Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls

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Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls
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University Johnson C. Smith University
Conference CIAA (primary)
NCAA Division II
Athletic directorDenisha Hendricks
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
Varsity teams13 (6 men's, 7 women's)
Football stadium Irwin Belk Complex
Basketball arenaJack S. Brayboy Gymnasium
Softball stadiumBiddleville Park
Tennis venueColeman/Cuthbertson Tennis Courts
MascotSmitty the Golden Bull
NicknameGolden Bulls
ColorsNavy blue and gold [1]
   
Website goldenbullsports.com
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The Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls are the athletic teams that represent Johnson C. Smith University, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association since the 1926.

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Conference affiliations

NCAA

Varsity teams

Men's sportsWomen's sports
BasketballBasketball
Cross countryBowling
FootballCross country
GolfSoftball
TennisTennis
Track and field†Track and field†
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Basketball

In 2001 the men's basketball team won the CIAA Basketball Tournament and advanced to the Division II Elite Eight. In 2006 the men's and women's basketball teams were the CIAA Western Division Champions and the Tournament Runners-up. In 2007 the men's basketball team were the 2007 CIAA Western Division Champions. In 2008 the men's basketball team won the 2008 CIAA Men's Basketball Championship. In 2009 the men's and women's basketball team won the 2009 CIAA basketball championship. Sports Illustrated named its venue "One of the Loudest Gymnasiums in the Country."

Football

Commemorative Classic: "The Birth of Black College Football"

On December 27, 1892, Livingstone College and Biddle College, (Johnson C. Smith) University played in the snows of Salisbury, North Carolina, just two days after Christmas. A writer of a story in the 1930 year-book of Livingstone College provided a glimpse of that December experience when the team from Biddle Institute traveled to Livingstone's Old Delta Grove campus in Salisbury to play while writers recorded the results of a historic moment in sports history.

According to historian T.M. Martin, the men of Biddle spent two years studying and practicing the sport of football. In 1892, they challenged the men of Livingstone, whose team was formally organized in the fall of that year.

It is doubtful that when Biddle University and Livingstone College teed it up on Dec. 27, 1892, in what was described as little more than a cow pasture, no less, if the contestants in this momentous occasion had the slightest inkling of the legacy they were about to give birth to. Games of monumental historical significance, coaches of legendary proportions and players of extraordinary brilliance ultimately emerged from the mother lode that was to become known as the historically Black colleges and universities. The teams played two 45-minute halves on Livingstone's front lawn. W.J. Trent scored Livingstone's only touchdown on a fumble recovery. By then snow had covered the field's markings and Biddle argued that the fumble was recovered out of bounds. The official ruled in Biddle's favor, allowing them to keep the 5–0 lead that they had established early on and giving JCSU the historic 1st victory! And the rivalry continues. ... [2]

Bowl games

Johnson C. Smith has made 6 bowl game appearances, winning 4 and losing 2. After an initial appearance in a postseason contest in the 1942 Flower Bowl against Lane College in a shutout, 13–0.

DateBowlW/LOpponentPFPA
January 1, 1942 Flower Bowl W Lane 130
January 1, 1946 Cotton-Tobacco Bowl W Allen 186
December 7, 1946 Pecan Bowl L South Carolina NIA&M 613
December 3, 1949 Iodine Bowl W Allen 2012
December 2, 2006 Pioneer Bowl L Tuskegee 717
December 3, 2011 Pioneer Bowl W Miles 3533
December 13, 2023 Florida Beach Bowl L Fort Valley State 1023
Total7 bowl games4–3109104

Notable alumni

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Track and field

References

  1. ↑ Johnson C. Smith University Brand and Editorial Guidelines (PDF). Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Commemorative Classic official website".
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