UCA and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will resume their in-state football rivalry next year.
According to Sunday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports section:
“Athletic directors Brad Teague of Central Arkansas and Louis ‘Skip’ Perkins of UAPB confirmed Saturday that the schools have an oral agreement to play at War Memorial Stadium for two seasons beginning in 2008.
“In 2003, Central Arkansas and Arkansas-Pine Bluff began what was supposed to be an annual football game at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, originally called the Capital City Classic, only to see the series stop after one game. …
“The game will not be the season opener for either team and it will be a home game for UAPB both years.
“Whether it will be called the Capital City Classic has not been determined. … A crowd of 13, 274 showed up in the rain for the first Capital City Classic on Sept. 11, 2003, at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Central Arkansas defeated UAPB 42-28 after jumping out to a 35-7 third-quarter lead.”