An ACC team, a local PWI rival and a solid FCS program are on tap for North Carolina A&T’s 2019 football schedule, along with the return of an old rival for GHOE.
A&T announced its 2019 football schedule on Monday which includes the return of Howard after a two-year absense. The game will take place on October 26 and will serve as the school’s homecoming contest.
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But before it gets to conference play it must take on the challenge of facing a pair of difficult in-state opponents, including its closest FCS neighbor in Elon. The 2018 FCS playoff participant will travel from Burlington, NC to Greensboro on August 31 to kick off the season. A&T leads the all-time series 7-4.
A&T will then hit the road for a pair of games, starting with a visit to Charleston Southern. The program had a down year in 2018 at 5-6 but is a perennial playoff contender.
A&T will round out the non-conference season with a trip to Durham, not to take on North Carolina Central but Duke University. It will try to pull off a win against an FBS team for the fourth-straight year after beating Kent State, UNC-Charlotte and East Carolina in the past three seasons. The last time A&T played an ACC opponent was in 2016 when it took a 53-14 loss to North Carolina.
From there it will look to secure its third-straight sole possession of the MEAC title. A&T has lost just one conference game since the 2016 season (which does not include last year’s loss to Morgan State) and that was to Florida A&M last fall in Greensboro.
2019 Football Schedule
Aug. 31 vs. Elon
Sept. 7 at Charleston Southern
Sept. 14 at Duke
Sept. 28 vs Delaware State
Oct. 5 at Norfolk State
Oct. 19 at FAMU
Oct. 26 vs. Howard (Homecoming)
Nov. 2 at South Carolina State
Nov. 9 at Morgan State
Nov. 16 vs. Bethune-Cookman
Nov. 23 vs. N.C. Central
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