Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Norfolk State Spartans at West Virginia Mountaineers

Norfolk State Spartans Coach Pete Adrian
When: Sept. 10, 2011 - 1 p.m. (BIG EAST Network)
Where: Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000), Morgantown, W.Va.

The Game: West Virginia (1-0, No. 19 Associated Press/No. 24 USA Today Coaches Poll)) faces Norfolk State (1-0) in a non-conference game on Saturday, Sept. 10 at Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000) at 1 p.m. The game will be televised live on the BIG EAST Network.

This marks the first meeting between the two schools and the two coaches. WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen is 1-0 on the young season, and Spartan head coach Pete Adrian (West Virginia, ‘70) is 35-33 in seven seasons at Norfolk State and 37-37-1 in eight seasons overall as a head coach. Adrian played three seasons at West Virginia and was the freshman football coach in 1969 under then-head coach Jim Carlen.

Game Coverage
Television: BIG EAST Network - (Rob King - play-by-play, John Thornton - analyst) will broadcast the game live. The game will be televised on Root Sports in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania and on MASN in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.  It will be shown on a delay basis on SNY in New York on Sept. 13 at 7 a.m.

Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network - (Tony Caridi - play-by-play, Dwight Wallace - analyst, Hoppy Kercheval - host, Jed Drenning - sideline) will broadcast the game live.
Satellite Radio Broadcast: The West Virginia - Norfolk State game can be heard live on Sirius Channel 93 with the MSN broadcast.
Live Statistics:  MSNsportsNET.com
Twitter Updates: Twitter.com/WVUSportsScores; Twitter.com/WVUSportsBuzz

Against the FCS ...
Heading into Saturday’s contest against Norfolk State, West Virginia is riding an 11-game winning streak against NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponents. The Mountaineers are 11-0 all-time against the division with all games being played at Milan Puskar Stadium. Last season, WVU defeated Coastal Carolina, 31-0, in the 2010 season opener.

Non-Conference Play
West Virginia has a 1-0 record in non-conference action in 2011, defeating Marshall, 34-13, in the season opener. Currently, West Virginia is riding a 17 game non-conference home winning streak. West Virginia’s last non-conference loss at home was a 34-17 defeat to Virginia Tech on Oct. 1, 2005.  On their way to the 17 game non-conference home winning streak, the Mountaineers have defeated Marshall, Eastern Washington and Maryland in 2006, Western Michigan, East Carolina and Mississippi State in 2007,  Villanova, Marshall and Auburn in 2008, Liberty, East Carolina, Colorado and Marshall in 2009, Coastal Carolina, Maryland and UNLV in 2010 and Marshall in 2011.

COMPLETE WVU VS. NSU GAME NOTES
2011 NSU Media Guide

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