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Savannah State University is an historically black university located in Savannah, Georgia. SSU was originally founded inside 1890 as the Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth. A college was located in Athens, Georgia for several months when you took 1891 until moving to its permanent location inside Savannah. Within 1932, the school became called Georgia State College. Around 1950, the school changed its title to Savannah State College & gained university status in 1996.
Savannah State's colors come blue and orange and their nickname is the Tigers. Savannah State sports teams participate within NCAA Division I personally (I-AA for football) and come independent. In a 2004-05 year, the Savannah State men's five achieved a dubious honor of existence exclusively a 2nd Section We school since 1955 to go through the entire regular year forswearing winning of these game. the 0-28 campaign earned considerable attention around the sports media, existence featured in a "Winless Watch" in Sportscenter that recounted each loss throughout a season.
Famous Alumni
Troy Hambrick- National Football League running back
Shannon Sharpe - 3-Period Extremely Bowl Champion Pinching End
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