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University of Maryland Eastern Shore, located on 620 acres (2.5 km²) in Princess Anne, Maryland, is part of the University System of Maryland. The school was founded in 1886 by through the offices of the Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was known as the Delaware Conference Academy. Later UMES came to be called Industrial Branch of Morgan State College and Princess Anne Academy. In 1919 the state of Maryland assumed control of the academy and changed its name to Eastern Shore Branch of the Maryland Agricultural College. In 1948 the name was again changed, this time to Maryland State College. Finally, in 1970 the name became University of Maryland Eastern Shore. UMES is an historically black university, as well as an 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant University. The university is comprised of four schools: UMES also offers M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Marine-Estuarine and Environmental Sciences and Toxicology. UMES athletic teams compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The school was once a powerhouse in black college football, producing five undefeated seasons between 1947 and 1960, but like many smaller colleges, the high costs associated with operating a Division I football program and complying with Title IX became too much of a burden, and the team was shut down after the 1979 season. NFL player and coach Art Shell attended UMES. Further, UMES along with Florida State holds the distinction of having more players play in a Super Bowl Championship game than any other single institution. In the 1968 game (Super Bowl III) between the New York Jets and the Baltimore Colts (now the Indianapolis Colts), UMES was represented by five (5) of its former student-athletes: Earl Christy (1961-1964), Johnny Sample (1954-1957), Emerson Boozer (1962-1965), Charles Stukes (1963-1967), and James Duncan (1968-1971). In Super Bowl XL five (5) Florida State alums also saw game action: Walter Jones, Peter Warrick, Michael Boulware, Chris Hope and Bryant McFadden.
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