1947 FIRST BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME played in the State of California…Wilberforce University Bulldogs defeated the Prairie View Panthers, 26-0 1967 WINSTON – SALEM STATE Men’s basketball team won the NCAA Division II Tournament…the first time ever for a Black College team. Future Hall of Famers coach Clarence “Bighouse” Gaines and Earl “The Pearl” Monroe captured the tournament Most Outstanding Coach and Player Awards.
