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The Bank of America Atlanta Football Classic was an annual football classic game between two
historically black colleges and universities Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. ...
. The game has since been replaced by the
Celebration Bowl The Celebration Bowl is a postseason college football bowl game, first played in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season, 2015 season, contested between the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athleti ...
HBCU championship game.


History

The game has been played annually in Atlanta, for its first three years at Bobby Dodd Stadium, and at the
Georgia Dome The Georgia Dome was a domed stadium in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta between downtown to the east and Vine City to the west, it was owned and operated by the State of Georgia as part of the Georgia World Congress Center ...
from 1992 to 2014.


Coverage

Versus/NBCSN broadcast the game from 2008 to 2012. Because the two participants in the 2013 and 2014 contests are both part of the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National C ...
, to which
ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). Th ...
held broadcast rights, ESPN broadcast the game on its online outlet, ESPN3.


Game results


Records


See also

* List of black college football classics


References

Sports and historically black universities and colleges in the United States American football competitions in Atlanta 1989 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 2014 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Black college football classics Recurring sporting events established in 1989 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2014 College sports in Georgia (U.S. state) {{Atlanta-sport-stub