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Tuskegee Golden Tigers open 11-game Football
Schedule August 26
April 21, 2006
Tuskegee, Alabama - The Tuskegee University
Golden Tigers
will launch an 11-game 2006 schedule August 26 when they meet
the Stillman College Tigers at Stillman Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
The August 26 season-opener will be Coach Willie J. Slater’s
first career start as a head coach and his first year at the
helm of the Tuskegee Golden Tigers. Slater was named head football
coach when Rick Comegy resigned after the 2005 season to become
head coach at Jackson (MS.) State.
A native of Coffeeville, Ala., Slater has coaching experience
at the University of West Alabama, the University of North
Alabama, Jacksonville State University, Troy University and,
most recently, Temple University in Philadelphia, Penn. As
an assistant coach, his teams won five Division II national
championships at North Alabama and Troy.
The 2006 11-game schedule includes ten of the 12 opponents
the Golden Tigers faced last season when they finished with
an impressive 11-1 record. Five of the 11 games will be played
this season in Tuskegee at Cleve Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium.
The Kentucky State University Thorobreds are not on the Golden
Tigers’ 2006 schedule.
For the first time in school history, Tuskegee will face Langston
University on November 4 at Abbott Stadium. Lane College of
Jackson, Tenn., is the November 11 Golden Tiger homecoming
opponent.
The Golden Tigers will meet the University of Arkansas-Pine
Bluff for the second consecutive year in the Gateway Football
Classic, September 30, in St. Louis, Mo. Tuskegee defeated
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 13-9 in their first match up in 2005.
Other opponents on the Tuskegee 11-game schedule are Miles,
(September 9), Benedict (September 19), and Albany State (October
21), all 1 p.m. home games. The Albany State Rams gave the
Tuskegee Tigers their only loss in 2005, 31-21.
The Golden Tigers travel to Macon, Georgia to meet Fort Valley
State on September 23 and the Clark Atlanta Panthers are the
October 28 foe in Atlanta.
The 71st Annual Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic is set for 2 p.m.
ET, October 7 in Columbus, GA., and the regular-season closes
with the 83rd Annual Turkey Day Football Classic against archrival
Alabama State November 23 in Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Ala.
2006 TUSKEGEEE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
| DATE | OPPONENT |
LOCATION |
TIME |
| Aug. 26 |
Stillman + |
Tuscaloosa |
5:00 |
| Sept. 2 |
Open |
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| Sept. 9 |
MILES + |
TUSKEGEE |
1:00 |
| Sept. 16 |
BENEDICT + |
TUSKEGEE |
1:00 |
| Sept. 23 |
Fort Valley State + |
Macon, GA |
6:00 ET |
| Sept. 30 |
vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
(13th Annual Gateway Classic-Edward Jones Dome) |
St. Louis, MO |
4:00 |
| Oct. 7 |
vs. Morehouse +
(71st Annual Tuskegee-Morehouse Football Classic) |
Columbus, GA |
2:00 ET |
| Oct. 14 |
Open |
| Oct. 21 |
ALBANY STATE + |
TUSKEGEE |
1:00 |
| Oct. 28 |
Clark Atlanta + |
Atlanta, GA |
6:00 ET |
| Nov. 4 |
LANGSTON |
TUSKEGEE |
1:00 |
| Nov. 11 |
LANE (Homecoming) |
TUSKEGEE |
1:00 |
| Nov. 23 |
Alabama State
(83rd Annual Turkey Day Football Classic) |
Montgomery |
1:00 |
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