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Hampton’s 2005 Football Schedule Mirrors
Last Year’s Slate
March 16, 2005
Hampton, Va. – Hampton University Director of Athletics
Malcolm Avery, along with Head Football Coach Joe Taylor released
the Pirates’ 2005 football schedule today. All but one
opponent remains the same. And after playing seven games at home
a year ago, the Pirates will do battle on the field of Armstrong
Stadium just four times this season.
The defending Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion
Pirates will open the season on September 3 at Ford Stadium
in Detroit, where they will take on the Tigers of Jackson State
in the Detroit Labor Day Classic. The game is the first of
three “classics” for Hampton, with the others being
the New York Urban League Classic (Sept. 24) at Giants Stadium
against Morgan State, and the Battle of the Bay Classic at
cross-bridge rival Norfolk State on October 15.
Hampton’s second non-conference opponent will be the
Runnin’ Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb out of the Big South
Conference, who will host the Pirates on October 8 in Boiling
Springs, North Carolina.
Homecoming festivities have been set for October 22 when South
Carolina State will try to put an end to Hampton’s four-game
homecoming winning streak. Back as a member of the MEAC in
2005, Florida A&M will close out the conference schedule
on November 12 in Hampton, while the Pirates wrap up the regular
season at home versus Savannah State the following weekend
on November 19.
2005 Hampton University Football Schedule
| Sept. 3 |
vs. Jackson State – Detroit Labor Day Classic |
| Sept. 10 |
at Howard |
| Sept. 17 |
at North Carolina A&T |
| Sept. 24 |
vs. Morgan State – New York Urban League Classic |
| Oct. 1 |
Delaware State |
| Oct. 8 |
at Gardner-Webb |
| Oct. 15 |
at Norfolk State – Battle of the Bay |
| Oct. 22 |
South Carolina State – Homecoming |
| Nov. 5 |
at Bethune-Cookman |
| Nov. 12 |
Florida A&M |
| Nov. 19 |
Savannah State |
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