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List of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football Champions
[edit]Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions | |
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Conference Football Champions | |
Sport | College football |
Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Played | 1971–present |
Current champion | North Carolina A&T & South Carolina State |
Most championships | South Carolina State (17) |
The list of 'Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions includes 10 distinct teams that have won the college football championship awarded by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference since its creation. In total, 13 teams have sponsored football in the conference. The conference was formed in 1969 when six members of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and one member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) met in Durham, North Carolina met with the purpose of discussing the organization of a new conference that would compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level in all sports.[1] After the formulation of a committee, and their research reported; Delaware State University Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, from the CIAA, and South Carolina State University, of the SIAC, agreed to form the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.[1] The new conference was confirmed in 1970 and had its first season of competition in football in 1971 with Morgan State claiming the inaugural championship.[1]
Currently, the conference's football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA. To date, there are six football-playing members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Delaware State, Howard, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina Central and South Carolina State.
As of the 2015 Season, the MEAC is one of several conferences which does not participate in the NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs, the annual post-season tournament, that declares a national champion. Teams from the conference are eligible for at-large bids, however, the conference champion competes in the Celebration Bowl against the champion from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).[2]
South Carolina State holds the distinction of claiming the most MEAC championships at 16, with 7 of under the conference's most successful Head Coach Oliver "Buddy" Pough.
Co-champions are placed in the order they appeared in the season's final standings, with the team winning the conference's tiebreaker listed first.
Champions by year
[edit]† | Denotes team received conference automatic bid for FCS Playoffs |
^ | Denotes playoff participant |
$ | Denotes team received an invitation to the Celebration Bowl |
± | Denotes national champion in the same season |
Championships by school
[edit]Current members
[edit]School | Championships | Years |
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Delaware State | 6 | 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2007 |
Howard | 1 | 1993 |
Maryland Eastern Shore | 0 | |
Morgan State | 4 | 1971, 1976, 1979, 2014 |
Norfolk State | 1 | 2011 |
North Carolina Central | 5 | 1972, 1973, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
South Carolina State | 15 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1994, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 |
Former members
[edit]School | Tenure | Championships | Years |
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Bethune-Cookman | 1979-2021 | 8 | 1984, 1988, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Florida A&M | 1979–1984, 1986-2003 2005-2021 |
8 | 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2010 |
Hampton | 1991-2018 | 5 | 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
North Carolina A&T | 1971-2021 | 9 | 1975, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2015, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Savannah State | 2010-2019 | 0 | |
Winston-Salem State | 2007-2010 | 0 |
Championships by head coach
[edit]Head Coach | School | Championships | Years |
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Earl Banks | Morgan Sate | 1 | 1971 |
Rod Broadway | North Carolina A&T | 3 | 2014, 2015, 2017 |
Bill Collick | Delaware State | 5 | 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991 |
Bill Davis | South Carolina State | 4 | 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 |
Mo Forte | North Carolina A&T | 1 | 1986 |
Bill Hayes | North Carolina A&T | 3 | 1991, 1992, 1999 |
Lee Hull | Morgan State | 1 | 2014 |
Hornsby Howell | North Carolina A&T | 1 | 1975 |
Willie Jeffries | South Carolina State | 6 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1994 |
Brian Jenkins | Bethune-Cookman | 4 | 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Billy Joe | Florida A&M | 5 | 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 |
Henry Lattimore | Morgan State | 1 | 1976 |
Al Lavan | Delaware State | 1 | 2007 |
Larry Little | Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 1984, 1988± |
Jerry Mack | North Carolina Central | 3 | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
Oliver Pough | South Carolina State | 7 | 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019 |
George Quiett | North Carolina Central | 1 | 1972 |
Ken Riley | Florida A&M | 2 | 1988, 1990 |
Terry Sims | Bethune-Cookman | 1 | 2015 |
George Small | North Carolina A&T | 1 | 2003 |
Willie Smith | North Carolina Central | 1 | 1973 |
Joe Taylor | Hampton | 6 | 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 |
Clarence Thomas | Morgan State | 1 | 1979 |
Sam Washington | North Carolina A&T | 2 | 2018, 2019 |
Steve Wilson | Howard | 1 | 1993 |
Alvin Wyatt | Bethune-Cookman | 1 | 2002 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee
- ^ The 1987 MEAC Championship was awarded to Delaware State by the NCAA after Howard was found using ineligible players.
- ^ Both Delaware State and Florida A&M received forfeit losses for the same game. Bethune–Cookman was awarded the conference title.
- ^ Bethune-Cookman had to forfeit the game against Delaware State after it was discovered B-CU used an ineligible player. DSU's conference record was adjusted to 5–1, tying them with North Carolina A&T, who the Hornets had beaten earlier in the season, for a share of the conference championship.
- ^ 2007 Was the first year of the FCS Coaches Poll
- ^ As a result of the MEAC football tierbreaker, Morgan State earned the conference's Automatic bid for the FCS Playoffs.
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- ^ "All-Time Football Champions". meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Bethune-Cookman Coaching Records" (PDF). Bethune-Cookman University Athletics. Bethune-Cookman University Athletics. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "History & Records (PDF)" (PDF). Delaware State University. Delaware State Athletics. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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