The State Farm Bayou Classic is the annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars, first held in 1974 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since 1978 the game has been held the final Saturday in November at the Louisiana Superdome. A Waterford crystal trophy is awarded to the winning school. The game has had State Farm Insurance as its primary sponsor since 1996. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, organizers moved the 2005 event from the Superdome to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, where many of New Orleans' evacuees were living. This was the first time ever that the Bayou Classic was held outside of Louisiana. The 2006 Bayou Classic returned to the Superdome in New Orleans. It is the best known game and rivalry in historically black college football and is televised in the USA by NBC. The Bayou Classic is one of a number of NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA ) games to be shown nationally on broadcast television. Both schools typically forego Division I-AA playoff eligibility to participate in the Bayou Classic.

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Other activities

Of the many festivities held in conjunction with the game, the most well-known and well-attended is the Battle of the Bands, where both schools' marching bands (The Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band, also known as "The World Famed," and the Southern University Marching Band, also known as the Human Jukebox) stage elaborately choreographed performances before the game, at halftime and following the game.

Impact

The Bayou Classic is a source of tourism revenue (over $75 million for more 30 years plus) to the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. The success of the game has inspired the promotion of numerous other HBCU rivalries and "Classics".

Series history

Grambling (17)	Southern (18)
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1983 1984 1985 1986 1989 1990 1992 2001 2004 2005 2008	1979 1981 1982 1987 1988 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2006 2007

Although Grambling State's football program has sent more players to the NFL and has a much higher level of prestige, Southern University leads the series 18-17, and claims the longest winning streak, 8 games from 1993-2000. Southern also leads the all-time series with Grambling, 29 to 27. Grambling's 43-6 victory in 1980 ranks number 1 in the largest margin of victory in the series. ^[1]

Game statistics

Grambling victories are shaded in ¦¦ gold, and Southern victories are shaded ¦¦ blue.

#	Date	Winning team		Losing team		Site	Series
1	November 23, 1974	Grambling	21	Southern	0	Tulane Stadium, New Orleans	Grambling 1-0
2	November 22, 1975	Grambling	33	Southern	17	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 2-0
3	November 27, 1976	Grambling	10	Southern	2	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 3-0
4	November 26, 1977	Grambling	55	Southern	20	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 4-0
5	November 25, 1978	Grambling	28	Southern	15	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 5-0
6	December 1, 1979	Southern	14	Grambling	7	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 5-1
7	November 29, 1980	Grambling	43	Southern	6	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 6-1
8	November 21, 1981	Southern	51	Grambling	20	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 6-2
9	November 27, 1982	Southern	22	Grambling	17	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 6-3
10	November 26, 1983	Grambling	24	Southern	10	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 7-3
11	November 24, 1984	Grambling	31	Southern	29	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 8-3
12	November 23, 1985	Grambling	29	Southern	12	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 9-3
13	November 29, 1986	Grambling	30	Southern	3	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 10-3
14	November 28, 1987	Southern	27	Grambling	21	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 10-4
15	November 26, 1988	Southern	10	Grambling	3	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 10-5
16	November 18, 1989	Grambling	44	Southern	30	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 11-5
17	November 24, 1990	Grambling	25	Southern	13	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 12-5
18	November 30, 1991	Southern	31	Grambling	30	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 12-6
19	November 28, 1992	Grambling	30	Southern	27	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 13-6
20	November 27, 1993	Southern	31	Grambling	13	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 13-7
21	November 26, 1994	Southern	34	Grambling	7	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 13-8
22	November 25, 1995	Southern	30	Grambling	14	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 13-9
23	November 30, 1996	Southern	17	Grambling	12	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 13-10
24	November 29, 1997	Southern	30	Grambling	7	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 13-11
25	November 28, 1998	Southern	26	Grambling	14	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Grambling 13-12
26	November 27, 1999	Southern	37	Grambling	31	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Tied 13-13
27	November 25, 2000	Southern	33	Grambling	29	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Southern 14-13
28	November 24, 2001	Grambling	30	Southern	20	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Tied 14-14
29	November 30, 2002	Southern	48	Grambling	24	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Southern 15-14
30	November 29, 2003	Southern	44	Grambling	41	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Southern 16-14
31	November 27, 2004	Grambling	24	Southern	13	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Southern 16-15
32	November 26, 2005	Grambling	50	Southern	35	Reliant Stadium, Houston	Tied 16-16
33	November 25, 2006	Southern	21	Grambling	17	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Southern 17-16
34	November 24, 2007	Southern	22	Grambling	13	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Southern 18-16
35	November 29, 2008	Grambling	29	Southern	14	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans	Southern 18-17

See also

• List of black college football classics?

References

1. Grambling vs. Southern series history