NY Urban League Cancels 2015 Football Classic

BALTIMORE, Maryland -- The New York Urban League has informed officials at Morgan State University that the scheduled New York Urban League Classic between the Bears and the Howard University Bison has been canceled.

The game, originally scheduled and marketed by the schools for Sept. 26 at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ., will not be played this year.

Officials from the New York Urban League told the schools that they hope a 2016 edition will be played, in a letter dated April 4 and distributed to Morgan State alumni.

This would have been the 43rd edition of the game featuring Howard University against Morgan State. The NYUL Classic website reports that "since its inception", proceeds from the game have helped raise over $20 million in scholarships awarded to nearly 4,000 college bound students.

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has ruled that the return to campus of this game will be at Howard University's Greene Stadium.

2015 MSU Football Schedule

Date		Opponent	Location	Time
9/5/2015		Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, CO
9/12/2015		Illinois State University	Normal, IL	6:30 p.m.
9/19/2015		Virginia-Lynchburg		4 p.m.
9/26/2015	*	Howard University	Washington, DC
10/3/2015	*	Delaware State University	Dover, DE
10/10/2015	*	Savannah State University		4 p.m.
Homecoming
10/17/2015	*	Hampton University		1 p.m.
10/24/2015	*	North Carolina Central University	Durham, NC
11/7/2015	*	Bethune-Cookman University	Daytona Beach, FL
11/14/2015	*	Florida A&M Universi		1 p.m.
11/21/2015	*	Norfolk State University		1 p.m.

COURTESY MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION