River City Classic creates matchup of HBCU football teams Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Alabama A&M
St. Louis will again be the sight of a football game featuring Historically Black Colleges and Universities when Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Alabama A&...
St. Louis will again be the sight of a football game featuring Historically Black Colleges and Universities when Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Alabama A&M play at The Dome at America's Center on Sunday, Oct. 16.The tradition was started with the Gateway Classic, at one time an annual meeting of HBCU teams, and will continue with the newly named River City HBCU Football Classic, starting at 3 p.m.The game was held in previous years at Busch Stadium and the Dome, drawing as many as 30,000 fans in 2006 and 35,900 in 2005.