The Orange Blossom Classic is an annual

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game first held between 1933 and 1978 and again since 2021. In its first incarnation, it featured

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and another historically black school in an unofficial ''de facto'' championship game.Super Bowl Catches Up to Orange Blossom Classic
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'', February 3, 2007, retrieved February 7, 2009. It was seen as a

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"Black National Championship" game. 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. In its second incarnation, Florida A&M played

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in a season opening game at

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in September 2021.

Game results

1933–1978

2021–present

Appearances by school

''Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book'',

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, p. 367–368.

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References