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Hampton releases 2006 football schedule
April 4, 2006
Hampton, Va. – Hampton University head football coach
and interim Director of Athletics Joe Taylor has released the
Pirates’ football
schedule and the 11-game slate includes five home games,
three traditional road games and three classics which will
be played at neutral sites.
The defending Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion
Pirates will open the season on Sept. 2 against Southwestern
Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion Grambling State in the
Ford MEAC-SWAC Challenge at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala.
The game will be broadcasts live on ESPN2. Both the Pirates
and Tigers finished 11-1 in 2005, sharing the Sheridan Broadcasting
Network (SBN) Black College Championship.
Hampton plays its next two games at home inside of Armstrong
Stadium, hosting Howard on Sept. 9 and North Carolina A&T
on Sept. 16.
For the fourth consecutive year the Pirates will face Morgan
State at Giants Stadium in the New York Urban League Classic
(Sept. 23). Hampton has won all three meetings against the
Bears in the classic, including a 44-14 victory last season.
On Sept. 30 Hampton travels to Delaware State for the first
official road game of the season in what should be a great
matchup against an improved Hornet squad that finished 6-2
in conference play in 2005.
Hampton returns to the Circle City Classic in Indianapolis
for the first time since 1999 when the Pirates take on Central
State University of Ohio at the RCA Dome on Oct. 7.
The annual “Battle of the Bay” against local rival
Norfolk State will take place on Oct. 14 in Hampton and the
following week the Pirates travel to Orangeburg, S.C. to visit
the Bulldogs of South Carolina State.
Currently making the transition from Division II to I-AA, Winston-Salem
State University will be the homecoming opponent for the Pirates
on Oct. 28 and Hampton will close out its home schedule with
a battle against Bethune-Cookman College on Nov. 4.
The regular season ends with a trip to Florida A&M on Nov.
11 and the Pirates have the following week (Nov. 18) off with
hopes of resting up for the Division I-AA playoffs which begin
on Nov. 25.
2006 Hampton University Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
LOCATION |
TIME |
| Sept. 2 |
vs. Grambling State
Ford MEAC-SWAC Challenge |
Birmingham, Ala. |
6 p.m.
(ESPN2) |
| Sept. 9 |
HOWARD* |
Hampton, Va. |
6 p.m. |
| Sept. 16 |
NORTH CAROLINA A&T* |
Hampton, Va. |
1:30 p.m. |
| Sept. 23 |
vs. Morgan State*
New Urban League Classic |
East Rutherford, N.J. |
4 p.m. |
| Sept. 30 |
at Delaware State* |
Dover, Del. |
1:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 7 |
vs. Central State (OH)
Circle City Classic |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
3 p.m. |
| Oct. 14 |
NORFOLK STATE*
Battle of the Bay |
Hampton, Va. |
1:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 21 |
at South Carolina State* |
Orangeburg, S.C. |
1:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 28 |
WINSTON-SALEM STATE
Homecoming |
Hampton, Va. |
2 p.m. |
| Nov. 4 |
BETHUNE-COOKMAN* |
Hampton, Va. |
1 p.m. |
| Nov. 11 |
at Florida A&M* |
Tallahassee, Fla. |
1 p.m. |
| Nov. 18 |
OPEN |
*Denotes Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference contests
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