UMES to Add Women's Flag Football Program in 2026-27

HBCU gets football team after 45 years — but in a new way

HBCU football will be returning to Maryland Eastern Shore in the form of women’s flag football.UMES announced that it is adding women’s flag football one day after the MEAC announced it would be adding the sport. The program will begin competition during the 2026–27 athletic year.The move gives UMES another women’s sport and brings football back into the school’s athletic conversation. That word still carries weight in Princess Anne.UMES once fi…

UMES to Add Women's Flag Football Program in 2026-27

PRINCESS ANNE Md. – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is adding another athletics program. The Hawks announced they will add a women's flag football team beginning in the 2026-27 academic year. With the addition, the Hawks will sponsor 16…