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SIAC announces 2006 Football Schedule
June 12, 2006
Tucker, GA – The Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has announced
its 2006 Composite Football
Schedule. Highlighting
the 2006 schedule is an unprecedented six nationally
televised games (five regular season & the
Pioneer Bowl), nine classic football games,
and Pioneer Bowl IX returning to the Queen
City.
Televised games for this season include Tuskegee
vs. Stillman on opening weekend (Aug. 27, 3:00
pm CST), the Steel City Classic (Miles vs.
Stillman, Sept. 24, 5:00 pm CST) and the Legacy
Classic (Miles vs. Morehouse, Nov. 5, 6:30
pm CST) all airing on ESPNU. The SIAC
has also added a television package with CSTV
for them to cover two Thursday night games
on September 7 (Morehouse vs. Lane) and September
14 (Albany State vs. Stillman) with both games
starting at 8:00 pm. The added coverage
will give the SIAC four consecutive weeks of
televised football action.
Highlighting the nine classics this season
will be the annual Palmetto City Classic featuring
Benedict College vs. Savannah State, the 6th
Annual Steel City Classic, the 71st Annual
Morehouse vs. Tuskegee Classic (Oldest Black
College Football Rivalry) and ending the season
with one of the biggest classics in HBCU sports,
the 17th Annual Fountain City Classic featuring
perennial SIAC powerhouses Albany State vs.
Ft. Valley State.
The 2006 conference schedule will vary for
each team as the conference will function on
a seven (7) game conference schedule. The
SIAC schedule is composed of 63 games including
three games vs. Division I-AA opponents; Stillman
vs. Alabama A&M, Tuskegee vs. Arkansas
Pine-Bluff and Tuskegee vs. Alabama State. The
2006 SIAC season will culminate with the SIAC
Champion participating in Pioneer Bowl IX vs.
the CIAA champion in Charlotte, NC on December
2, 2006.
The 2006 SIAC Football Luncheon is scheduled
for July 26, in Atlanta, GA at the Atlanta
Marriott NW. The Luncheon is scheduled
to being at 12:30 pm.
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