The games will matter, but homecoming is one place where the football calendar becomes a cultural calendar. These weekends bring bands, reunions, parties, campus traditions, fashion and generations of alumni back to the yard.
Here’s a listing of HBCU homecoming dates:
Atlanta and Georgia
- Morris Brown: Oct. 3 (Note: Morris Brown does not have a football program)
- Morehouse/SpelHouse weekend: Oct. 10 vs. Savannah State
- Albany State: Oct. 10 vs. Lane
- Clark Atlanta: Oct. 17 vs. Allen
- Savannah State: Oct. 17 vs. Fort Valley State
- Fort Valley State: Oct. 24 vs. Lane
Selected SWAC/MEAC
- Southern: Oct. 3 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- North Carolina Central: Oct. 10 vs. William & Mary
- Morgan State: Oct. 10 vs. Robert Morris
- Jackson State: Oct. 17 vs. Florida A&M
- Howard: Oct. 17 vs. Morehouse
- Prairie View A&M: Oct. 17 vs. Alcorn State
- Florida A&M: Oct. 24 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
- South Carolina State: Oct. 24 vs. Norfolk State
More HBCU Homecoming Dates
Sept. 19
- Bethune-Cookman vs. Virginia Lynchburg
Sept. 26
- Lincoln University (MO) vs. Upper Iowa
Oct. 3
- Bluefield State vs. Johnson C. Smith
- Grambling State vs. Alcorn State
- Livingstone College vs. Fayetteville State
- Miles College vs. Lane
- West Virginia State vs. West Liberty
Oct. 10
- Alabama State vs. Florida A&M
- Alcorn State vs. Arkansas Baptist
- Central State vs. Tuskegee
- Delaware State vs. Franklin Pierce
- Elizabeth City State vs. Lincoln University (PA)
- Kentucky State vs. Miles
- Norfolk State vs. Virginia-Lynchburg
- Virginia State vs. Livingstone College
October 17
- Alabama A&M vs. Grambling State
- Benedict College vs. Edward Waters
- Fayetteville State vs. Elizabeth City State
- Johnson C. Smith vs. Lincoln University (PA)
- Langston University vs. Wayland Baptist
- Mississippi Valley State vs. Bethune Cookman
- Tennessee State vs. Morgan State
- UAPB vs. Alabama State
October 24
- Bowie State vs. Johnson C. Smith
- Edward Waters vs. Clark Atlanta
- Florida Memorial vs. Thomas University
- Hampton vs. Monmouth
- Lincoln University (PA) vs. Winston-Salem State
- Texas Southern vs. Southern
- Virginia Union vs. Shaw
- Wilberforce University (Note: does not have a football program)
- Wiley University (Note: does not have a football program)
October 31
- Allen University vs. Morehouse College
- Lane College vs. Tuskegee
- North Carolina A&T vs. Elon
- Shaw University vs. Bluefield State
November 7
- Talladega University (Note: does not have a football program)
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Note: does not have a football program)
- Winston-Salem State vs. Fayetteville State
November 21
- Claflin University (Note: does not have a football program)
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