Jackson State wins SWAC Championship heads to Celebration Bowl
Fred Jeter | 12/9/2021, 6 p.m.
Jackson State University, riding a nine-game winning streak, is making plans for the Saturday, Dec. 18, Celebration Bowl in Atlanta.
Coach Deion Sanders’ Tigers earned their spot by defeating Prairie View A&M University 27-10 in the SWAC championship last Saturday in Jackson, Miss. The nationally televised game drew more than 50,000 fans.
At the Celebration Bowl, Jackson State will face MEAC champion South Carolina State University for what is billed as the “Black College Football National Championship.”
Kickoff is noon at the Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, where the game will be televised by ABC.
Under “Coach Prime,” as Sanders is known, Jackson State is 11-1 overall and hasn’t lost since a 12-7 defeat to the University of Louisiana-Monroe in September.
South Carolina State, under Coach Buddy Pough, is 6-5. The South Carolina State Bulldogs clinched the MEAC title Nov. 20 with a 31-21 win over Norfolk State University.
