Bethune-Cookman Travels to Coastal Carolina for FCS Playoffs

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida  -- It was announced Sunday afternoon that No. 12 Bethune-Cookman will meet No. 9 Coastal Carolina in the opening round of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs on Saturday, Nov. 30. The contest will take place inside Brooks Stadium on the campus of CCU at 1 p.m. in Conway, S.C.

Tickets for the NCAA FCS Playoff first round game may be purchased through the CCU ticket office for $20 (upper section) and $15 (lower section).

2013 NCAA FCS Playoff Bracket

Bethune-Cookman (10-2, 7-1) earned an automatic bid after winning its second consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) title, clinching at least a share of the league crown for the third time in the four years under head coach Brian Jenkins following Saturday’s 29-10 decision over rival Florida A&M. As for Coastal Carolina, they too earned an automatic bid after clinching the school’s sixth Big South Championship and earning its fourth NCAA playoff berth in the short 11-year history of the program.

“We understand there’s a lot of football left to play,” said B-CU head coach Brian Jenkins. “We got some accomplished this year, but we need to accomplish our ultimate goal now of working to win a national championship.”

For the Wildcats, this marks the third playoff berth in four years – and the fifth of its kind overall in school history. B-CU has yet to claim a win in playoff history on the Division I level of athletics, falling to opponents from Georgia Southern (2002), Florida Atlantic (2003), New Hampshire (2010) and Coastal Carolina (2012), respectively. This is the first road playoff game for the Cats since traveling to Statesboro, Ga. in 2002.

This will be the second consecutive season for the Wildcats and Chanticleers meeting in the postseason. Last year, CCU took a hard-fought 24-14 victory over B-CU at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Fla., in the first round of the playoffs.

For more information on the Bethune-Cookman University football team, please log onto BCUathletics.com. Once there, you will find up-to-date news, stats and information regarding the Wildcats football program.

Fans can keep up-to-date with all B-CU Athletics via twitter at Twitter.com/BCUathletics, in addition to the official football twitter page at Twitter.com/BCUGridIron. You can also become a fan of the Wildcats on Facebook at Facebook.com/BCUathletics.



COURTESY BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION