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State Fair Classic

{{Short description|Annual college football game, Grambling State vs. Prairie View A&M}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox college football bowl game

| name = State Fair Classic

| full_name =

| nickname =

| defunct =

| logo =

| image_size =

| caption =

| stadium = Cotton Bowl in Fair Park

| trophy = State Fair Classic trophy

| location = Dallas, Texas

| previous_locations =

| years = 1925–2019, 2021–present

| previous_tie-ins =

| conference_tie-ins =

| payout =

| sponsors = Southwest Airlines (1995–2017)

| former_names = State Fair Classic (1945{{cite web|title=Wiley Eleven to Meet Prairie View in Dallas|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/320365229/?terms=%22Wiley%20Wildcats%22&match=1|work=Marshall (Tx). News Messenger (p. 8)|date=October 10, 1945|via=Newspapers.com}}–1989)
Al Lipscomb State Fair Classic (1990–1994)
Southwest Airlines Al Lipscomb State Fair Classic (1995–1999)
Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic (2000–2017)

| prev_matchup_year = 2024

| prev_matchup_season= 2024

| prev_matchup_teams = Prairie View A&M Panthers 36,
Grambling State Tigers 34

| currentstreak = Prairie View A&M, 1 (2024–present)

| prev_matchup_score =

| next_matchup_year = 2025

| next_matchup_season= 2025

| next_matchup_teams = Grambling State Tigers vs. Prairie View A&M Panthers

| next_matchup_date =

}}

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File:2019 State Fair Classic 06 (Grambling on offense).jpg

The State Fair Classic (formerly known as the Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic, for sponsorship purposes) is an annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Prairie View A&M University Panthers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The game is played on a neutral site at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas during the State Fair of Texas. The game often occurs the weekend before the Red River Showdown game; the Heart of Dallas Classic took place on the first weekend of the 2013 fair, and the State Fair Football Showdown took place on the third weekends of the 2018 and 2019 fairs, featuring SWAC competitors Southern and Texas Southern.{{cite web|author=Luke Johnson|date=October 8, 2016|title='This is a major deal': Southern to play Texas Southern in 2018–19 Texas State Fair Football Showdown|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/southern/article_fc706b0a-8db6-11e6-8d6a-af44e428f623.html|work=theadvocate.com|accessdate=2016-10-16}}

History

=Background=

The State Fair Classic, held annually at the Cotton Bowl, began in 1925 featuring the Wiley College Wildcats and Langston University Lions. The first game was played on Monday, October 19, 1925 and resulted in a 0–0 tie with neither team scoring before a crowd of 5,000.The Chicago Defender "Wiley and Langston Battle Hard, But Neither Scores" 31 October 1925 page 9 Both teams met four consecutive years in Dallas before Prairie View replaced Langston in 1929.The Chicago Defender "Wiley and Prairie View Ready" 19 October 1929 page 9 The contest always took place on "Negro Day" at the State Fair of Texas and would feature the city's black high school football championship in the afternoon followed by the much-anticipated college game at night. An early concept of "Monday Night Football" could also be attributed to the Texas State Fair Classic and Louisiana's own State Fair Classic, as the contests took place on Monday nights from the 1920s into the 1960s.

Wiley was not the only college to play PVAMU in the State Fair Classic during that era, as the Panthers battled Tennessee State in 1956 and then Texas Southern until 1959.

Bishop College relocated to Dallas in 1961, eventually taking Wiley's place in the annual contest, in the 43rd annual classic in 1967. From that point, Prairie View A&M maintained a presence in the Cotton Bowl with match-ups against Bishop and others over the years before moving its annual rivalry game against Grambling to the Cotton Bowl stadium in 1985 (the Panthers' series with Grambling had also previously been hosted by the State Fair of Louisiana before returning to on-campus venues in 1962).

With the disbanding of the Prairie View football program in 1990, the State Fair Classic featured Grambling and Elizabeth City State. Even though Prairie View brought football back in 1991, that year Grambling played North Carolina A&T, so it was not until 1992 that the classic would see the PVAMU–GSU showdown once again. Since then, this has been the annual match-up held at the State Fair Classic. Upon the revival of this pairing, Grambling won every game until this changed with the 2009 edition—and the game subsequent to this has been very competitive, with Prairie View winning 9 out of 14 contests between then and 2022. At one point, it was even considered "likely" that Grambling would have to be replaced by Langston for the classic's 2015 edition.{{cite web|author=Kenn Rashad|date=July 3, 2014|title=Langston likely to replace Grambling in 2015 State Fair Classic|url=https://hbcusports.com/2014/07/03/langston-likely-to-replace-grambling-in-2015-state-fair-classic/|work=hbcusports.com|access-date=December 9, 2022}}

=Other events associated with the classic=

The classic is accompanied by a pre-game concert featuring a celebrity artist, press conference/fellowship luncheon, pep rallies, alumni fundraising functions, golf tournament, jazz show, comedy show, tailgating, and two battles of the bands. The first battle features high school bands in the Dallas area and the last is between the "World Famed Tiger Marching Band" of Grambling and the "Marching Storm" of Prairie View.{{cite web |url=http://swastatefairclassic.com/?page_id=13 |title=EVENTS « the Face off Sept 27 |website=swastatefairclassic.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911031243/http://swastatefairclassic.com/?page_id=13 |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}

=Economic impact=

The classic has an annual estimated economic impact of $8.5 million for the City of Dallas.{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/other-colleges/20140922-grambling-heads-into-saturday-s-state-fair-classic-with-two-important-weapons.ece |title=Grambling heads into Saturday's State Fair Classic with two important weapons | Dallas Morning News |website=www.dallasnews.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925025007/http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/other-colleges/20140922-grambling-heads-into-saturday-s-state-fair-classic-with-two-important-weapons.ece |archive-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=dead}} The official 2017 game attendance was 55,231 which solidified the event as one of the largest HBCU football classics in the nation and the largest NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision game in Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.gsutigers.com/boxscore.aspx?id=3798&path=football|title=Grambling State University Athletics - Football vs Prairie View A&M on 10/07/2017|website=GSUTigers.com|accessdate=2017-10-07}} Both schools have a significant portion of their alumni base in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

=Evolving name=

Early contests appear to have been informally referred to as the Negro Day game to differentiate it from the state fair's other game, the Red River Showdown. Otherwise, the game is documented as having been called the "State Fair Classic" since at least 1945 and was known exclusively as such through the 1989 season. In 1990, it was renamed the Al Lipscomb State Fair Classic after the former Dallas city councilman. After attracting a title sponsor for 1995, it was rechristened as the Southwest Airlines Al Lipscomb State Fair Classic. Starting with the 2000 season, Lipscomb's name was no longer associated with the game, because he had been convicted of 65 counts of conspiracy and bribery.{{cite web|title=Lipscomb's name dropped from game|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/2000/09/21/tex_namedropped.shtml#.WAVUjPkrL7A|work=amarillo.com|date=September 21, 2000|accessdate=2016-10-17}} Promotions with Southwest Airlines listed as the title sponsor ceased after the 2017 game.{{cite web|title=Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic|url=https://do214.com/events/2017/10/7/southwest-airlines-state-fair-classic|work=do214.com|date=2017|access-date=December 7, 2022}}{{cite web|title=Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/cotton-bowl/southwest-airlines-state-fair-classic/475392852844919/|work=Dallas Sports Commission|date=2017|access-date=December 7, 2022}}

Game results

class="wikitable"

!Date

! colspan=2|Winning team

! colspan=2|Losing team

!Location

style="text-align:center; background:#fff; color:#000;"

|October 19, 1925

|Langston

0Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:navy; color:orange;"

|October 19, 1926

|Langston

13Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:navy; color:orange;"

|October 17, 1927

|Langston

27Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#fff; color:#000;"

|October 15, 1928

|Langston

7Wiley7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#fff; color:#000;"

|October 21, 1929

|Prairie View

0Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:purple; color:#fff;"

|October 20, 1930

|Wiley

17Prairie View13

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 19, 1931

|Prairie View

20Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:purple; color:#fff;"

|October 17, 1932

|Wiley

13Prairie View0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:purple; color:#fff;"

|October 16, 1933

|Wiley

6Prairie View0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 15, 1934

|Prairie View

13Wiley12

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#fff; color:#000;"

|October 19, 1935

|Prairie View

0Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:purple; color:#fff;"

|October 19, 1936

|Wiley

7Prairie View0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 18, 1937

|Prairie View

13Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#fff; color:#000;"

|October 17, 1938

|Prairie View

6Wiley6

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:purple; color:#fff;"

|October 16, 1939

|Wiley

13Prairie View6

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 14, 1940

|Prairie View

18Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 13, 1941

|Prairie View

32Wiley7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 19, 1942

|Prairie View

6Wiley0

|Dallas, TX{{cite web|title=Wiley to Resume Football Rivalry With Prairie View|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/320115983/?terms=Resume&match=1|work=Marshall (Tex.) News Messenger (sec. I, p. 8)|date=October 11, 1942|via=Newspapers.com}}

style="text-align:center; background:#fff; color:#000;"

|October 16, 1943{{cite web|title=Wiley Wildcats Meet Prairie View Normal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/47944717/?terms=%22Wildcats%20Meet%22&match=1|work=Waco (Tex.) News–Tribune (p. 9)|date=October 14, 1943}}

|Prairie View

0Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:purple; color:#fff;"

|October 14, 1944

|Wiley

28Prairie View0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:purple; color:#fff;"

|October 15, 1945

|Wiley

35Prairie View7

|Dallas, TX{{cite web|title=Prairie View, Wiley In Cotton Bowl Tomorrow|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/320365886/?terms=%22Bowl%20Tomorrow%22&match=1|work=Marshall (Tex.) News Messenger (sec. B, p. 6)|date=October 14, 1945|via=Newspapers.com}}

style="text-align:center; background:purple; color:#fff;"

|October 14, 1946

|Wiley

19Prairie View0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 13, 1947

|Prairie View A&M

12Wiley6

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 18, 1948

|Prairie View A&M

19Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 17, 1949

|Prairie View A&M

27Wiley7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 16, 1950

|Prairie View A&M

47Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 13, 1951

|Prairie View A&M

38Wiley0

|Dallas, TX{{cite web|title=Wiley To Play In Cotton Bowl Monday Night|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/320419298/?terms=%22Prairie%20View%20Panthers%22&match=1|work=Marshall (Tex.) News Messenger (p. 7)|date=October 12, 1951|via=Newspapers.com}}

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 13, 1952

|Prairie View A&M

53Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 19, 1953

|Prairie View A&M

32Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 18, 1954

|Prairie View A&M

19Wiley6

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 17, 1955

|Prairie View A&M

34Wiley7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#002395; color:#fff;"

|October 15, 1956

|Tennessee State

45Prairie View A&M0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 14, 1957

|Prairie View A&M

7Texas Southern6

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 13, 1958

|Prairie View A&M

26Texas Southern19

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 19, 1959

|Prairie View A&M

34Texas Southern15

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 17, 1960

|Prairie View A&M

36Wiley15

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 16, 1961

|Prairie View A&M

48Wiley13

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 15, 1962

|Prairie View A&M

26Wiley17

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 14, 1963

|Prairie View A&M

27Wiley10

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 19, 1964

|Prairie View A&M

39Wiley13

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 18, 1965

|Prairie View A&M

16Wiley7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 17, 1966

|Prairie View A&M

21Wiley0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 16, 1967

|Prairie View A&M

31Bishop7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#458ac6; color:#fff;"

|October 19, 1968

|Bishop

13Prairie View A&M10

|

style="text-align:center; background:#458ac6; color:#fff;"

|October 18, 1969

|Bishop

36Prairie View A&M21

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 24, 1970

|Prairie View A&M

29Bishop26

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#002395; color:#fff;"

|October 16, 1971

|Tennessee State

42Prairie View A&M20{{cite web|title=TSU Rambles, 42–20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113153367/?terms=%22Jefferson%20Street%22&match=1|work=The Nashville Tennessean (sec. C, p. 1)|date=October 17, 1971|via=Newspapers.com}}

|Dallas, TX{{cite web|title=Cotton Bowl Battle: Prairie View Tests TSU|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113153122/?terms=%22Cotton%20Bowl%20Battle%22&match=1|work=The Nashville Tennessean (p. 21)|date=October 16, 1971|via=Newspapers.com}}

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 21, 1972

|Prairie View A&M

14Bishop10

|Dallas, TX{{cite web|title=Prairie View Rally Beats Bishop 14–10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/644168150/?terms=%22Prairie%20View%20Rally%22&match=1|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram (sec. B, p. 11)|date=October 22, 1972|via=Newspapers.com}}

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 20, 1973

|Prairie View A&M

25Bishop3

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#458ac6; color:#fff;"

|October 26, 1974

|Bishop

21Prairie View A&M14

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 25, 1975

|Prairie View A&M

14Bishop13

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 23, 1976

|Prairie View A&M

22Bishop14

|Dallas, TX{{cite web|title=Prairie View tips Bishop|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/633778961/?terms=%22Prairie%20View%20tips%20Bishop%22&match=1|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram (sec. G, p. 6)|date=October 24, 1976|via=Newspapers.com}}

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 22, 1977

|Prairie View A&M

39Bishop7

|Dallas, TX{{cite web|title=PV wins, 39–7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/71758596/?terms=%22Charles%20Weather%22&match=1|work=San Antonio Express-News (sec. S, p. 4)|date=October 23, 1977|via=Newspapers.com}}

style="text-align:center; background:#458ac6; color:#fff;"

|October 21, 1978

|Bishop

35Prairie View A&M34

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#458ac6; color:#fff;"

|October 6, 1979

|Bishop

33Prairie View A&M16

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#458ac6; color:#fff;"

|October 11, 1980

|Bishop

12Prairie View A&M0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#458ac6; color:#fff;"

|October 10, 1981

|Bishop

40Prairie View A&M0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 9, 1982

|Prairie View A&M

24Bishop13

|Dallas, TX{{cite web|title=Bishop tumbled by Prairie View|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/633778961/?terms=%22Prairie%20View%20tips%20Bishop%22&match=1|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram (sec. B, p. 10)|date=October 10, 1982|via=Newspapers.com}}

style="text-align:center; background:#458ac6; color:#fff;"

|October 8, 1983

|Bishop

32Prairie View A&M20

|Prairie View, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#458ac6; color:#fff;"

|October 6, 1984

|Bishop

34Prairie View A&M8

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 5, 1985

|Grambling State

27Prairie View A&M7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 4, 1986

|Prairie View A&M

24Grambling State19

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 3, 1987

|Grambling State

28Prairie View A&M7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 1, 1988

|Grambling State

40Prairie View A&M14

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 30, 1989

|Grambling State

49Prairie View A&M0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 29, 1990

|Grambling State

67Elizabeth City State3

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#022879; color:#ffcb0f;"

|September 28, 1991

|North Carolina A&T

28Grambling State12

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 3, 1992

|Grambling State

63Prairie View A&M3

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 2, 1993

|Grambling State

49Prairie View A&M0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 1, 1994

|Grambling State

66Prairie View A&M0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 30, 1995

|Grambling State

64Prairie View A&M0

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 28, 1996

|Grambling State

54Prairie View A&M12

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 4, 1997

|Grambling State

33Prairie View A&M6

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 3, 1998

|Grambling State

55Prairie View A&M40

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 2, 1999

|Grambling State

47Prairie View A&M19

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 30, 2000

|Grambling State

47Prairie View A&M7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 29, 2001

|Grambling State

40Prairie View A&M6

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 5, 2002

|Grambling State

35Prairie View A&M13

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 4, 2003

|Grambling State

65Prairie View A&M7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 2, 2004

|Grambling State

53Prairie View A&M32

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 1, 2005

|Grambling State

50Prairie View A&M7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 30, 2006

|Grambling State

53Prairie View A&M7

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 29, 2007

|Grambling State

17Prairie View A&M14

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 4, 2008

|Grambling State

40Prairie View A&M16

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 3, 2009

|Prairie View A&M

35Grambling State32

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 25, 2010

|Grambling State

34Prairie View A&M17

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 1, 2011

|Prairie View A&M

31Grambling State23

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 6, 2012

|Prairie View A&M

31Grambling State14

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|October 5, 2013

|Prairie View A&M

31Grambling State3

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 27, 2014

|Grambling State

26Prairie View A&M20

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|September 26, 2015

|Grambling State

70Prairie View A&M54

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 1, 2016

|Grambling State

36Prairie View A&M16

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:#000; color:#ffd200;"

|October 7, 2017

|Grambling State

34Prairie View A&M21

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|September 29, 2018

|Prairie View A&M

22Grambling State16

|Dallas, TX

style="text-align:center; background:indigo; color:#cfb53b;"

|September 28, 2019

|Prairie View A&M

42Grambling State36

|Dallas, TX

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|March 13, 2021

|Prairie View A&M

17Grambling State10

|Arlington, TX

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|September 25, 2021

|Prairie View A&M

24Grambling State10

|Dallas, TX

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|October 1, 2022

|Prairie View A&M

34Grambling State14

|Dallas, TX

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|September 30, 2023

|Grambling State

35Prairie View A&M20

|Dallas, TX

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|September 28, 2024

|Prairie View(5OT)

36Grambling State34

|Dallas, TX

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.statefairclassicfootball.com/ Official Site]

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