N.C. A&T wins tiebreaker, will represent MEAC in inaugural Celebration Bowl

GREENSBORO, North Carolina — N.C. A&T will play in the inaugural Celebration Bowl next month in Atlanta.

A&T (9-2, 7-1 MEAC) lost its regular-season finale Saturday afternoon, snapping an eight-game winning streak. But the Aggies, who will share the league title for the second consecutive season, won tiebreakers with Bethune-Cookman and N.C. Central to claim the MEAC’s berth in the bowl game.

The Celebration Bowl matches the champions of the MEAC and SWAC in a game at noon Dec. 19 at the Georgia Dome. The bowl game will be shown live nationally on ABC.

“That’s why we do this: to have an opportunity to play,” A&T coach Rod Broadway said in the moments after Saturday’s 21-16 loss to Central. “To have an opportunity to go to the bowl game, even if it’s not under the circumstances we would have chosen, but, hey, it is what it is. … We’re going.”

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