(Greensboro, NC) – The N.C. A&T State University athletics department has set a ten game schedule for the 2004 football season, school officials announced today.
The schedule, which features open dates on September 11 and November 6, is highlighted by the school’s first game against a NCAA Division I-A opponent, a September 18 tilt at Wake Forest University. In addition, the Aggies will face NCAA Division II rival N.C. Central University in the 11th Annual Aggie-Eagle Classic at Carter-Finley Stadium on September 5.
Aggie Stadium will open on September 25, as N.C. A&T will host Elon University, as the University will celebrate Letterman’s Day. On the following week the Aggies will open defense of the 2003 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship with a return trip to Norfolk, VA to participate in the Fish Bowl Classic at Norfolk State University. Homecoming festivities will culminate with the October 9 contest against Morgan State University. The Aggies will then make an eight-hour trip for an October 16 matchup with Delaware State University.
A pair of home conference games will end October as the Aggies will take on Howard University (Hall of Fame Day, October 23), and Bethune-Cookman (University and Senior Day, October 30). A crucial game with last year’s runner up, Hampton University, will take place in Hampton, VA on November 13. N.C. A&T will conclude the regular season against archrival S.C. State University, the only MEAC team to defeat the Aggies in 2003. The two teams will meet in the Rivalry Classic at Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, NC on November 20.
School officials are currently pursing the possibility of an 11th game this season. “We are actively seeking an opponent for a game, particularly on the September 11 date,” said athletics director Charlie Davis. “But as of right now, the ten game schedule is confirmed and we will notify the media if any changes have been made.”
