Red River State Fair Classic
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The Red River State Fair Classic (formerly the State Fair Classic and, more recently, the Shreveport Classic) was an American college football game played annually in Shreveport, Louisiana, at Independence Stadium—formerly called State Fair Stadium—during the State Fair of Louisiana.[14][15] It traced its historical lineage from a series of 167 games played over the 106 football seasons between 1911 and 2016. By having first paired historically black colleges and universities in 1915,[16] the contest held the distinction of being the oldest documented annual black college football classic, edging out the Turkey Day Classic by nine years and the similar Texas State Fair Classic by ten years.
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Red River State Fair Classic[1] | |
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Stadium | Independence Stadium (1924–1989,[2] 1999, 2001–2003, 2010–2013, 2015–2016) |
Location | Shreveport, Louisiana |
Previous stadiums | State Fairgrounds field (1911[3]–1917, 1919–1923) Centenary Field (1927)[4] |
Operated | 1911–1917, 1919–1989, 1999, 2001–2003, 2010–2013, 2015–2016 |
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2016 matchup | |
Grambling State Tigers vs. Alabama State Hornets (21–0) |
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