11th annual Wilberforce University versus Tuskegee Institute football program   Save
Bernard S. Proctor Collection
Description: Official program for the 11th Annual Football Game, Tuskegee Institute vs. Wilberforce University, Oct. 11, 1940, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois. The series between the two schools began in 1928. Tuskegee and Wilberforce played a total of twenty games. Wilberforce won the overall series with a final win in 1949, making their total nine to Tuskegee's eight. Three games in the series ended in a tie. ALTERNATE TEXT: An off-white sports program with a thick red border at the top, and a thinner red border at the bottom of the page. There are two blue lines running vertically along the sides of the program, with the innermost line being the thinnest. The font is navy blue and red. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS6_B08F02_01
Subjects: Tuskegee University; Wilberforce University; Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Sports
Places: Wilberforce, Greene County (Ohio); Soldier Field; Chicago (Illinois); Tuskegee (Alabama)