# @historicallyblacksince on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZdCHiIjkX9
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-11T17:16:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Historically Black Since- HBCU (@historicallyblacksince) — https://gondola.cc/historicallyblacksince

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HBCU Sports History 🏈- Did you know about the historic Morgan State vs Grambling State University historic football games in the late 1960s- 70s. Before  today’s HBCU classics, Grambling State and Morgan State were making history.

📍In 1968, the two programs met at Yankee Stadium in the first football game between two HBCUs ever played in New York City.

📍In 1971, they returned to New York for the inaugural Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Football Classic.

📍In 1976, they took HBCU football international, meeting in Tokyo, Japan, in the first collegiate football game played outside the Western Hemisphere.

👉🏿SWIPE to learn more about this historic rivalry.

📷 Rob Taylor (Facebook)

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#hbcu #historicallyblacksince #morganstateuniversity #gramblingstateuniversity

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