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This Week on Your Campus

Every date here is read live from the Yard’s events records — nothing invented. Where the record doesn’t carry verified venue or kickoff details, the card says schedule unconfirmed. If the records are empty, announced fixtures appear below, each labeled as announced and verified against official announcements.

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mapped pins
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HBCU drumline performing at the National Battle of the Bands
Photo: Mocha Man Style
HBCU marching band piccolo players performing at the Florida Classic Battle of the Bands
Photo: Florida Classic
Jackson State University Sonic Boom drum majors
Photo: Andscape
Southern vs Texas Southern bands at the 2023 Murk City Classic
Photo: 2C2K Photography (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

29 of 108 schools dated — is yours missing? Tell the Yard: every date below is a verified record, and a missing school means no verified date is on file yet.

The Yard Map

Every event pinned on the real map of HBCU campuses. Tap a pin — it blooms into cards with real miles from your yard, straight-line math, honestly labeled. Pins only where the record carries a real school location.

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Distances are straight-line (as the crow flies) haversine miles from your picked yard — no routing claimed, no miles invented. Events here come from the Yard events record and the homecoming dates record, each card labeled.

Founders days on the horizon

Org-wide observances from the D9 calendar record. No campus, no pin — ever.

Gulf Coast Challenge
Photo: Gulf Coast Challenge — via Mobile Sports Authority
NC A&T homecoming
Photo: NC A&T homecoming — via HBCU News

This week

4 events

Seven days or less.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

North Carolina A&T Homecoming vs Elon

Truist Stadium · Greensboro · Kickoff 1:00 PM ET

GHOE 100 — centennial homecoming

Parade: Saturday 8:00 AM

Step show: Friday, October 30, 6:30–10:00 PM, First Horizon Coliseum

Concert: Saturday 7:30–11:00 PM, First Horizon — Gunna with Ella Mai, plus Yung Miami, KWN, BabyChiefDoit

Gospel concert: Sunday, November 1, 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM, Tanger Center — Kirk Franklin and Kierra Sheard Kelly

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file · SOLD OUT

Saturday, October 31in 4dHomecoming
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Allen University

Allen Homecoming vs Morehouse

C.F. Bolden Stadium · Columbia, SC · Kickoff 2:00 PM ET

Week: “A Different AU,” October 26–November 1

Game tickets: $25

Parade: Saturday 10–11 AM, Sumter & Calhoun Streets

Vendor Village: 11 AM–7 PM

Comedy Show featuring Akintunde: 8–10 PM, $25

Gospel Concert: Sunday, November 1, 2–4 PM, free/public

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file · $25

Saturday, October 31in 4dHomecoming
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Shaw University

Shaw Homecoming vs Bluefield State

Durham County Memorial Stadium · Kickoff 1:00 PM ET

Shaw homecoming — season finale

Epic Gala: Friday, October 30, 7 PM, The Grand Marquise Ballroom, Garner, NC

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 31in 4dHomecoming
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Lane College

Lane vs Tuskegee

Jackson, TN · Kickoff 2 PM as listed

Kickoff 2 PM as listed — time-zone conversion unconfirmed, so no converted time is published

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 31in 4dGame
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This month

2 events

On the horizon, worth planning for.

Past events — 18 in the archive

Morgan State University

Morgan State Homecoming vs Robert Morris PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 10passedHomecoming

North Carolina Central University

North Carolina Central Homecoming vs William & Mary PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 10passedHomecoming

Alabama State University

Alabama State Homecoming vs Florida A&M PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 10passedHomecoming

Delaware State University

Delaware State Homecoming vs Franklin Pierce PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 10passedHomecoming

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State Homecoming vs Arkansas Baptist PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 10passedHomecoming

Texas Southern University

Texas Southern Homecoming vs Mississippi Valley State PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 10passedHomecoming

Norfolk State University

Norfolk State Homecoming vs Virginia Lynchburg PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 10passedHomecoming

Howard University

Howard Homecoming vs Morehouse PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 17passedHomecoming

Tennessee State University

Tennessee State Homecoming vs Morgan State PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 17passedHomecoming

Alabama A&M University

Alabama A&M Homecoming vs Grambling State PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 17passedHomecoming

Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View A&M Homecoming vs Alcorn State PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 17passedHomecoming

Jackson State University

Jackson State Homecoming vs Florida A&M PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 17passedHomecoming

Mississippi Valley State University

Mississippi Valley State Homecoming vs Bethune-Cookman PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 17passedHomecoming

Hampton University

Hampton Homecoming vs Monmouth PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 24passedHomecoming

South Carolina State University

South Carolina State Homecoming vs Norfolk State PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Saturday, October 24passedHomecoming

The Yard

Capitol Battle of the Bands PAST

schedule unconfirmed

Schedule / tickets link: none verified on file

Sunday, October 25passedClassic
Conversation starters — heard on the yard

Just talk, not news. Nothing here is claimed as fact, and nobody is named.

  1. What’s the best homecoming fit you’ve seen this year? No names — just describe the fit.
  2. Which band is eating at homecoming right now? Defend your pick.
  3. What’s the one tailgate dish that never makes it past noon?
Probate season, handled right

Probate season is sacred ground here. We celebrate the culture — never line names, never chapter specifics, never speculation about who’s crossing. If your org has a public announcement to share, the Yard will post it. The rest stays on the yard.

Integrity note: only rows with real dates from the events record render as event cards; only rows whose school has real coordinates get a map pin. Map pins count distinct school+date entries (a school dated twice counts twice) — the coverage line counts distinct schools instead, so the two numbers differ honestly. Past events carry a genuine PAST badge and live in the collapsed Past events archive, so nothing past reads as upcoming. Venue, city, and kickoff appear only where verified; everything else reads schedule unconfirmed. A source link is attribution only — it is never presented as a schedule/tickets link. Day counts are computed at render time from the stored dates. Distances are straight-line haversine from your picked yard, labeled as the crow flies. Founders days come from the D9 calendar record and are never pinned. This page makes zero D1 writes.

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