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The Cricket MEAC/SWAC Challenge is an annual game that features teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Launched in 2005 and played on Labor Day Weekend, the matchup was held for its first three years at historic Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. In 2008, the event moved to Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando, Fla. In 2016 and 2017 the event was hosted at campus sites. Since 2018 the Challenge has been held at Atlanta's Georgia State University's Center Parc Stadium.
This is the first time these two teams have met since South Carolina State handily beat Jackson State 31-10 in the 2021 Celebration Bowl. The Bulldogs will be making the program's fifth appearance in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge, the most of any team in the game's history. Although the Bulldogs hold a 3-1 record, they were unsuccessful in their most recent outing, losing 14-8 to Southern in 2017. Meanwhile, this will be Jackson State's third MEAC/SWAC Challenge and the first game under new head coach T.C. Taylor. The Tigers are looking for their first win in the Challenge after losing their previous two appearances to Bethune-Cookman in 2019 and Hampton in 2008. Jackson State is the first SWAC champion to appear in the game since Grambling State in 2009.
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