Courtesy: Fort Valley State
FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Fort Valley State Athletics released the 2024 football schedule today with some great match ups that will test the Florida Beach Bowl Champions.
There will be four exciting games at Wildcat Stadium:
- 8/31 vs Clark Atlanta
- 9/14 vs Kentucky St.
- 10/12 vs Allen (Homecoming)
- 11/2 vs Benedict
Homecoming – Oct. 12 — The Department of Athletics would like to thank the National Alumni Association for securing blocks of rooms at three local hotels at reasonable rates to accommodate the influx of alums to Middle Georgia.
“While Homecoming 2024 coincides with the last week of the National Fair, we still anticipate a great turnout and I guarantee Homecoming 2025 and 2026 will fall outside the dates of the National Fair,” said Director of Athletics, Renae Myles Payne.
In January, NCAA legislation was passed that allowed football teams to play games in Week Zero. This created a bye week for Division II teams. Our bye week will be September 7. The Wildcats will take advantage of the extra week and implement more schemes on the field but also teach more life skills with their Boys 2 Men series.
For the fifth time in history, the Wildcats will take on the Statesmen of Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. The Wildcats lost to the Statesmen in 2015, but will match up much better talent-wise on September 21.
For the first time in recorded history, the Wildcats will take on the Bulldogs of South Carolina State on October 19. Newly-minted S.C. State head coach Chennis Berry, recently led the Benedict Tigers.
“This will be a good measuring stick for our team against a good Division I opponent and a great coach,” said Head Coach Shawn Gibbs.
The 34th Annual Fountain City Classic is always the last game of the regular season for the Wildcats. A defensive battle to the last second is how AD Myles Payne described her first Fountain City Classic in 2023.
“I am looking forward to this historic game. It’s almost like both schools’ homecoming all over again,” the Wildcat AD added.
Conference foes Savannah State (September 28), Edward Waters (October 5), and Morehouse (October 26) complete the schedule.
Season tickets will go on sale shortly after the spring game. We are looking forward to another great football season.
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