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# HBCU Football

HBCU FOOTBALL HISTORY

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://www.hbcufootball.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [THSCA Inducts Robert Brown](https://www.hbcufootball.org/thsca-inducts-robert-brown/) - Robert Brown was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor in 2026. He played college football at Texas Southern.
- [1960s Black All-American Football Teams](https://www.hbcufootball.org/1960s-black-all-american-football-teams/) - Lists of HBCU All-America teams of the 1960s. Many NFL stars played at HBCUs in the 1960s. Super Bowl teams like the Chiefs and Steelers had many HBCU stars.
- [First Black College Football Game](https://www.hbcufootball.org/first-black-college-football-game/) - Who played in the first HBCU football game? What was the score of the first HBCU football game? Read the story of the first Black college football game.
- [Brazile and Strahan Inducted into Texas Sports HOF](https://www.hbcufootball.org/brazile-and-strahan-inducted-into-texas-sports-hof/) - HBCU football players Michael Strahan and Robert Brazile were inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame together in 2023. Both have strong ties to Houston.
- [Three Early HBCU NFL Players](https://www.hbcufootball.org/three-early-hbcu-nfl-players/) - Who was the first NFL player from Grambling? Who was the first HBCU QB in the NFL? Who was the first FAMU player drafted into the NFL? Find out here.
- [Early Pro Football Players from HBCUs](https://www.hbcufootball.org/early-pro-football-players-from-hbcus/) - The All-American Football Conference gave opportunities to African American players in the 1940s long before the American Football League of the 1960s.
- [Jake Gaither FAMU](https://www.hbcufootball.org/jake-gaither-famu/) - Florida A&M coach Jake Gaither has one of the highest college football winning percentages of all time. Learn about his life and career here.
- [1920s Black All-American Football Teams](https://www.hbcufootball.org/1920s-black-all-american-football-teams/) - Writer Michael Hurd compiled a list of Black All-American football teams from the 1920s-1970. Here is the list of the teams of the 1920s.
- [Why Are There HBCUs?](https://www.hbcufootball.org/why-are-there-hbcus/) - Read why HBCUs were created. Learn what early Historically Black Colleges and Universities were like and why they were founded.

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.hbcufootball.org/) - Their Game, Their Times focuses on HBCU football history. The podcast docuseries will drop in the Fall of 2024. By Jackson Michael, The Game Before the Money.
- [Meet Our Team](https://www.hbcufootball.org/meet-our-team/) - Dr. J. Kenyatta Cavil Jafus Kenyatta Cavil currently serves as the Acting Dean and Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Education at Texas Southern University. He is a professor (sport management/sport studies/sports entertainment) in the Department of Health, Kinesiology and Sport Studies with a joint appointment in the School of Communication.
- [Their Game, Their Times Oral History Project](https://www.hbcufootball.org/their-game-their-times-oral-history-project/) - About HBCU’s HBCUs are historically black colleges and universities. Before the mid-1970s, HBCUs provided the only opportunity for many African Americans to attend college and play college football. Many AFL and NFL stars of the 1960s attended HBCUs and likely might not have played pro football otherwise. The list includes such iconic players as Willie
- [Partner with Us](https://www.hbcufootball.org/partner-with-us/) - Coming Soon
- [Contact Us](https://www.hbcufootball.org/contact-us/) - Information Coming Soon
- [Featured Articles](https://www.hbcufootball.org/featured-articles/) - The project aims to preserve the life and career stories of HBCU football players who played between the 1950s – 1970s. We believe this area of American history to be both highly important and vastly undocumented.

## Posts

- [HBCU Football](https://www.hbcufootball.org/seedprod/hbcu-football/) - HBCU FOOTBALL Get ready, something cool is coming!

## Categories

- [General HBCU](https://www.hbcufootball.org/category/general-hbcu/) - What are HBCUs? HBCUs are historically black colleges and universities. Before the mid-1970s, HBCUs provided the only opportunity for many African Americans to attend college and play college football. Many AFL and NFL stars of the 1960s attended HBCUs and likely might not have played pro football otherwise. The list includes such iconic players as Willie Davis, Willie Lanier, and Bob Hayes. At one time, Grambling had the second-most players in the pro football, behind only Notre Dame (source: Esquire). Other HBCUs that placed a high number of players into pro football include Florida A&M, Morgan State, Jackson State, Tennessee State, and Prairie View A&M.
- [HBCU Players](https://www.hbcufootball.org/category/hbcu-players/) - At the heart of HBCU football history are the people who played the game. Many of these men went on to become stars in professional football, in both the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Due to segregation laws, the vast majority of these players might not have had a chance to play college football without their opportunity at an HBCU. This list includes many players who have since been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and/or played an important role in their teams winning Super Bowl championships. The stories of these players rests at the heart of this project which aims to document what we consider to be a highly overlooked piece of American sports history.
- [HBCU Coaches](https://www.hbcufootball.org/category/hbcu-coaches/) - Eddie Robinson. Jake Gaither. John Merritt. These are three HBCU football coaching giants that many football fans know. Other greats, such as Marino Casem, Billy Nicks, Earl Banks, and Ace Mumford might be less well-known to college football fans. Still, all of these coaches contributed tremendously to the history of college football and to the lives of the young men whom they coached. While this project aims to preserve the stories of those who played HBCU football, we also believe in the importance of celebrating the coaches who helped build the history of the game while guiding their players through the volatile Civil Rights Era.
- [HBCU School Histories](https://www.hbcufootball.org/category/hbcu-school-histories/) - HBCU football has generally been dominated by four major conferences: The SWAC (Southwestern Athletic Conference), MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association), and SIAC (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). Some of the most prominent teams during the 1950s through the mid-1970s include Grambling, Florida A&M, Tennessee State, Prairie View A&M, Southern, Morgan State, Alcorn State, and Jackson State. At one point, only Notre Dame had more players in pro football than Grambling. This section includes stories about team histories, great seasons, classic games, and the incredible HBCU marching bands.
- [Featured](https://www.hbcufootball.org/category/featured/)

## Tags

- [Grambling](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/grambling/)
- [Prairie View A&M](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/prairie-view-am/)
- [FAMU](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/famu/)
- [Collie Nicholson](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/collie-nicholson/)
- [Eddie Robinson](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/eddie-robinson/)
- [Jake Gaither](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/jake-gaither/)
- [Billy Nicks](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/billy-nicks/)
- [HBCU in the NFL](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/hbcu-in-the-nfl/)
- [AAFC](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/aafc/)
- [South Carolina State](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/south-carolina-state/)
- [Morgan State](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/morgan-state/)
- [Tennessee State](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/tennessee-state/)
- [Hampton](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/hampton/)
- [North Carolina Central](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/north-carolina-central/)
- [Virginia State](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/virginia-state/)
- [All-Americans](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/all-americans/)
- [Pittsburgh Courier](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/pittsburgh-courier/)
- [Ben Stevenson](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/ben-stevenson/)
- [All-American Teams](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/all-american-teams/)
- [Jackson State](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/jackson-state/)
- [Texas Southern](https://www.hbcufootball.org/tag/texas-southern/)