NCCU Football To Open Season at ECU on ESPNEWS

 GREENVILLE, North Carolina – North Carolina Central University's season-opening football game at East Carolina University on Aug. 30 will be broadcast live to a national television audience on ESPNews with a kickoff time of 8:00 p.m., the American Athletic Conference announced on Thursday (June 19) afternoon.

When the two teams meet inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, N.C., it will be first gridiron match-up between NCCU and ECU.

East Carolina, which will play its inaugural campaign in the AAC this fall under fifth-year head coach Ruffin McNeill, was 10-3 in 2013 and successfully completed the program's seventh postseason appearance in the last eight years with a 37-20 win over Ohio in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl.

The Eagles, who are under the direction of first-year head coach Jerry Mack, opened last season at ACC Coastal Division champion Duke University and made three appearances on ESPN networks in 2013 (ESPN3 at Duke on Aug. 31, ESPNU vs. S.C. State on Oct. 10, ESPNews vs. Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 2).

For more information about NCCU football, visit www.NCCUEaglePride.com or download the NCCU Sports Network app.

COURTESY NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION