NCAA Division II and NAIA schools being ranked higher than FCS schools [27] and partly because of the concern that the voters in the polls may not necessarily be well-informed about so many different schools. [28] However, the issue may have been somewhat ameliorated when American Sports Wire began limiting HBCU champions to FCS-level schools only [29] in an era when an NAIA school (Central State) held a stranglehold over the overall HBCU championship—possibly in part because NAIA schools were not effected by the NCAA's Proposition 48, a then-new rule that had concerned some educators about its impact on black student-athletes. [30]

The impact of the Pelican, Heritage, and Celebration bowls cannot be overstated, however. In the 16 seasons (through 2018) that those bowl games were held, MEAC or SWAC schools were named overall HBCU champions almost exclusively; only in 1992 did a school with no ties to the MEAC or SWAC even earn a share of the overall HBCU championship—two selectors still chose a SWAC school as the overall champion but one selector did choose Central State (which had won the NAIA Division I national championship). Also, in 1994 soon-to-be MEAC member Hampton was named HBCU overall champ by a single selector while five other selectors gave the title to full MEAC member South Carolina State.

SelectorNameSeasonsEligible teams
ADW Atlanta Daily World & 100% Wrong Club–W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy (1953–1992, [31] 2010 [32] ); Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award (1993–2009) [31] 1953 [33] –2010 [32]
(2010 champion is not available)		all HBCU teams
AHSR-IAdd's HBCU Sports Report (Add Seymour, Jr.)
for NCAA Division I FCS teams [34] 		2013 [35] –2016 [34] NCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only
AHSR-IIAdd's HBCU Sports Report (Add Seymour, Jr.)
for NCAA Division II teams [36] 		2013 [35] –2016 [36] NCAA Division II HBCU teams only
ANP Associated Negro Press (Luix Virgil Overbea [37] )1948–1960
(1957 champion is not available)		HBCU teams that played a majority of their games against other HBCU teams only [23]
ASWAmerican Sports Wire (Dick Simpson [38] )1990–2013 [39] NCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only [29]
B-CPBOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network [40] )–Coaches Poll2009–present [41] NCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only [42]
B-MPBOXTOROW (& formerly Black Athlete Sports Network [40] )–Media Poll2007–present [41] all HBCU teams [42]
BAA Baltimore Afro-American 1947 [43] –1948, [44] 1953 [7] all HBCU teams
BCASBBlack College All Star Bowl—Eddie Hurt National Championship Trophy [45] [46] 1978 [45] –1979 [46] all HBCU teams
BCNC-IBlack College National Championship
for NCAA Division I FCS teams [47] 		2016–present [47] NCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only
BCNC-II&NBlack College National Championship
for NCAA Division II and NAIA teams [48] 		2016–present [47] NCAA Division II and NAIA HBCU teams only
BCSN-IBlack College Sports Network
for NCAA Division I FCS teams [49] 		2019 [49] NCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only
BCSN-II&NBlack College Sports Network
for NCAA Division II and NAIA teams [50] 		2019 [50] NCAA Division II and NAIA HBCU teams only
BCSPBlack College Sports Page (Carl "Lut" Williams & formerly Major Broadcasting Cable)1994 [51] –2020
(1995–1999 champions are not available)		all HBCU teams
BCSP-IBlack College Sports Page (Carl "Lut" Williams)
for NCAA Division I FCS teams		2021–presentNCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only [52]
BCSP-IIBlack College Sports Page (Carl "Lut" Williams)
for NCAA Division II teams		2021–presentNCAA Division II HBCU teams only [52]
BCSRBlack College Sports Report (Edd Hayes [53] )1993 [54] all HBCU teams [53]
CAACChampion Aggregation of All Conferences (William Lawrence "Paul" Jones) [4] 1921–1949 [51]
(1927–1928, 1930–1932, and 1936–1949 champions are not available)		all HBCU teams
CCColored Championship1920, [55] 1923 [56] all HBCU teams
"Celebration Bowl"
  AFRCB
  CeB
  CCB

   Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl
  Celebration Bowl
   Cricket Celebration Bowl
2015–2019, 2021–present
  2015–2016, [57] 2018 [58]
  2017, [57] [59] 2019 [60]
  2021–present
MEAC and SWAC champions only
ChBChocolate Bowl1935 [61] all HBCU teams
DCCC-MDr. Cavil's Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network [62] )–Major Division Poll2002–present [63] NCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only
DCCC-MMDr. Cavil's Classic Cuts (Jafus Kenyatta Cavil & formerly SWAC Page Network [64] )–Mid-Major Division Poll2002–2019, 2021–present [63] NCAA Division II and NAIA HBCU teams only
"Heritage Bowl"
  AHB
  HB

   Alamo Heritage Bowl I
  Heritage Bowl IV
1991, 1994*
  1991
  1994
MEAC and SWAC champions only
HBCUS-PFPHBCU Sports–Playoff Fan Poll2014 [65] all HBCU teams
HBCUS-UPHBCU Sports–Ultimate Poll2015, [66] 2019, [67] 2021–presentall HBCU teams
HSRN-IHeritage Sports Radio Network–HSRN Conaway Cup
for NCAA Division I FCS teams [68] 		2011 [68] –2016 [69] NCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only
HSRN-II&NHeritage Sports Radio Network–HSRN Conaway Cup
for NCAA Division II [68] and NAIA [70] teams		2011 [68] –2016 [69] NCAA Division II and NAIA HBCU teams only
J Jet (Frank T. Bannister, Jr. [71] [72] )—Paul Robeson Perpetual Trophy [73] [46] 1973–1987, 1990–1992all HBCU teams
JBM John B. "Johnny" McLendon, Jr.
based on the Dickinson System [74] 		1953 [74] all HBCU teams
LAFCFLos Angeles Football Classic Foundation (Fred H. Cooper)–Eddie G. Robinson Trophy [75] 1988 [75] all HBCU teams
MBN Mutual Black Network 1972–1978all HBCU teams [76]
NBNational Bowl1947 [77] all HBCU teams [78]
NBN National Black Network (Frank T. Bannister, Jr. [79] )1975 [80] –1978 [81]
(1976 champion is not available)		all HBCU teams [82]
NBTNational Black Television2011 [83] all HBCU teams
NCAACncaa.com—HBCU Football Power Rankings (Stan Becton)2021 [84] –presentNCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only
NFCNational Football Classic1954 [85] CIAA and Midwestern Conference champions only [86]
PB Pelican Bowl 1972, 1974–1975*MEAC and SWAC champions only
PCWDC Pigskin Club of Washington, DC—William G. "Billy" Coward Award [87] 2006–2013 [87] all HBCU teams
"Sheridan Poll" [88]
  PC
  NPC
  SBN
  AURN
  PNRN
Jake Gaither National Championship Trophy [89]
   Pittsburgh Courier
   New Pittsburgh Courier
   Sheridan Broadcasting Network
   American Urban Radio Networks
  Power News Radio Network
1920–present [2]
  1920–1965
  1966–1978
  1979 [90] –1990
  1991–2016
  2017 [91] –present		all HBCU teams
SICsi.com—HBCU Legends Top 5 Power Rankings2021 [92] –presentNCAA Division I FCS HBCU teams only [93]
TAJTTT. A. Jones' Talented 10th (Trevin A. "T. A." Jones) [94] 2014 [94] all HBCU teams
UMTCUrbanMediaToday.com (Trevin A. "T. A." Jones) [95] 2017–present [95] all HBCU teams
"Vulcan Bowl"
  SB
  VB

  Steel Bowl
  Vulcan Bowl
1940–1941**
  1940 [96]
  1941 [97] 		all HBCU teams (but with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion holding an automatic bid) [97]

Notes: *—the Pelican Bowl (played 1972 and 1974–75) and Heritage Bowl (played 1991–99) were intended as black national championship games matching the outright champions or top-seeded co-champions of the MEAC and SWAC conferences, but in practice the top seeds often declined their automatic bids to participate in the NCAA playoffs instead—only the 1972, 1975, and 1994 games matched the top seeds of both conferences as originally intended, although the Pelican Bowl is known to have been promoted as a black national championship game all three seasons [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] (in 1991, however, the Heritage Bowl's committee intentionally issued the MEAC's bid to its second-seeded co-champion, [104] because one of the top-seeded co-champion's conference wins had been determined by a forfeit, instead of on the field); [105] **—the Steel Bowl/Vulcan Bowl (played after the 1940–48 and 1951 seasons) is known to have been promoted as a black national championship game after the 1940 and 1941 seasons

Yearly national championship selections

SeasonChampion(s)Record(s)Coach(es)Selector(s)Note(s)
1920 Howard 7–0 Edward Morrison CC, PC
Talladega 5–0–1 Jubie Bragg PC
1921 Lincoln (PA) 8–1 John A. Shelburne CAAC [106] record includes forfeited game (was 8–0) [107]
Talladega 6–0–1 Jubie Bragg PC
Wiley 7–0–1Jason GrantPC
1922 Hampton 6–1 Gideon Smith PCrecord includes forfeited game (was 5–1) [108]
West Virginia Collegiate 3–0–1 Adolph Hamblin CAAC [109]
1923 Howard 7–0–1 Louis L. Watson CAAC, [110] CCtied Lincoln (PA) in the Colored Championship game, 6–6 [111]
Lincoln (PA) 5–1–2 Ulysses S. Young CCtied Howard in the Colored Championship game, 6–6 [111]
Virginia Union 6–0–1 Harold D. Martin PC
1924 Lincoln (PA) 7–1–1 Ulysses S. Young CAAC [112] [113] record includes forfeited game (was 8–0–1) [114]
Wiley 8–0–1Jason GrantPC
Tuskegee 9–0–1 Cleveland Abbott PC
1925 Howard 6–0–2 Louis L. Watson PC
Tuskegee 8–0–1 Cleveland Abbott CAAC, [115] PC
1926 Howard 7–0 Louis L. Watson CAAC, [112] PC
Tuskegee 10–0 Cleveland Abbott PC
1927 Bluefield 8–0–1 Harry R. Jefferson PC
Tuskegee 10–0–1 Cleveland Abbott PC
1928 Bluefield 8–0–1 Harry R. Jefferson PC
Wiley 10–0–1 Fred T. Long PC
1929 Tuskegee 9–0 Cleveland Abbott CAAC, [116] PC
1930 Tuskegee 11–0–1 Cleveland Abbott PC Southern (5–1–1) was also named HBCU champions by an unspecified source with an unknown degree of credibility [117]
1931 Wilberforce 9–0 Harry C. Graves PC
1932 Wiley 9–0 Fred T. Long PC
1933 Kentucky State 4–3 Henry Kean CAAC [118]
Morgan 9–0 Edward P. Hurt PC
1934 Kentucky State 9–0 Henry Kean CAAC, [118] PC
1935 Kentucky State 9–1 Henry Kean CAAC [118]
Texas College 9–0–2 Ace Mumford ChB, PC
1936 Virginia State 9–0–2 Harry R. Jefferson PC
West Virginia State 8–0 Adolph Hamblin PC
1937 Morgan 7–0 Edward P. Hurt PC
1938 Florida A&M 8–0 William M. Bell PC
1939 Langston 9–0 Caesar Felton Gayles PC
1940 Morris Brown 10–1 Artis P. Graves PC, SB
1941 Langston 10–1 Caesar Felton Gayles VBrecord includes forfeited game (was 9–1–1) [119] Beat Morris Brown 13-0 in Vulcan Bowl
Morris Brown 8–1 Billy Nicks PC
1942 Florida A&M 9–0 William M. Bell PC
1943 Morgan State 5–0 Edward P. Hurt PC
1944 Morgan State 6–1 Edward P. Hurt PC
1945 Wiley 10–0 Fred T. Long PC
1946 Morgan State 8–0 Edward P. Hurt PC
Tennessee A&I 10–1 Henry Kean PC
1947 Shaw 10–0 Howard K. Wilson NB, PC
Tennessee A&I 10–0 Henry Kean BAA, PC
1948 Southern 12–0 Ace Mumford ANP, [120] BAA, PC
Wilberforce State 9–1–1 Gaston F. Lewis BAA
1949 Morgan State 8–0 Edward P. Hurt PC
Southern 10–0–1 Ace Mumford ANP, [121] PC
1950 Florida A&M 8–1–1 Jake Gaither PC
Southern 10–0–1 Ace Mumford ANP, [121] PC
1951 Morris Brown 10–1 Edward Clemons PC
North Carolina A&T 7–1–1 William M. Bell ANP [122]
1952 Florida A&M 8–2 Jake Gaither ANP, [123] PC [124]
1953 Florida A&M 10–1 Jake Gaither BAA
Prairie View A&M 12–0 Billy Nicks ADW, [125] ANP, [7] PC
Tennessee A&I 8–0–1 Henry Kean JBM
1954 Florida A&M 8–1 Jake Gaither ADW, [126] PC [127]
North Carolina College 7–1–1 Herman Riddick NFC, PC [127]
Prairie View A&M 10–1 Billy Nicks ADW, [126] PC [127]
Southern 10–1 Ace Mumford ADW, [126] PC [127]
Tennessee A&I 10–1 Henry Kean ADW, [126] ANP, [128] PC [127]
1955 Grambling 10–0 Eddie Robinson ADW, [129] ANP, [130] PC
1956 Tennessee A&I 10–0 Howard C. Gentry ADW, [131] ANP, [132] PC
1957 Florida A&M 9–0 Jake Gaither ADW, [133] PC
1958 Prairie View A&M 10–0–1 Billy Nicks ADW, [126] ANP, [37] PCretired W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy as first three-time winner [126]
1959 Florida A&M 10–0 Jake Gaither ADW, [134] ANP, [135] PC
1960 Southern 9–1 Ace Mumford ADW, [136] ANP, [23] PC Prairie View A&M (10–1) was also named HBCU champions by an unspecified source with an unknown degree of credibility [137]
1961 Florida A&M 10–0 Jake Gaither ADW, [138] PC
1962 Florida A&M 9–1 Jake Gaither ADW [138] retired W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy as first three-time winner since the previous trophy had been retired; [139] won AP small college national championship
Jackson State 10–1 John Merritt PC
1963 Prairie View A&M 10–1 Billy Nicks ADW, [140] PC
1964 Prairie View A&M 9–0 Billy Nicks ADW, [139] PC
1965 Tennessee A&I 9–0–1 John Merritt ADW, [141] PC
1966 Tennessee A&I 10–0 John Merritt ADW, [142] NPC
1967 Grambling 9–1 Eddie Robinson ADW, [143] NPC
Morgan State 8–0 Earl Banks NPC
1968 Alcorn A&M 9–1 Marino Casem ADW, [144] NPC
North Carolina A&T 8–1 Hornsby Howell NPC
1969 Alcorn A&M 8–0–1 Marino Casem ADW, [145] NPC
1970 Tennessee State 11–0 John Merritt ADW, [146] NPC
1971 Tennessee State 9–1 John Merritt ADW, [147] NPC
1972 Grambling 11–2 Eddie Robinson ADW, [148] MBN, [149] NPC, PBrecord includes forfeited game (was 10–2); [150] won Pelican Bowl
1973 Tennessee State 10–0 John Merritt ADW, [151] J, [152] MBN, [153] NPCretired W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy as first three-time winner (actually five-time winner by this point) since the previous trophy had been retired; [151] won AP and UPI small college national championships; had players ruled ineligible for NCAA Division II Playoffs and declined bid [154]
1974 Alcorn State 9–2 Marino Casem NPCdeclined automatic bid to Pelican Bowl to participate in NCAA Division II playoffs
Grambling State 11–1 Eddie Robinson ADW, J, [155] MBN, [156] NPC, PBwon Pelican Bowl
1975 Grambling State 10–2 Eddie Robinson ADW, J, [157] MBN, [158] NBN, [80] NPCrecord includes forfeited game (was 10–1); [159] had SWAC championship ruled vacated and, by extension, not eligible for automatic bid to Pelican Bowl
Southern 9–3 Charles Bates PBwon Pelican Bowl
1976 South Carolina State 10–1 Willie Jeffries ADW, J, [160] MBN, [161] NPC
1977 Florida A&M 11–0 Rudy Hubbard ADW, J, [162] MBN, [163] NBN, [79] NPC Winston–Salem State initially won the NBN championship, due to the reporting of an incorrect game result [164]
Grambling State 10–1 Eddie Robinson NPC
South Carolina State 9–1–1 Willie Jeffries NPC
1978 Florida A&M 12–1 Rudy Hubbard ADW, BCASB, J, [165] MBN, [81] NBN, [81] NPCwon NCAA Division I-AA Pioneer Bowl National Championship
1979 Tennessee State 8–3 John Merritt ADW, BCASB, J, [166] SBN
1980 Grambling State 10–2 Eddie Robinson ADW, J, [167] SBNretired W. A. Scott II Memorial Trophy as first three-time winner since the previous trophy had been retired [168]
1981 South Carolina State 10–3 Bill Davis ADW, SBN
Virginia Union 11–1 Willard Bailey J [169] NCAA Division II
1982 South Carolina State 9–3 Bill Davis ADW
Tennessee State 9–0–1 John Merritt J, [170] SBNrecord does not include voided games (was 10–1–1) [171]
1983 Central State 12–1 Billy Joe J [172] NCAA Division II
Grambling State 8–1–2 Eddie Robinson SBN
Tennessee State 8–2–1 John Merritt ADW
1984 Alcorn State 9–1 Marino Casem ADW, SBN
Tennessee State 11–0 William A. Thomas J [173]
1985 Hampton 10–2 Fred Freeman J [174] NCAA Division II
Jackson State 8–3 W. C. Gorden ADW, SBN
1986 Central State 10–1–1 Billy Joe ADW, J, [175] SBN NCAA Division II
1987 Central State 10–1–1 Billy Joe J, [176] SBN NAIA
Howard 0–10 Willie Jeffries ADWrecord includes forfeited games (was 9–1) [177]
1988 Central State 11–2 Billy Joe ADW, LAFCF, SBN NAIA
1989 Central State 10–3 Billy Joe ADW, SBN NAIA
1990 Central State 11–1 Billy Joe ADW, J, [178] SBNwon NAIA Division I Champion Bowl National Championship
North Carolina A&T 9–2 Bill Hayes ASW
1991 Alabama State 11–0–1 Houston Markham ADW, AHB, ASW, AURN, J [179] won Alamo Heritage Bowl I
1992 Central State 12–1 Billy Joe ADWwon NAIA Division I Champion Bowl National Championship
Grambling State 10–2 Eddie Robinson ASW, AURN, J [180] won Heritage Bowl II
1993 Howard 11–1 Steve Wilson ADW, AURN [181] declined automatic bid to Heritage Bowl III to participate in NCAA Division I-AA playoffs
Southern 11–1 Pete Richardson ASW, BCSR [54] won Heritage Bowl III
1994 Hampton 10–1 Joe Taylor AURN NCAA Division II
South Carolina State 10–2 Willie Jeffries ADW, ASW, [182] BCSP, [183] HBwon Heritage Bowl IV
1995 Southern 11–1 Pete Richardson ADW, ASW, AURNwon Jim Walter Homes Heritage Bowl V
1996 Howard 10–2 Steve Wilson ADW, AURN [184] won McDonald's Heritage Bowl VI
Jackson State 10–2 James Carson ASWdeclined automatic bid to McDonald's Heritage Bowl VI to participate in NCAA Division I-AA playoffs
1997 Hampton 10–2 Joe Taylor AURN [185] [186] declined automatic bid to McDonald's Heritage Bowl VII to participate in NCAA Division I-AA playoffs
Southern 11–1 Pete Richardson ADW, ASWwon McDonald's Heritage Bowl VII
1998 Florida A&M 11–2 Billy Joe ASW, AURNdeclined bid to McDonald's Heritage Bowl VIII (after MEAC's top seed also declined it) to participate in NCAA Division I-AA playoffs
Southern 9–3 Pete Richardson ADWwon McDonald's Heritage Bowl VIII; may have retired Coca-Cola National Historical Black College Football Championship Award as first three-time winner since the previous trophy had been retired (it is not immediately clear if this was done, however)
1999 North Carolina A&T 11–2 Bill Hayes ADW, ASW, AURNdeclined automatic bid to McDonald's Heritage Bowl IX to participate in NCAA Division I-AA playoffs
2000 Grambling State 10–2 Doug Williams ASW
Tuskegee 12–0 Rick Comegy ADW, AURN, BCSP [187] NCAA Division II
2001 Florida A&M 7–4 Billy Joe ADW
Grambling State 11–0 Doug Williams ASW, AURN, BCSP [188] record includes forfeited game (was 10–1) [189]
Tuskegee 11–1 Rick Comegy BCSP [188] NCAA Division II
2002 Bethune–Cookman 11–2 Alvin Wyatt BCSP [190]
Fayetteville State 10–2 Kenny Phillips DCCC-MM [191] NCAA Division II
Grambling State 11–2 Doug Williams ADW, ASW, AURN, BCSP, [190] DCCC-M [192]
2003 Albany State 10–2 Mike White DCCC-MM [191] NCAA Division II
Southern 12–1 Pete Richardson ADW, ASW, AURN, BCSP, [193] DCCC-M [194]
2004 Albany State 11–1 Mike White ADW, BCSP, [195] DCCC-MM [196] NCAA Division II
Hampton 10–2 Joe Taylor ASW, AURN, DCCC-M [197]
2005 Grambling State 11–1 Melvin Spears AURN, BCSP, [198] DCCC-M [199]
Hampton 11–1 Joe Taylor ADW, ASW
North Carolina Central 10–2 Rod Broadway DCCC-MM [200] NCAA Division II
2006 Hampton 10–2 Joe Taylor ASW, BCSP, [201] DCCC-M [202]
North Carolina Central 11–1 Rod Broadway ADW, AURN, BCSP, [201] DCCC-MM, [202] PCWDC NCAA Division II
2007 Delaware State 10–2 Al Lavan ASW, DCCC-M [203]
Tuskegee 12–0 Willie J. Slater ADW, AURN, B-MP, BCSP, [204] DCCC-MM, [205] PCWDC NCAA Division II
2008 Grambling State 11–2 Rod Broadway ADW, ASW, AURN, B-MP, BCSP, [206] DCCC-M, [207] PCWDC
South Carolina State 10–3 Oliver Pough BCSP [206]
Tuskegee 10–1 Willie J. Slater DCCC-MM [208] NCAA Division II
2009 Prairie View A&M 9–1 Henry Frazier III ASW, BCSP, [209] DCCC-M [210]
South Carolina State 10–2 Oliver Pough ADW, [211] AURN, B-CP, B-MP, BCSP, [209] PCWDC
Tuskegee 10–2 Willie J. Slater DCCC-MM [212] NCAA Division II
2010 Albany State 11–1 Mike White AURN, BCSP, [213] DCCC-MM, [214] PCWDC NCAA Division II
Bethune–Cookman 10–2 Brian Jenkins ASW, B-CP, B-MP
Texas Southern 0–3 Johnnie Cole DCCC-M [215] record does not include vacated games (was 9–3) [216]
2011 Alabama State 8–3 Reggie Barlow DCCC-M [217]
Norfolk State 0–3 Pete Adrian ASW, B-CP, HSRN-I [68] record does not include vacated games (was 9–3) [218]
Winston–Salem State 13–1 Connell Maynor AURN, B-MP, BCSP, [219] DCCC-MM, [217] HSRN-II&N, [68] NBT, PCWDC NCAA Division II
2012 Arkansas–Pine Bluff 10–2 Monte Coleman ASW, B-CP, HSRN-I [220]
Bethune–Cookman 9–3 Brian Jenkins AURN
Tennessee State 8–3 Rod Reed DCCC-M [221]
Winston–Salem State 14–1 Connell Maynor B-MP, BCSP, [222] DCCC-MM, [221] HSRN-II&N, [223] PCWDC NCAA Division II
2013 Bethune–Cookman 10–3 Brian Jenkins AHSR-I, [35] B-CP, B-MP, DCCC-M, [224] PCWDC
Tennessee State 10–4 Rod Reed ASW, AURN, BCSP, [225] HSRN-I [223]
Winston–Salem State 10–2 Connell Maynor AHSR-II, [35] DCCC-MM, [226] HSRN-II&N [223] NCAA Division II
2014 Alcorn State 10–3 Jay Hopson AHSR-I, [227] AURN, B-CP, B-MP, BCSP, [228] DCCC-M, [226] HSRN-I, [226] TAJTT
Virginia State 10–2 Latrell Scott AHSR-II, [229] DCCC-MM, [226] HBCUS-PFP [65] HSRN-II&N [226] NCAA Division II
2015 North Carolina A&T 10–2 Rod Broadway AFRCB, AHSR-I, [230] AURN, [231] B-CP, [232] B-MP, [232] BCSP, [233] DCCC-M, [234] HBCUS-UP, [66] HSRN-I [70]
Tuskegee 10–3 Willie J. Slater AHSR-II, [235] DCCC-MM, [234] HSRN-II&N [70] NCAA Division II
2016 Grambling State 12–1 Broderick Fobbs AFRCB, [236] AHSR-I, [34] AURN, [88] B-CP, [237] B-MP, [237] BCNC-I, [47] BCSP, [238] DCCC-M, [239] HSRN-I [69]
Tuskegee 9–3 Willie J. Slater AHSR-II [36] NCAA Division II
Winston–Salem State 9–3 Kienus Boulware BCNC-II&N, [47] DCCC-MM, [191] HSRN-II&N [69] NCAA Division II
2017 North Carolina A&T 12–0 Rod Broadway B-CP, [240] B-MP, [240] BCNC-I, [241] BCSP, [242] CeB, DCCC-M, [192] PNRN, [243] UMTC [95]
Langston 10–1 Quinton Morgan DCCC-MM [192] NAIA
Virginia State 10–1 Reggie Barlow BCNC-II&N, [48] DCCC-MM [244] NCAA Division II
2018 Bowie State 9–3 Damon Wilson BCNC-II&N, [245] DCCC-MM [192] NCAA Division II
North Carolina A&T 10–2 Sam Washington AFRCB, B-CP, [246] B-MP, [246] BCNC-I, [247] BCSP, [248] DCCC-M, [192] PNRN, [249] UMTC [95]
2019 Bowie State 11–1 Damon Wilson BCNC-II&N, [250] BCSN-II&N, [50] DCCC-MM [251] NCAA Division II
Florida A&M 9–2 Willie Simmons BCSN-I [49] ruled ineligible for MEAC championship and postseason play and, by extension, not eligible for automatic bid to Celebration Bowl [49]
North Carolina A&T 9–3 Sam Washington B-CP, [252] B-MP, [252] BCNC-I, [253] BCSP, [254] CeB, DCCC-M, [255] HBCUS-UP, [67] UMTC [95]
2020 Alabama A&M 5–0 Connell Maynor PNRN, [256] B-CP, [42] B-MP, [42] BCSP, [257] DCCC-M [192]
2021 Bowie State 12–2 Damon Wilson B-MP, [258] BCNC-II&N, [259] BCSN-II&N, [260] BCSP-II, [261] DCCC-MM, [192] UMTC [262] NCAA Division II
Jackson State 11–2 Deion Sanders BCNC-I, [263] BCSN-I [264]
South Carolina State 7–5 Oliver Pough B-CP, [258] BCSP-I, [261] CCB, DCCC-M, [192] HBCUS-UP, [265] SIC [92]
2022 Benedict 11–1 Chennis Berry B-CP, [266] BCNC-II&N, [267] BCSN-II&N, [268] DCCC-MM, [269] HBCUS-UP [270] NCAA Division II
North Carolina Central 10–2 Trei Oliver B-CP, B-MP, [271] BCNC-I, BCSN-I, CCB, DCCC-M, [272] HBCUS-UP [273]
2023 Benedict 11–1 Chennis Berry B-CP [274] NCAA Division II
Florida A&M 12–1 Willie Simmons CCB

[275]

National championships by school

SchoolNational
champion­ships		Season(s)
Florida A&M 161938, 1942, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1998, 2001, 2019, 2023
Tennessee State 161946, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2012, 2013
Grambling State 151955, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2016
Tuskegee 131924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016
Southern 111948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1975, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003
Central State 81948, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992
North Carolina A&T 81951, 1968, 1990, 1999, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
South Carolina State 81976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1994, 2008, 2009, 2021
Hampton 71922, 1985, 1994, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006
Howard 71920, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1987, 1993, 1996
Morgan State 71933, 1937, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1967
Prairie View A&M 61953, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1964, 2009
Alcorn State 51968, 1969, 1974, 1984, 2014
Bethune–Cookman 42002, 2010, 2012, 2013
Jackson State 41962, 1985, 1996, 2021
North Carolina Central 41954, 2005, 2006, 2022
Virginia State 41936, 1952, 2014, 2017
Wiley 41921, 1928, 1932, 1945
Winston-Salem State 42011, 2012, 2013, 2016
Albany State 32003, 2004, 2010
Bowie State 32018, 2019, 2021
Kentucky State 31933, 1934, 1935
Langston 31939, 1941, 2017
Lincoln (PA) 31921, 1923, 1924
Morris Brown 31940, 1941, 1951
Alabama State 21991, 2011
Bluefield State 21927, 1928
Talladega 21920, 1921
Texas Southern 21952, 2010
Virginia Union 21923, 1981
West Virginia State 21922, 1936
Alabama A&M 12020
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 12012
Benedict 12022
Delaware State 12007
Fayetteville State 12002
Lincoln (MO) 11952
Norfolk State 12011
Paul Quinn 11924
Shaw 11947
Texas College 11935
Wilberforce 11931

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