Save these dates: HBCU homecoming season is coming

The games will matter, but homecoming is one place where the football calendar becomes a cultural calendar. These weekends bring bands, reunions, parties, campus traditions, fashion and generations of alumni back to the yard.

Here’s a listing of HBCU homecoming dates:

Atlanta and Georgia

• Morris Brown: Oct. 3 (Note: Morris Brown does not have a football program)
• Morehouse/SpelHouse weekend: Oct. 10 vs. Savannah State
• Albany State: Oct. 10 vs. Lane
• Clark Atlanta: Oct. 17 vs. Allen
• Savannah State: Oct. 17 vs. Fort Valley State
• Fort Valley State: Oct. 24 vs. Lane

Selected SWAC/MEAC

• Southern: Oct. 3 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• North Carolina Central: Oct. 10 vs. William & Mary
• Morgan State: Oct. 10 vs. Robert Morris
• Jackson State: Oct. 17 vs. Florida A&M
• Howard: Oct. 17 vs. Morehouse
• Prairie View A&M: Oct. 17 vs. Alcorn State
• Florida A&M: Oct. 24 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• South Carolina State: Oct. 24 vs. Norfolk State

More HBCU Homecoming Dates

Sept. 19

• Bethune-Cookman vs. Virginia Lynchburg

Sept. 26

• Lincoln University (MO) vs. Upper Iowa

Oct. 3

• Bluefield State vs. Johnson C. Smith
• Grambling State vs. Alcorn State
• Livingstone College vs. Fayetteville State
• Miles College vs. Lane
• West Virginia State vs. West Liberty

Oct. 10

• Alabama State vs. Florida A&M
• Alcorn State vs. Arkansas Baptist
• Central State vs. Tuskegee
• Delaware State vs. Franklin Pierce
• Elizabeth City State vs. Lincoln University (PA)
• Kentucky State vs. Miles
• Norfolk State vs. Virginia-Lynchburg
• Virginia State vs. Livingstone College

October 17

• Alabama A&M vs. Grambling State
• Benedict College vs. Edward Waters
• Fayetteville State vs. Elizabeth City State
• Johnson C. Smith vs. Lincoln University (PA)
• Langston University vs. Wayland Baptist
• Mississippi Valley State vs. Bethune Cookman
• Tennessee State vs. Morgan State
• UAPB vs. Alabama State

October 24

• Bowie State vs. Johnson C. Smith
• Edward Waters vs. Clark Atlanta
• Florida Memorial vs. Thomas University
• Hampton vs. Monmouth
• Lincoln University (PA) vs. Winston-Salem State
• Texas Southern vs. Southern
• Virginia Union vs. Shaw
• Wilberforce University (Note: does not have a football program)
• Wiley University (Note: does not have a football program)

October 31

• Allen University vs. Morehouse College
• Lane College vs. Tuskegee
• North Carolina A&T vs. Elon
• Shaw University vs. Bluefield State

November 7

• Talladega University (Note: does not have a football program)
• University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Note: does not have a football program)
• Winston-Salem State vs. Fayetteville State