Morgan State Bears football The Morgan State Bears football team competes in American football on behalf of Morgan State University . The Bears compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Football Championship Subdivision , currently as a member of the Mid - Eastern Athletic Conference ( MEAC ) . The Bears play their home games at Hughes Stadium , a 10 , 000 seat facility in Baltimore , Maryland . Morgan State began playing football in 1898 , 31 years after the school was founded . The team ' s all - time record is 405 wins , 379 losses and 38 ties . 173 of those wins came between 1929 to 1959 when Edward P . Hurt was the head coach and the Bears won 14 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( CIAA ) championships . Earl Banks won four CIAA championships during the 1960s and an additional championship in 1971 after Morgan entered the MEAC . The Bears won another MEAC championship in 1979 , but have not won any other championships since . Coaches . The current head coach of the Morgan Bears football team is Donald Hill - Eley . Hill - Ely became head coach on . A native of Suffolk , Virginia , Hill - Eley is a graduate of Virginia Union University ( 1991 ) and served as an assistant coach at Virginia Union , Hampton University , the Baltimore Stallions ( Canadian Football League ) , the Toronto Argonauts ( Canadian Football League ) and Morgan State . Eddie Hurt era . Coach Eddie P . Hurt took over the Morgan Bears football team in 1929 , the next year his teams won the first of the 14 CIAA championships they would win with him at the helm . More importantly , Hurt , and his assistant coach Talmadge L . Hill , built a program that allowed black athletes to show case their talents where such a venue had been non - existent before . From 1931 to 1938 , Hurt coached the Bears to a 54 - game win streak without a single loss . During his tenure , Morgan ' s football teams completed 11 seasons undefeated and , in the 1943 season , opponents failed to score a single point against the Bears . Hurt is a member of the HBCU coaches Hall of Fame and in 1952 Morgan named its new $ 1 million gymnasium facility after him . Earl " Papa Bear " Banks era . Earl Banks succeeded Hurt and took Morgan football to the next level . Banks was the Head coach from 1960 to 1973 . He coached the Bears to a 31 - game winning streak , three unbeaten regular seasons , four CIAA titles , a MEAC championship , and four bowl games . Twice during his tenure , Morgan led the nation in total defense . 35 of Bank ' s players went on to play in the NFL , including NFL Hall of Famers Leroy Kelly and Willie Lanier ; two more players played professional ball in the CFL . Banks was inducted into five sports Halls of Fame including the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992 . Modern era . Only one coach has had a winning record at Morgan since the departure of Banks at the end of the 1973 season . The Bears had suffered 23 straight seasons with a losing record until the arrival of current Coach Donald Hill - Eley whose first team had a 7 - 5 record in the 2002 season . Notable alumni . Fifty two former Morgan players have gone on to play professional football . Thirty eight players went to the NFL , eight to the CFL , three to the WFL and one each to the AAFC , the Arena Football League and the AIFA . At least one player has gone to the NFL every decade since 1950 from Morgan State . Former Morgan Bears Len Ford , Leroy Kelly , Willie Lanier and Rosey Brown are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton , Ohio .