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FOOTBALL

The influence of the 1965, 1966 MSU football teams on the integration of college football

Nearly 60 years after the MSU 1965 and 1966 football teams played their last games together, both squads will be inducted into the MSU Hall of Fame. The teams were led by Head Coach Duffy Daugherty, who became one of the most influential figures in college football after he helped break the sport's color barrier in the early 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement. 

FOOTBALL

MSU and Boston College to honor 9/11 hero in football matchup Sept. 21

The meeting between the two up-and-coming programs will be the "Red Bandana" game at Alumni Stadium and the annual tradition honoring fallen 9/11 hero Welles Crowther. Boston College players will wear special red bandana-themed uniforms with the words “For Welles" written across the back. Before the game, there will be a moment of silence held for Crowther and all victims of the 9/11 attacks.