The addition of Northwestern State University (La.) on Oct. 13 completes the 2001 football schedule. Details...
Northwestern State (Natchitoches, La.) will now occupy ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Oct. 13 “open date” for a 2 p.m. contest at Rhodes Stadium, giving the Phoenix six home games this fall. The Demons finished 4-7 last season after forfeiting a pair of victories due to the inadvertent use of an ineligible player. NSU advanced to the semifinal round of the 1998 NCAA-IAA playoffs.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s schedule now consists of 11 NCAA-IAA opponents, including six that finished ranked among the nation’s top 30 teams in the 2000 Sports Network poll. Last season, the Phoenix finished 7-4 and ranked 22nd in the Football Gazette’s national poll. All four of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s setbacks came to squads rated among the top 10 in the country.
The complete 2001 football schedule is listed below, with home games in all-caps:
- Sept. 1 at James Madison (6 p.m.)
- Sept. 8 at Furman (7 p.m.)
- Sept. 15 vs. EASTERN KENTUCKY (2 p.m.)
- Sept. 22 vs. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (2 p.m.)
- Sept. 29 vs. GARDNER-WEBB (2 p.m./Family Weekend)
- Oct. 6 at Western Kentucky (6 p.m.)
- Oct. 13 vs. NORTHWESTERN STATE (2 p.m.)
- Oct. 20 at Hofstra (noon)
- Oct. 27 vs. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (7 p.m.)
- Nov. 3 at Samford (2 p.m.)
- Nov. 10 vs. GEORGIA SOUTHERN (2 p.m./Homecoming)