HBCUs capping historic football season; Hampton makes major move to Big South Conference

SAINT LOUIS, Missouri -- North Carolina A&T’s historic season continued this week when the Aggies won the outright MEAC Conference title with an 8-0 league record and moved to 11-0.

A victory in the Celebration Bowl, which will be televised at noon Saturday, Dec. 16 on ABC (Channel 30) from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, would complete A&T’s first perfect season in 18 years. It would be the first-ever undefeated season by a MEAC team since the league started in 1971.

The Aggies topped North Carolina Central 24-10 on Nov. 18 to stay perfect and gain a bit of revenge against the team that had defeated them three consecutive seasons. Those respective losses cost A&T the outright conference title each year, a playoff berth in 2014 and a Celebration Bowl appearance and undefeated season last year.

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A&T coach Rod Broadway, who should be on somebody’s Power 5 assistant-coach-to-hire list, called the 2017 season “special.”

“To end the regular-season season 11-0 I think says a lot about our coaching staff and the job they have done,” Broadway told HBCUsports.com.

“I think we have a great coaching staff and of course we have some great players. One thing about coaching is you don’t have time to enjoy it as its happening.”

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