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Tuskegee Golden Tigers Named 2007 SBN National Champions
(Pittsburgh, PA – December 17, 2007) – The Tuskegee University Golden Tigers have captured 2007 SBN Black College National Championship honors. Under the leadership of head coach Willie Slater, the Golden Tigers finished the regular season undefeated and won their second straight Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Championship. During the season, Tuskegee also became the first and only historically Black College or university to win 600 career football games and is one of only two in the NCAA Division II
“We are blessed to have a great team of student athletes who display discipline, resilience and intelligence as well as superb training and athletic prowess,” said Tuskegee President Dr. Benjamin F. Payton. “I am sure our student body, alumni across the world, and the entire state of Alabama join our university and supporters in congratulating these extraordinary young men and their excellent coaches. This marks our second national championship since 2000 and also underscores our 601st career victory.”
In the final SBN Black College Poll this season, Tuskegee finished with 28 first place votes and 292 points to win the Jake Gaither National Championship Trophy. The award is named in honor of the legendary Florida A&M Rattlers head coach who led his teams to 203 wins and six national titles during a 25-year span. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion, Delaware State, finished in second place. The Hornets final poll tally was 206 points and two first place votes.
Tuskegee University will officially receive their second championship trophy this decade Saturday, February 16, 2008, during the 34th Annual SBN Black College All-American Banquet at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia. Other honorees will include the 2007 SBN All-American Offensive and Defensive teams, the 2007 SBN Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year and the 2007 SBN Coach of the Year.
The SBN Sports Network is a division of American Urban Radio Networks, and has honored the outstanding football coaches and players from the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities for more than three decades. The SBN Sports Network provides exciting and informative programming covering all sports and its award winning Black College football coverage is second to none.
About American Urban Radio Networks
American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) is the only African-American owned radio network company in the United States. It is the largest network reaching Urban America with more than 20 million listeners each week. Through three programming networks and its marketing division, American Urban Radio Networks reaches more African-Americans than any other medium in America and produces more programming than all other broadcasting companies combined. American Urban Radio Networks broadcasts 200 weekly news, entertainment, sports and information programs to more than 300 radio stations nationwide. It is the only Black broadcaster with a bureau in the White House. AURN has offices and bureaus in New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Final Poll
SCHOOL MASCOTS POINTS (#1 VOTES) RECORD
*Tuskegee Golden Tigers 292(28) 12-0
Delaware State Hornets 206(2) 10-2
Southern Jaguars 183 8-3
Norfolk State Spartans 165 8-3
So. Car. State Bulldogs 123 7-4
Prairie View Panthers 89 7-3
Jackson State Tigers 62 8-4
Grambling State Tigers 49 8-4
Virginia Union Panthers 42 9-3
Albany State Golden Rams 37 8-3
Others Receiving Votes
SCHOOL MASCOTS POINTS
Alabama A&M Bulldogs 34
Shaw Bears 26
Winston Salem State Rams 23
Fort Valley State Wildcats 19
North Carolina Central Eagles 14
