Historic home games headline Week One action for United Athletic Conference Football squads as the league officially kicks off its second season of competition. In addition to a pair of hosting duties, UAC teams are set to square off against a plethora of FBS foes including teams from the ACC, Big XII and SEC.
NOTEWORTHY
– All nine UAC programs are slated to play during the opening weekend… Southern Utah got an early start on Thursday night with a clash versus in-state foe #12 Utah
– West Georgia, who begins its transtion from DII to DI this season, will host Samford in the program’s historic FIRST Division I (FCS) football game
– Utah Tech wraps up the evening’s festivities welcoming No. 4 ranked Montana State to Greater Zion Stadium in the Trailblazers season opener
– The UAC had a pair of teams compete in Week 0 on national television as No. 21 Tarleton State outlasted McNeese State on ESPN2 while North Alabama fell to SEMO on ESPN in the annual FCS Kickoff Classic held in Montgomery, Ala.
– No. 11 Central Arkansas’ backfield features a pair of 2,000+ yard rushers as preseason All-American ShunDerrick Powell enters the season with 2,761 yards and teammate Darius Hale has amassed 2,441 yards in his career
– Southern Utah head coach DeLane Fitzgerald is just 3 wins shy of 100 for his career
– The UAC seeks its first victory over an FBS opponent… EKU earned the league’s first win over a ranked foe last season with a 41-38 victory over #16 SEMO
SATURDAY SLATE | Aug. 31
11 AM CT | AUSTIN PEAY at Louisville (ACCNX)
5 PM CT | EKU vs Mississippi State (SECN+)
6 PM ET | WEST GEORGIA vs Samford (ESPN+)
6 PM CT | #11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS at Arkansas State (ESPN+)
6 PM CT | NORTH ALABAMA at Memphis (ESPN+)
6 PM CT | TARLETON STATE vs Baylor (ESPN+)
6:30 PM MT | ABILENE CHRISTIAN at Texas Tech (ESPN+)
8 PM MT | UTAH TECH at #4 Montana State (ESPN+)
