Logo of the Morgan State Bears, a college football team that began play in 1898 and currently plays in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The school has a proud gridiron tradition despite their small school status, having four Pro Football Hall of Famers among their alumni – Len Ford, Leroy Kelly, Willie Lanier and Roosevelt Brown. Frenchy Fuqua, Raymond Chester and Cornell Gowdy are other former Bears who moved from the small black college to the pros.