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MEAC
announces 2005 football television schedule
June 13, 2005
GREENSBORO, N.C. --- The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference announced its 2005 Football
Television Schedule on Monday. The 2005 schedule features nine games
on ESPNU and ESPN2. The season opens on Thursday, September 1 as Morgan State
plays at Towson.
Labor Day Weekend kicks-off with the league's first televised games. The first
annual MEAC/SWAC with MEAC co-Champion South Carolina State Challenge vs. SWAC
Champion Alabama State will be televised live from Birmingham's (Ala.) Legion
Field on ESPN2 at 3:30 p.m. (EST). The MEAC/SWAC Challenge will be followed
by the league's first conference match-up of the season, as Delaware State
faces Florida A&M in Tallahassee, Fla. on ESPNU at 7 p.m.
Other televised games include two classics, the annual Battle of the Bay Classic
between Hampton and Norfolk State (Oct. 15) and the annual Florida Classic
in Orlando, Fla. between Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M (Nov. 19). The
package also includes three Thursday night match-ups with Hampton and N.C.
A&T on Sept. 15, and two for S.C. State (Oct. 6 vs. Norfolk State and Nov.
10 vs. Morgan State).
MEAC Commissioner Dennis Thomas sees the deal with ESPNU as a monumental step
in giving the league's 11 institutions world-wide exposure.
"This is a historic moment for our conference to have a TV package with
the foremost cable sports network in the world, Commissioner Thomas said. The
Thursday night games are great. Saturday night games are great. All of which
will allow our teams and institutions additional marketing exposure throughout
the season. "We look forward to this longtime partnership with ESPNU-ESPN2."
The MEAC signed a seven-year deal with ESPNU in February for coverage of multiple
sports, including cable exclusives for football and men's basketball. As part
of the agreement, ESPN Classic will provide a live telecast of at least one
football and one men's basketball game a year from each conference.
2005 MEAC Football Television Schedule
| Sept. 3 |
3:30 p.m. |
S.C. State vs. Alabama State (Birmingham, Ala.) |
| Sept. 3 |
7 p.m. |
Delaware State at Florida A&M (Tallahassee, Fla.) |
| Sept. 15 |
7:30 p.m. |
Hampton at N.C. A&T State (Greensboro, N.C.) |
| Oct. 6 |
7:30 p.m. |
S.C. State at Norfolk State (Norfolk, Va.) |
| Oct. 15 |
7 p.m. |
Hampton at Norfolk State (Norfolk, Va.) |
| Oct. 29 |
7 p.m. |
Bethune-Cookman at N.C. A&T State (Greensboro, N.C.) |
| Nov. 5 |
7 p.m. |
S.C. State at Howard (Washington, D.C.) |
| Nov. 10 |
7:30 p.m. |
Morgan State S.C. State (Orangeburg, S.C.) |
| Nov. 19 |
TBA |
Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M (Orlando, Fla.) |
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