Bayou Classic

The Bayou Classic is the annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars, first held in 1974 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since 1978 the game has been held the final Saturday in November at the New Orleans Superdome. A Waterford crystal trophy is awarded to the winning school. The game has had State Farm Insurance as its primary sponsor since 1996.

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College football - Grambling State University - Southern University - 1974 - Tulane Stadium - New Orleans, Louisiana - 1978 - Saturday - November - Superdome - Waterford crystal - Trophy - State Farm Insurance - 1996

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It is the best known game and rivalry in historically black college football and is televised in the USA by NBC, the only HBCU game to be shown nationally on broadcast television.

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Historically black college - Football - USA - NBC - Broadcast television

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The festivities are also noted for the "Battle Of The Bands", where both school's marching bands stage elaborately choreographed performances at halftime and before and following the game.

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Battle Of The Bands - Marching band

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The success of the Bayou Classic is a major source of tourism revenue to the city of New Orleans, and has inspired the promotion of numerous other HBCU rivalries as "Classics", often played at neutral sites in distant cities.

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Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, organizers had to move the 2005 event from the Superdome to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, where many of New Orleans' refugees are currently living.

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Hurricane Katrina - Reliant Stadium - Houston, Texas

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