Bayou Classic
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Bayou Classic | |
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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) |
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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 | ||
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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
- ^ Grambling vs. Southern series history. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
[edit] External links
- Bayou Classic (official site)
- Ebony Magazine article about the game