The 2023 HBCU Legacy Bowl was a post-season
college football
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all-star game
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played on February 25, 2023, at
Yulman Stadium
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in
New Orleans, Louisiana
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.
[ It was the second edition of the HBCU Legacy Bowl and was the last of the all-star games that concluded the 2022–23 bowl games.
The bowl's teams are named after ]Jake Gaither
Alonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither (April 11, 1903 – February 18, 1994) was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Florida A&M University (FAMU) for 25 years, from 1945 to 1969, compilin ...
, coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers
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from 1945 to 1973, and Eddie Robinson, coach of the Grambling State Tigers
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from 1941 to 1997.Chennis Berry
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of Benedict College
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and Eric Dooley of Southern University
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for Team Robinson, and Richard Hayes Jr. of Fayetteville State University
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History
The second olde ...
and Trei Oliver of North Carolina Central University
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for Team Gaither.
On October 13, 2022, Mark Evans II, an offensive lineman for the Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, was announced as the first player selected to the game.
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See also
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References
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