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Nov. 30—Navarro Football accepted an invitation Tuesday to represent the Southwest Junior College Football Conference as the host team for the TIPS-C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart Of Texas Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Memorial Stadium on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus.
Coach Ryan Taylor’s SWJCFC runner-up Navarro Bulldogs (6-4) will face coach Glenn Davis’ Copiah-Lincoln Wolves (9-2) from Wesson, Ms., in a Top-10 matchup with a noon CST kickoff.
The NJCAA’s 13th poll released Monday afternoon lists Copiah-Lincoln at No. 6, and Navarro at No. 10. The Bulldogs, making their fifth appearance in the TIPS-C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart Of Texas Bowl, will be playing their eighth game against a Top-15 ranked opponent
Navarro will be appearing in its 22nd bowl game since 1962 when it defeated Perkinston (now Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College), 3-0, in the Hospitality Bowl at Gulfport, Ms. The Bulldogs are 13-7-1 in bowl games, but in search of their first win since a 34-27 win over Hinds CC, Ms., in the 2013 Brazos Valley Bowl in Bryan. NC lost its last two to host teams — a 35-6 loss to Hutchinson in the 2018 Salt City Bowl, and a 53-34 loss to Garden City, Ks., in the 2021 Scooter’s Coffee Bowl.
NC will be playing its first TIPS-C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart Of Texas Bowl at Commerce. The Bulldogs went 3-1 when the game was played at Bulldawg Stadium in Copperas Cove. After dropping a 49-14 decision to Coffeyville, Ks., in the first bowl in 2001, Navarro secured three wins within a four-year span, knocking off Mississippi Gulf Coast 37-26 in 2009, New Mexico Military 40-24 in 2011, and Georgia Military 30-23 in 2012.
Copiah-Lincoln’s seven-game winning streak was snapped Saturday by East Mississippi 27-20 in the MACCC Championship at Sullivan-Windham Field in Scooba. The Wolves spent the last six weeks ranked among the NJCAA’s Top 10, the…
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Author : Cleburne Times-Review, Texas
Publish date : 2023-12-01 04:59:00
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