<Tr> <Td> <2016 </Td> <Td> 2018> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2017 Celebration Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game that was played on December 16, 2017 at the Mercedes - Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia . This third Celebration Bowl game matched the champion of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, against the champion of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, the two historically black division I conferences . The event was the finale of the 2017 FCS football season for both conferences as neither had teams earn an at large selections into the NCAA Division I FCS football playoffs and their champions abstain from the tournament . </P> <P> The game kicked off at 12: 00 PM (EST) and was televised live on ABC, as the kickoff game to the 2017 Bowl season . ESPN Events was the organizer of the game, while the 100 Black Men of Atlanta managed the game's ancillary events . The #7th ranked North Carolina A&T Aggies won the game, beating #13th ranked Grambling State Tigers by the score of 21--14, claiming the 2017 Black college football national championship </P> <P> The participants for the game are based upon the final regular season standings which determine the MEAC football champion and the SWAC football championship Game determining the SWAC representative . The MEAC representative was announced on November 13, 2017, after the North Carolina A&T Aggies clenched the MEAC Championship after defeating the Savannah State Tigers . The SWAC representative will be announced at the conclusion of the SWAC Football Championship Game which matched the top teams from the conferences' eastern and western divisions . </P>

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