The 2023 HBCU Legacy Bowl was a post-season
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
all-star game played on February 25, 2023, at
Yulman Stadium in
New Orleans, Louisiana.
[ It was the second edition of the HBCU Legacy Bowl and was the last of the all-star games that concluded the 2022–23 bowl games.
The bowl's teams are named after Jake Gaither, coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers from 1945 to 1973, and Eddie Robinson, coach of the ]Grambling State Tigers
The Grambling State Tigers and Lady Tigers represent Grambling State University in NCAA intercollegiate athletics. Grambling's sports teams participate in Division I (I-FCS for football) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC ...
from 1941 to 1997.Southern University
Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...
for Team Robinson, and Richard Hayes Jr. of Fayetteville State University and Trei Oliver
Trei Oliver (born June 9, 1976) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at North Carolina Central University, a position he has held since December 2018. Oliver played college football at North Carolina Central as a d ...
of North Carolina Central University for Team Gaither.
On October 13, 2022, Mark Evans II, an offensive lineman for the Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, was announced as the first player selected to the game.
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