Saturday, January 13, 2018

Southern's 2018 football schedule to feature just 10 games. 'We were dealt a limited hand'


BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- For the first time in more than a decade, the Southern football team will play fewer than 11 regular-season games.

The Jaguars’ 2018 schedule features 10 contests. It is the first time since 2005 Southern will not play a full 11-game schedule, the blame for which Southern athletic director Roman Banks laid with the Southwestern Athletic Conference office.

“We were dealt a limited hand,” Banks said.

A SWAC spokesman did not respond to the Advocate's request for comment Friday.

Southern 2018 football schedule
*home games in bold

Sept. 1: @ TCU
Sept. 9: @ Louisiana Tech
Sept. 15: vs. Langston
Sept. 22: vs. Alabama A&M, (at Ladd Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama)
Sept. 29: vs Alcorn State (homecoming)
Oct. 13: @ Prairie View A&M
October 20: vs Texas Southern, (State Fair Showdown, Dallas)
Oct. 27: vs. Jackson State
Nov. 10: vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff
Nov. 24: vs Grambling, (Bayou Classic, New Orleans)

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