SSU Football Announces Preseason Practice Schedule

COURTESY SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

SAVANNAH, Georgia  --  Savannah State head football coach Earnest Wilson III has released the Tigers preseason practice schedule.

SSU has scheduled 29 practices prior to the team's first official game week that will include three scrimmages.

The team will report to campus on July 29. During the first four days, new and returning players will move into the residence halls, pick up equipment, have team meetings, get physicals, meeting with athletic and university administrative and academic leaders, do sickle cell testing, and perform physical testing such as the 40-yard dash, shuttle run, 12-minute run, bench press and the broad jump.

The first official practice is scheduled for August 1 and the team will practice in full gear on August 7.

The first day of classes is Aug 10.

Scrimmages are scheduled for Aug. 8, 15 and 22.

Savannah State will open the 2015 season September 5 at Colorado State.

SSU TIGERS 2015 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Event	Location	Home / Away	Time
9/5/2015	Colorado State University		Fort Collins, CO	A	2 p.m. (MT)
9/12/2015	Open			N	Open
9/19/2015	University of Akron		Akron, OH	A	TBA
9/26/2015	Bethune-Cookman University		Daytona Beach, FL	A	4 p.m.
10/3/2015	Florida A&M University	"The Pink Game/Parents Weekend"	Savannah, Ga. - Ted Wright Stadium	H	7 p.m.
10/10/2015	Morgan State University		Baltimore, MD	A	4 p.m.
10/17/2015	North Carolina Central University	"Homecoming"	Savannah, Ga. - Ted Wright Stadium	H	2 p.m.
10/24/2015	Open			N	Open
10/31/2015	Howard University		Washington, DC	A	1 p.m.
11/7/2015	Norfolk State University		Norfolk, VA	A	2 p.m.
11/14/2015	Hampton University	"Community & Future All Stars Day"	Savannah, Ga. - Ted Wright Stadium	H	1 p.m.
11/21/2015	South Carolina State University	"Greek Day/High School Band Day"	Savannah, Ga. - Ted Wright Stadium	H	1 p.m.

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