Annual college football game, Grambling State vs. Prairie View A&M
State Fair Classic
Stadium
Cotton Bowl in Fair Park
Location
Dallas, Texas
Operated
1925–2019, 2021-present
Sponsors
Southwest Airlines (1995–2017)
Former names
State Fair Classic (1945[1]–1989) Al Lipscomb State Fair Classic (1990–1994) Southwest Airlines Al Lipscomb State Fair Classic (1995–1999) Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic (2000–2017)
2023 matchup
Prairie View A&M Panthers 20, Grambling State Tigers 35
2024 matchup
Grambling State Tigers vs. Prairie View A&M Panthers
150km 100miles
Cotton Bowl
Grambling State
Prairie View A&M
Locations of Grambling State and Prairie View A&M
In-game action during the 2019 State Fair Classic
The State Fair Classic (formerly known as the Southwest Airlines State Fair Classic, for sponsorship purposes) is an annual college football game between the Grambling State University Tigers and the Prairie View A&M University Panthers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The game is played on a neutral site at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas during the State Fair of Texas. The game often occurs the weekend before the Red River Showdown game; the Heart of Dallas Classic took place on the first weekend of the 2013 fair, and the State Fair Football Showdown took place on the third weekends of the 2018 and 2019 fairs, featuring SWAC competitors Southern and Texas Southern.[2]
^"Wiley Eleven to Meet Prairie View in Dallas". Marshall (Tx). News Messenger (p. 8). October 10, 1945 – via Newspapers.com.
^Luke Johnson (October 8, 2016). "'This is a major deal': Southern to play Texas Southern in 2018–19 Texas State Fair Football Showdown". theadvocate.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
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