As an FCS independent, HU releases its 2018 schedule

HAMPTON,Virginia -- Faced with what he called “a boycott” by schools that refused to cooperate, Hampton University athletic director Eugene Marshall on Tuesday released this fall’s football schedule, which includes opponents from five different classifications.

There are no opponents from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, which HU will officially leave on July 1. The Pirates will play three teams from the Big South — Monmouth, Charleston Southern, and Presbyterian — which they will join for football in 2019.

Also, there are five Historically Black Colleges and Universities — Shaw, Tennessee State, Lane College, Virginia University of Lynchburg, and Mississippi Valley State. But Marshall was unhappy with the reception he received from other HBCUs in light of Hampton’s departure from the MEAC.

2018 Hampton Pirates Football Schedule
Sept. 1: Shaw, 6 p.m.
Sept. 8: at Monmouth, 3 p.m.
Sept. 15: Tennessee State, 6 p.m.
Sept. 22: at Northern Iowa, TBA.
Sept. 29: Charleston Southern, 2 p.m.
Oct. 6: Lane, 2 p.m.
Oct. 13: at Presbyterian, TBA
Oct. 27: Virginia University of Lynchburg, 2 p.m.
Nov. 3: at SUNY Maritime, 1 p.m.
Nov. 10: at Mississippi Valley State, TBA
Nov. 17: St. Andrews, 1 p.m.

BOLD: home games

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