Morehouse College and Kentucky State University will meet at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, on Nov. 7, 2026, in the inaugural YES HBCU Bahamas Classic. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.The game is produced by YES (Young Entrepreneurz Solutions), founded by Ernest Ruffin, who organized last season’s YES HBCU Football Classic in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. That inaugural event featured Virginia University of Lynchburg against the Fort Lauderdale Eagles, with Fort Lauderdale winning 38-26.”I’m very excited. Last year, we held our first HBCU Caribbean Classic in St. Croix, the Virgin Islands. And it was very… went very well,” Ruffin told HBCU Legends. “My goal was to get to bigger-branded HBCUs. So we reached out to Morehouse College and Kentucky State University to see if they wanted to play. And it worked out perfectly. The Bahamas is great, offering a bigger and better football field for the teams with Thomas A. Robinson Stadium having 15,000 seating capacity.”Kentucky State enters the classic coming off its best season in 90 years. The Thorobreds finished 9-3 overall and 7-1 in the SIAC in 2025 under head coach Felton Huggins Jr., earning a berth in the NCAA Division II Playoffs before falling to Newberry 45-24 on Nov. 22 in Newberry, S.C.
