GREENSBORO - North Carolina
A&T released an interesting and challenging 2013 football schedule on
Wednesday.
The Southern Conference, which is widely
regarded as one of the best conference in the Division I-Football Championship
Subdivision, will have both of its North Carolina schools on the Aggies 2013
schedule. A&T is scheduled to open against Appalachian State on Sept. 7 at
Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C., at 6 p.m.
A week later A&T will host Elon at
Aggie Stadium for the first time in seven seasons. The two Piedmont schools
played one another for seven consecutive seasons starting in 2000. When the
Aggies and Phoenix play in September, it will be their ninth meeting. They
split the previous eight with each team winning four.
The Greatest Homecoming On Earth will
take place on Nov. 2 against Virginia University of Lynchburg on Nov. 2 at 1
p.m. It will be the latest A&T's Homecoming has occurred since the Aggies
defeated Bethune-Cookman 73-7 on Nov. 2, 1996. It will also mark the first time
the Aggies have played a non-conference opponent for Homecoming since beating
Johnson C. Smith 19-8 on Oct. 10, 1987.
After a two-year absence, conference foe
Hampton returns to the Aggies schedule as well. A&T's last meeting against
Hampton resulted in a 35-21 loss at Hampton on Sept. 18, 2010. The two teams
will get together again at Hampton on Oct. 12. While Hampton is an old rival
rotating back onto the schedule, Savannah State will be completely new to Aggie
fans.
The Tigers, who joined the conference
three seasons ago, has never played A&T on the gridiron. That will no
longer be the case on Nov. 16 when the Tigers come to Aggie Stadium for a 1
p.m., kickoff. A&T's other three home games include a Sept. 28 game against
Howard, an Oct. 19 game against Delaware State and archrival N.C. Central comes
to Aggieland on Nov. 23 for the regular-season finale.
A&T will also play road games
against S.C. State (Oct. 5), Florida A&M (Oct. 26) and Morgan State (Nov.
9).
Ticket information for the 2013 season
will be announced soon.
