State Fair Classic
Annual college football game, Grambling State vs. Prairie View A&M / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The State Fair Classic (formerly known as the Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic, for sponsorship purposes) is an annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Prairie View A&M University Panthers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The game is played on a neutral site at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas during the State Fair of Texas. The game often occurs the weekend before the Red River Showdown game; the Heart of Dallas Classic took place on the first weekend of the 2013 fair, and the State Fair Football Showdown took place on the third weekends of the 2018 and 2019 fairs, featuring SWAC competitors Southern and Texas Southern.[2]
State Fair Classic | |
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Stadium | Cotton Bowl in Fair Park |
Location | Dallas, Texas |
Operated | 1925–2019, 2021-present |
Sponsors | |
Southwest Airlines (1995–2017) | |
Former names | |
State Fair Classic (1945[1]–1989) Al Lipscomb State Fair Classic (1990–1994) Southwest Airlines Al Lipscomb State Fair Classic (1995–1999) Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic (2000–2017) | |
2023 matchup | |
Prairie View A&M Panthers 20, Grambling State Tigers 35 | |
2024 matchup | |
Grambling State Tigers vs. Prairie View A&M Panthers |