16th annual Tuskegee Institute versus Wilberforce University football program   Save
Bernard S. Proctor Collection
Description: Official program from the 16th annual Tuskegee vs. Wilberforce football classic, played Friday, October 12, 1945 at Comiskey's White Sox Park in 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: The front cover of the Tuskegee versus Wilberforce football game in Chicago. The paper is slightly dirtied on the spine and has two holes near the spine, possibly to be inserted into a binder or scrap book. The page itself is an off-white color. Text at the top and the bottom are both green to reflect Wilberforce University's school colors. One man is in the middle of the page. He is shaded red to reflect Tuskegee University's school colors, with an older style football helmet. The football helmet has a yellow T and a W on it. To his right is a woman also in an old style football helmet and shaded red. She wears a yellow T on her helmet. To the man's left is a woman, shaded red, with a football helmet that has a yellow W on it. All three people sit above a yellow stylized football with white font that includes details of the football game. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS6_B08F04_01
Subjects: Tuskegee University; Wilberforce University; Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Sports
Places: Tuskegee (Alabama); Tuskegee Institute; Wilberforce (University); Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio); Chicago (Illinois)