The North Carolina A&T football program made history on Saturday afternoon with a 21-14 win over Grambling State in the Celebration Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
The win secured North Carolina A&T’s second HBCU national championship in three years.
Along with the national championship, the Aggies set a historic mark by becoming the first-ever MEAC program to complete a perfect season (12-0).
North Carolina A&T needed some trickery along the way, however.
With a minute remaining in the game, Aggies quarterback Lamar Raynard pulled off a fake spike for a 15-yard game to Elijah Bell. The play went to the Tigers’ three-yard line which eventually set up Raynard for the game-winning touchdown with 38 seconds left in the game.
Check out the sequence below:
This stellar grab by Elijah Bell off a fake spike play set up the go ahead TD #CelebrationBowl🎉 pic.twitter.com/H9H53SXV3H
— Celebration Bowl (@CelebrationBowl) December 16, 2017
Perfection complete!
North Carolina A&T scored late to beat Grambling in the Celebration Bowl and finish 12-0, the first MEAC team to ever have a perfect season. pic.twitter.com/ZeiikrJwHe
— ESPN (@espn) December 16, 2017
The Aggies were happy to lift the Celebration Bowl trophy:
That Championship Feeling!!!😎🏆 Congrats to the @ncatsuaggies on a perfect season and #HBCU national Championship victory @CelebrationBowl 🏈 12-0 💪🏾#NCAT pic.twitter.com/CMaj6MguRQ
— The Undefeated (@TheUndefeated) December 16, 2017
North Carolina A&T had energy from the beginning of the game and never looked back. After all, look at how hyped the team was before opening kickoff.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcxVI0LFPW5/?taken-by=ncat_football
Congratulations to everyone involved in the Aggies program and all of their fans for the historic day.
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