Tuskegee Slater Addresses Media at Labor Day Press Conference

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Tuskegee head football coach Willie Slater addressed the media Wednesday morning at the official Labor Day Classic press conference in Montgomery from ASU Stadium. Ten days from now, the Golden Tigers will clash with rival Alabama State at 5 p.m.

Last year, a sellout crowd of 25,442 witnessed the Golden Tigers improved to 2-0 over the Hornets in ASU stadium since it opened in 2012. The two schools have met in the Turkey Day Classic in all but a handful of years from 1924-2012, before the Golden Tigers withdrew from the series in order to be eligible for the NCAA Division II playoffs. In 2017, they met for the first time in four years resulting in a 14-6 victory in favor of TU

Tuskegee leads the all-time series with Alabama State 62-34-4 and will kickoff with the Hornets Saturday, Sept. 1.

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