Admit it. A month ago, you didn’t know much of anything about Bethune-Cookman University. A handful knew about their award-winning band, especially with the Netflix series “Marching Orders” debuting this fall, but the football program? Probably not.
Bethune-Cookman is considered a Historically Black College and University, playing football in division 1-AA’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). BCU has won the MEAC football championship five times this decade, including four straight from 2012 through 2015. This season, BCU is 4-4 with wins against Virginia-Lynchburg (79-16), Savannah State (35-20), Mississippi Valley State (41-27) and South Carolina State (28-26). The Wildcats have lost to Tennessee State (34-3), Florida Atlantic (49-24), Howard (41-35) and North Carolina A&T State (35-10).