Gridiron Classic Football Championships return to Southern Miss

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Six MHSAA state football championships will be decided Friday and Saturday when the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Gridiron Classic returns for a second straight year to M.M. Roberts Stadium on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

The two-day showcase features two defending state champions in West Point and Nanih Waiya as well as three state runner-ups from 2018 in Oak Grove, Poplarville and Taylorsville in the 39^th annual event to crown the MHSAA’s best football teams.

State Championship Football Schedule

(South champions are listed second and will be the designated home teams for 2019)

Friday, December 6^th

11:00 AM — Class 3A: Noxubee County vs. Jefferson Davis County

3:00 PM — Class 1A: Nanih Waiya vs. Lumberton

7:00 PM — Class 6A: Oxford vs. Oak Grove

Saturday, December 7^th

11:00 AM — Class 4A: Corinth vs. Poplarville

3:00 PM — Class 2A: Northside vs. Taylorsville

7:00 PM — Class 5A: West Point vs. Picayune

Can’t make it to the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg?

Fans can watch the MHSAA/Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Gridiron Classic State Football Championships live on television and online.

TV listings

Delta — All games — This TV — WHCQ Channel 8.1

Gulf Coast — All games — Bounce — WLOX Channel 13.3

Hattiesburg — All games — Bounce — WDAM Channel 7.3

Jackson — All games  — MeTV — WAPT Channel 16.2

Tupelo — All games — My MS — WCBI Channel 4.2

Online

NFHS Network’s Mississippi channel. Go to www.misshsaa.tv

All games will also be livestreamed on the NFHS Network’s Mississippi channel at www.misshsaa.tv