Rep. Mark Walker Congratulates the NC A&T Football Team in the United States House of Representatives

WASHINGTON, D. C. -- United States Representative Mark Walker (R-N.C.) congratulates the North Carolina A&T State University Aggies Football Team as the 2017 HBCU National Champions, in the United States House of Representatives on December 20, 2017.  

The Aggies, two-time Celebration Bowl winners finished their historic season with a perfect 12-0 record, defeating Grambling State University (11-2)  21-14 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

“I'm just extremely proud of our players and the job our coaching staff has done,” said N.C. A&T coach Rod Broadway. “It's an awesome feeling right now to be 12-0 and to win our second national championship in three years at A&T. I'm happy for our school. We've come a long way.”

N.C. A&T is the first-ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) school to finish the entire season undefeated. They are the first Division I FCS black college football team to finish a season unbeaten and untied and they broke the school and conference record for wins with 12.

During the season, the Aggies defeated Division I FBS University of North Carolina at Charlotte 35-31 in front of a record-crowd 18,651 at Jerry Richardson Stadium.  They defeated an FBS for the second straight season (FBS schools are awarded approximately 20 more scholarship equivalents than the FCS level, the level N.C. A&T plays on). 

Head Coach Rod Broadway has led the Aggies to their second national HBCU football title in three years.  In athletics director Earl M. Hilton's III seven years as North Carolina A&T's AD, the Aggies have won three national titles and nine MEAC championships. 

AGGIE PRIDE!!!



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