Morgan Football Returns to the Top

With a 69-7 home win against Delaware State on the last regular game of the season — and a season-ending loss by North Carolina A&T — the Morgan Bears became Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Champions for the first time since 1979. Five teams share the MEAC title with 6-2 records, but only Morgan advanced to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs, by virtue of tiebreakers rules, with a chance of becoming champions of the 124-team FCS. The Bears will face their first playoff opponent, the University of Richmond Spiders, in Richmond on Nov. 29.

MSU President David Wilson, Morgan Vice President for Student Affairs Kevin Banks and MSU Athletic Director Floyd Kerr joined Morgan’s football team and coaches, the MSU Marching Band, Morgan’s MEAC Champion cheerleading team and other Morgan students and staff at the University Student Center theater on Nov. 23, to celebrate the Bears’ historic victory and watch the playoff bracket selection on ESPN.

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