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Saturday former Bunn star athlete Tarik Cohen rushed for 295 yards and three touchdowns of 74, 83 and 73 yards. The North Carolina A&T Aggies beat Alcorn State 41-34 in the Celebration Bowl held in Atlanta. Cohen was announced as the game’s MVP.
This was the inaugural Celebration Bowl matching champions of the two historically black Division-I conferences.The universities choose to pass on the FCS playoffs and instead send their champions to the new Celebration Bowl. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference sent North Carolina A&T and the Southwestern Athletic Conference send Alcorn State.
The bowl game gave each school a ton of national television exposure.
