Orange Blossom Classic

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History

In its first incarnation, the Classic featured two historically black colleges and universities (HBCU)—Florida A&M and another program. The game sometimes served as a de facto championship game,[1] depending on the record of the participating teams. The game was played late in the season, with Florida A&M inviting another top black team as its opponent.[1] The game could be seen as a mythical "Black National Championship" game.[2] For example, the December 5, 1942, Afro American newspaper refers to the 1942 game as a national title game, as does at least one source for the 1945 game.[3] From 1952 to 1962, 10 of the 11 teams that won the Classic were named national champions. However, there were also numerous seasons in which neither Florida A&M nor its Classic opponent were selected as national champions.

The Classic was discontinued after its 1978 playing. The name was sometimes applied to subsequent regular-season meetings between Florida A&M and the FIU Panthers.[1]

In its second incarnation, the Classic returned in 2021. That season, Florida A&M played Jackson State in a season opening game at Hard Rock Stadium in September.[4] The game has continued as an annual early-season contest between those two programs. The 2022 matchup had the second most viewed HBCU football game with close to 958,000 viewers, trailing only the Celebration Bowl. In 2024 Florida A&M will no longer play in the game and the will find another team to play Jackson State.[5] In 2024 the game had a weather delay for an hour and twenty minute delay because of lightning in the area.

Game results

1933–1978

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Year Site Winner Loser Ref. Attendance
1933 Jacksonville, Florida [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 9 Howard 6 [7]
1934 Jacksonville, Florida [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 13 [[{{{school}}}|Virginia State]] 12 [8]
1935 Jacksonville, Florida Kentucky StateTemplate:Double dagger 19 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 9 [9][10]
1936 Jacksonville, Florida Prairie View A&M 6 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 0 [11]
1937 Orlando, Florida Florida A&M 25 Hampton 20 [12] 3,000
1938 Orlando, Florida Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 9 [[{{{school}}}|Kentucky State]] 7 [13]
1939 Orlando, Florida [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 42 [[{{{school}}}|Wiley]] 0 [14]
1940 Orlando, Florida [[{{{school}}}|Wilberforce]] 0–0 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] [15]
1941 Orlando, Florida Florida A&M 15 Tuskegee 7 [16] 8,200
1942 Jacksonville, Florida Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 12 [[{{{school}}}|Texas College]] 6 [17]
1943 Jacksonville, Florida Hampton 39 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 0
1944 Jacksonville, Florida [[{{{school}}}|Virginia State]] 19 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 6
1945 Jacksonville, Florida WileyTemplate:Double dagger 32 Florida A&M 6 8,000
1946 Tampa, Florida #20 Lincoln (PA) 20 #8 Florida A&M 0 9,000
1947 Miami, Florida #3 Florida A&M 7 #4 Hampton 0 19,000
1948 Miami, Florida #10 [[{{{school}}}|Virginia Union]] 10 #5 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 6 16,000
1949 Miami, Florida #6 [[{{{school}}}|North Carolina A&T]] 20 #5 Florida A&M 14
1950 Miami, Florida #12 [[{{{school}}}|Wilberforce State]] 13 #1 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 6 19,317
1951 Miami, Florida #2 Florida A&M 67 #7 [[{{{school}}}|North Carolina College]] 6 23,446
1952 Miami, Florida #1 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 29 #2 [[{{{school}}}|Virginia State]] 7 35,064
1953 Miami, Florida #1 Prairie View A&MTemplate:Double dagger 33 #2 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 27 41,313
1954 Miami, Florida #2 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 67 #6 [[{{{school}}}|Maryland State]]Template:Efn 19 41,179
1955 Miami, Florida #1 GramblingTemplate:Double dagger 28 #3 Florida A&M 21 40,319
1956 Miami, Florida #1 Tennessee A&ITemplate:Double dagger 41 #2 Florida A&M 39 41,808
1957 Miami, Florida #1 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 27 #4 [[{{{school}}}|Maryland State]]Template:Efn 21 37,000
1958 Miami, Florida #1 Prairie View A&MTemplate:Double dagger 26 #3 Florida A&M 8 39,426
1959 Miami, Florida #1 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 28 #4 Prairie View A&M 7 43,645
1960 Miami, Florida #2 Florida A&M 40 [[{{{school}}}|Langston]] 26 42,080
1961 Miami, Florida #1 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 14 #2 Jackson State 8 47,791
1962 Miami, Florida #2 Jackson StateTemplate:Double dagger 22 #1 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 6 43,461
1963 Miami, Florida #4 Florida A&M 30 #3 Morgan State 7
1964 Miami, Florida #2 Florida A&M 42 #3 Grambling 15
1965 Miami, Florida #2 Morgan State 36 #3 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 7
1966 Miami, Florida [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 43 Alabama A&M 26
1967 Miami, Florida #2 GramblingTemplate:Double dagger 28 #4 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 25
1968 Miami, Florida #3 Alcorn A&MTemplate:Double dagger 36 #7 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 9 37,398
1969 Tallahassee, Florida #3 Florida A&M 23 #5 Grambling 19 36,784
1970 Miami, Florida Jacksonville State 21 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 7 31,184
1971 Miami, Florida [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 27 [[{{{school}}}|Kentucky State]] 9 26,161
1972 Miami, Florida [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 41 Maryland Eastern ShoreTemplate:Efn 21 21,606
1973 Miami, Florida [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 23 #11 South Carolina State 12 18,996
1974 Miami, Florida #20 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 17 #6 Howard 13 20,166
1975 Miami, Florida #2 [[{{{school}}}|Florida A&M]] 40 #8 [[{{{school}}}|Kentucky State]] 13 27,875
1976 Miami, Florida #20 Florida A&M 26 #16 [[{{{school}}}|Central State]] 21 18,000
1977 Miami, Florida #1 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 37 #8 Delaware State 15 29,493
1978 Miami, Florida #1 Florida A&MTemplate:Double dagger 31 #2 Grambling State 7 35,499

Template:Double dagger Denotes a team selected as Black college football national champions for the season in question (in some seasons, different teams were named champions by different selectors).

Rankings from The Pittsburgh Courier (1946–1958, 1961–1969), Associated Negro Press (1959–1960), and Jet (1973–1978)

2021–present

Year Site Winner Loser Ref. Attendance
2021 Miami Gardens, Florida Jackson State 7 Florida A&M 6 [18] 31,000
2022 Jackson State 59 Florida A&M 3 [19] 39,907
2023 Florida A&M‡ 28 Jackson State 10 [20] 24,967
2024 North Carolina Central 31 Alabama State 24 10,256

Appearances by school

No. School Record
48 Florida A&M 27–21–1
6 Grambling State 3–3
5 Jackson State 3–2
4 Kentucky State 1–3
4 Prairie View A&M 3–1
3 Central State 1–1–1
3 Hampton 1–2
3 Maryland Eastern ShoreTemplate:Efn 0–3
3 Virginia State 1–2
2 Howard 0–2
2 Morgan State 1-1
2 Wiley 1–1
1 Alabama A&M 0–1
1 Alcorn State 1–0
1 Delaware State 0–1
1 Jacksonville State 1–0
1 Langston 0–1
1 North Carolina A&T 1–0
1 North Carolina Central 0–1
1 South Carolina State 0–1
1 Tennessee State 1–0
1 Texas College 0–1
1 Tuskegee 0–1
1 Virginia Union 1–0
1 Alabama State 0–1

Source:[21]

See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ a b c Super Bowl Catches Up to Orange Blossom Classic, The New York Times, February 3, 2007, retrieved February 7, 2009.
  2. ↑ Tremene Triplett, Fans, coaches, athletes reminisce about the historic Orange Blossom Classic, South Florida Times, March 14, 2008, retrieved February 7, 2009.
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