Friday, January 21, 2011

NCCU Announces 2011 Eagles Football Schedule

DURHAM, N.C.- The 2011 North Carolina Central University football schedule, which features five home contests, gives NCCU fans a lot to be excited about this coming season. With a new coaching staff on board, including head coach Henry Frazier III, the Eagles will be competing in their first full Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) schedule with eight total games against conference opponents.

Not only will NCCU have a thrilling first full conference schedule, the Eagles will also have the honor to compete in the NFL Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, where they will participate in the 2011 Cleveland Classic, taking on the Central State University Marauders on Sept. 10.

On Thursday Sept. 1 (7:30 p.m.), the Eagles start their fifth season as a NCAA Division I-FCS competitor against the only NCAA Division I-FBS team on their 2011 schedule, Big East affiliate, Rutgers University. Rutgers finished with a 4-8 overall record in its 2010 season. The Scarlet Knights had their biggest 2010 victory against fellow MEAC member, Norfolk State, with a 30-0 final score.



Rutgers' football opener set for Sept. 1, at home against UNC Central

Rutgers will open its 2011 football season against a MEAC school for the second straight year when North Carolina Central visits Rutgers Stadium for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff Thursday, Sept. 1, the school announced today. There is currently no TV for the game.

The game against North Carolina Central marks the start of the Labor Day weekend and is the first day of classes for the fall semester at Rutgers.

The Eagles, coming off a 3-8 season, will be under the direction of new head coach Henry Frazier III, who engineered a remarkable turnaround as the head coach at Prairie View A&M, transforming a program that had lost 80 straight games into a winner by the time he left with consecutive 9-1 seasons in 2008 and 2009.

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NCCU 2011 Football Schedule Printable PDF Schedule

DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/RESULT
Thu. 09/01/2011 Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 7:30 p.m.
Sat. 09/10/2011 Central State Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Brown Stadium)12:00
Sat. 09/17/2011 Elon University O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium 6:00 p.m.
Sat. 09/24/2011 Savannah State University O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium 6:00 p.m.
Sat. 10/08/2011 South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC 1:30 p.m.
Sat. 10/15/2011 Morgan State University O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium 4:00 p.m.
Sat. 10/22/2011 Hampton University Hampton, VA 2:00 p.m.
Sat. 10/29/2011 Bethune-Cookman University O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium 2:00 p.m.
Sat. 11/05/2011 Delaware State University Dover, DE 1:00 p.m.
Sat. 11/12/2011 Florida A&M University O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium 2:00 p.m.
Sat. 11/19/2011 North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 1:30 p.m.

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