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2021 Morgan State Football Schedule Announced

Bears open 2021 season vs. Towson, will host N.C. Central for Homecoming on Oct. 23 at Hughes Stadium

BALTIMORE, Md. (March 25, 2021) – Morgan State's 2021 football schedule has been announced and it features five home games in Hughes Stadium, including a home opener against Towson.
 
Morgan State will open their 2021 campaign at home against the Towson Tigers on Sept. 4 in the Battle for Greater Baltimore at Hughes Stadium. It will mark the 26th meeting between the teams and their 11th time facing each other in a season opener since 1979. 
 
Morgan's next two contests will be on the road beginning with an FBS matchup in New Orleans against the Tulane Green Wave on Sept. 11. It will mark the first meeting between the teams. Next, the Bears will face the Sacred Heart Pioneers on Sept. 18 at Campus Field in Fairfield, Conn.
 
Following a bye, the Bears will host the Saint Francis Red Flash on Oct. 2 before returning to the road for a pair of games. 
 
Morgan will open Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) play against the Howard Bison on Oct. 9, followed by a trip to Orangeburg to square-off with the South Carolina State Bulldogs on Oct. 16.
 
The Bears will welcome North Carolina Central for Homecoming on Oct. 23. The Eagles last trip to Baltimore ended with a 27-17 victory by Morgan on Sept. 28, 2019.
 
Morgan will travel to the Tidewater on Oct. 30 to take on the Norfolk State Spartans, followed by a home contest with the Delaware State Hornets on Nov. 6.
 
The Bears will conclude the 2021 regular season with a non-conference road meeting against the Albany Great Danes on Nov. 13, followed by a home finale matchup with the Georgetown Hoyas on Nov. 20.
 
Attendance policy, game times and television plans for Morgan's 2021 games will be announced at a later date.
 
All home games will be played at Earl C. Banks Field in Hughes Stadium.
 
Tyrone Wheatley enters his third season at the helm and the 2021 campaign will mark his second season on the sideline due to the program not competing during the 2020-21 athletic season.

Morgan State finished the 2019 season with an overall record of 3-9, 2-6 in MEAC play, including an impressive home victory against #14 North Carolina A&T.  

2021 MSU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
 Sept. 4  TOWSON
 Sept. 11  at Tulane
 Sept. 18  at Sacred Heart
 Oct. 2  SAINT FRANCIS
 Oct. 9  at Howard*
 Oct. 16  at South Carolina State*
 Oct. 23  N.C. CENTRAL*
 Oct. 30  at Norfolk State*
 Nov. 6  DELAWARE STATE*
 Nov. 13  at Albany
 Nov. 20  GEORGETOWN
* Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game
Game times and attendance policy to be announced at a later date

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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering more than 126 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu. 
 
 
 
 
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