The game marks the seventh consecutive season that the Hornets will face a Football Bowl Subdivision team and the second straight year against a squad from the Mountain West Conference. [1]
Six home games, including the home opener versus a traditional NCAA Division I FCS power, and the renewal of an in-state rivalry after a 30-year hiatus highlight Appalachian State University’s 2009 football schedule, which was announced by director of athletics Charlie Cobb on Tuesday afternoon. [2]
OGDEN, UTAH – Back to back games with teams from the Mountain West Conference, a Division I FCS playoff game rematch with nationally ranked Cal Poly, and the always tough Big Sky Conference schedule are ahead in 2009 for the Weber State University Wildcats. [3]
The 2007 NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football season, part of the college football season, began on August 25, 2007 and concluded on December 14, 2007 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the Appalachian State Mountaineers defeated the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens to win the NCAA Division I Football Championship. [4]
ASU and ECU were rivals in the North State Conference from 1948-61 and the Southern Conference from 1972-76. [2]
Under the guidance of new head coach Kevin Morris, the Minutemen will host six games at the friendly confines of McGuirk Alumni Stadium. [5]
The Mustangs were ranked 10th in the final 2008 FCS poll by The Sports Network. [...] Sacramento State remains on the road the next week as the team will travel to San Luis Obispo, Calif., to take on Cal Poly for the first time since 2006. [1]
2007 FCS National Championship trophy (right). [4]
Montana was ranked second in the final FCS poll of the year after playing in the FCS championship game and ending the year with a 14-2 overall record. [1]
The attempt to reduce the time of games sought by those rules was successful, reducing the average college football game from 3 hours and 21 minutes in 2005 to 3 hours and 7 seven minutes in 2006. [4]
UMass opens its season at FBS foe Kansas State on September 5, in the second meeting (2003) between the teams. [5]
The Wildcats will make three treks across I-80 East this season including back-to-back weekends to play Wyoming (Sept. 5) and Colorado State (Sept. 12). [3]
The four playoff teams were all ranked in the Top 20 of the final Sports network poll of 2008: No. 1 Richmond, No. 3 James Madison, No. 8 New Hampshire and No. 18 Maine. [5]
Last year, Weber State defeated Montana, 45-28 in Ogden during the regular season, then lost 24-13 in Missoula on December 6 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs. [3]
Sources:
[1] Football Release – Hornet Sports
[2] Appalachian Announces 2009 Football Schedule – Appalachian …
[3] ksl.com – Weber State announces 2009 Football Schedule
[4] 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season – Wikipedia, the …
[5] 2009 UMass football schedule released
