Bayou Classic

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Bayou Classic
State Farm Bayou Classic

Stadium Louisiana Superdome
Location New Orleans, Louisiana
Previous Stadiums Tulane Stadium
Reliant Stadium
Previous Locations Houston, Texas (2005)
Operated 1974 - 2007
Sponsors
State Farm Insurance
2007 Matchup
Southern vs. Grambling (18-16)
2008 Matchup
Grambling vs. Southern (November 29)

The State Farm Bayou Classic is the annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars, first held in 1974 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since 1978 the game has been held the final Saturday in November at the Louisiana Superdome. A Waterford crystal trophy is awarded to the winning school. The game has had State Farm Insurance as its primary sponsor since 1996. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, organizers moved the 2005 event from the Superdome to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, where many of New Orleans' evacuees were living. This was the first time ever that the Bayou Classic was held outside of Louisiana. The 2006 Bayou Classic returned to the Superdome in New Orleans.

It is the best known game and rivalry in historically black college football and is televised in the USA by NBC. The Bayou Classic is the only NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) game to be shown nationally on broadcast television. Both schools typically forego Division I-AA playoff elegibility to participate in the Bayou Classic.

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[edit] Other activities

Of the many festivities, the most well-known and well-attended is the Battle of the Bands, where both schools' marching bands (the Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band and the Southern University Marching Band, also known as the Human Jukebox) stage elaborately choreographed performances before the game, at halftime and following the game.

[edit] Impact

The success of the Bayou Classic is a major source of tourism revenue to the city of New Orleans, and has inspired the promotion of numerous other HBCU rivalries as "Classics", often played at neutral sites in distant cities.

[edit] Series history

Grambling (16) Southern (18)
1974 1975
1976 1977
1978 1980
1983 1984
1985 1986
1989 1990
1992 2001
2004 2005
1979 1981
1982 1987
1988 1991
1993 1994
1995 1996
1997 1998
1999 2000
2002 2003
2006 2007

Southern leads the series 18-16, and claims the longest winning streak, 8 games from 1993-2000. Southern also leads the all-time series with Grambling, 29 to 26.[1]


[edit] Game statistics

Grambling victories are shaded in ██ gold, and Southern victories are shaded ██ blue.

# Date Winning team Losing team Site Series
1 November 23, 1974 Grambling 21 Southern 0 Tulane Stadium, New Orleans Grambling 1-0
2 November 22, 1975 Grambling 33 Southern 17 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 2-0
3 November 27, 1976 Grambling 10 Southern 2 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana Grambling 3-0
4 November 26, 1977 Grambling 55 Southern 20 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans< La. Grambling 4-0
5 November 25, 1978 Grambling 28 Southern 15 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 5-0
6 December 1, 1979 Southern 14 Grambling 7 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 5-1
7 November 29, 1980 Grambling 43 Southern 6 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 6-1
8 November 21, 1981 Southern 51 Grambling 20 Louisiana Superdome, [[New Orleans, Louisiana| Grambling 6-2
9 November 27, 1982 Southern 22 Grambling 17 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 6-3
10 November 26, 1983 Grambling 24 Southern 10 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 7-3
11 November 24, 1984 Grambling 31 Southern 29 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 8-3
12 November 23, 1985 Grambling 29 Southern 12 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA Grambling 9-3
13 November 29, 1986 Grambling 30 Southern 3 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, La Grambling 10-3
14 November 28, 1987 Southern 27 Grambling 21 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, La 10-4
15 November 26, 1988 Southern 10 Grambling 3 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 10-5
16 November 18, 1989 Grambling 44 Southern 30 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 11-5
17 November 24, 1990 Grambling 25 Southern 13 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 12-5
18 November 30, 1991 Southern 31 Grambling 30 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 12-6
19 November 28, 1992 Grambling 30 Southern 27 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 13-6
20 November 27, 1993 Southern 31 Grambling 13 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 13-7
21 November 26, 1994 Southern 34 Grambling 7 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 13-8
22 November 25, 1995 Southern 30 Grambling 14 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 13-9
23 November 30, 1996 Southern 17 Grambling 12 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 13-10
24 November 29, 1997 Southern 30 Grambling 7 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 13-11
25 November 28, 1998 Southern 26 Grambling 14 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Grambling 13-12
26 November 27, 1999 Southern 37 Grambling 31 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Tied 13-13
27 November 25, 2000 Southern 33 Grambling 29 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Southern 14-13
28 November 24, 2001 Grambling 30 Southern 20 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Tied 14-14
29 November 30, 2002 Southern 48 Grambling 24 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Southern 15-14
30 November 29, 2003 Southern 44 Grambling 41 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Southern 16-14
31 November 27, 2004 Grambling 24 Southern 13 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Southern 16-15
32 November 26, 2005 Grambling 50 Southern 35 Reliant Stadium, Houston Tied 16-16
33 November 25, 2006 Southern 21 Grambling 17 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Southern 17-16
34 November 24, 2007 Southern 22 Grambling 13 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans Southern 18-16

[edit] References

  1. ^ Grambling vs. Southern series history. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.

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