A little more than a century ago, the first Turkey Day Classic was held in the newly constructed Cramton Bowl Stadium in Montgomery, making it one of the oldest HBCU classics in the nation.

The football game is held each Thanksgiving – with some exceptions – between rivals Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University, and Alabama Normal School, now Alabama State University.

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The 89th Turkey Day Classic parade in 2012. Birmingham News

According to an article by the NCAA , the college teams did not play in some years and in some years played other teams on Thanksgiving Day.

“Despite Alabama State competing in the Football Championship Subdivision and Tuskegee competing in Division II, the games were always co

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