College football brawl leads to suspensions

Grambling State’s victory over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday was marred by an enormous brawl that broke out at halftime.

The Southwestern Athletic Convention (SWAC) introduced Monday that greater than 20 gamers had been suspended following the struggle: 9 gamers from Bethune-Cookman and 18 from Grambling State.

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Grambling State Tigers gamers within the Las Vegas HBCU Traditional towards the Jackson State Tigers at Allegiant Stadium on October 25, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Candice Ward/Getty Pictures)

“We’re extraordinarily dissatisfied by the occasions that occurred throughout halftime of the Bethune-Cookman soccer recreation at Grambling State,” mentioned SWAC Commissioner Dr. Charles McClelland mentioned in an announcement. “Actions of that nature haven’t any place within the Southwestern Athletic Convention and intercollegiate athletics.

“The Convention Workplace has maintained and can proceed to keep up a zero-tolerance coverage for any actions deemed unsportsmanlike and inconsistent with the excessive normal of excellent sportsmanship we anticipate from all people concerned within the athletic applications inside our league.”

Bethune-Cookman Wildcats gamers watch through the faculty soccer recreation between the Miami Hurricanes and Bethune-Cookman on September 6, 2025 at Arduous Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)

ESPN’s Kalan Hooks posted images of the incident on X. The video confirmed a number of gamers throwing punches as coaches and officers tried to interrupt it up.

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The sport was shut at halftime when Grambling State held a 24-20 lead. The Tigers took the win, 31-23.

The SWAC mentioned three of the 27 gamers concerned got two-match suspensions. The remaining might be excluded for one match.

Element view of a penalty flag throughout a soccer recreation on November 7, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Cooper Neill/Getty Pictures)

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Grambling State was fined $40,000 and Bethune-Cookman was fined $25,000.

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