MID-EASTERN Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football Report 2018 Season • Week 1 Contact: Ryan McGinty, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations ATHLETIC CONFERENCE [email protected] • 757.95112055 292 NFL DRAFT SELECTIONS | 12 NFL HALL OF FAMERS | 48 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE Team MEAC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA Hm Rd Neu Streak North Carolina A&T State 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 20 17 0-0 0-0 1-0 Won 1 Bethune-Cookman 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- Delaware State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- Florida A&M 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- Howard 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- Morgan State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- Norfolk State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- North Carolina Central 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- Savannah State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- South Carolina State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 --- Saturday, September 29 THIS WEEK 1ST & 10 Thursday, August 30 • The 2018 season kicks off with week one as every MEAC team is in action. The 2018 season officially began last weekend as North Carolina Savannah State at Alabama Birmingham......8 p.m. A&T State squared off against Jacksonville State in the annual Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff in Montgomery, Ala. Week one will be an Television: ESPN+ extended one as Savannah State kicks off on Thursday with the MEAC/SWAC Challenge wrapping the week up on Sunday. Series: First Meeting Last Meeting: N/A • North Carolina A&T State continued where it left off as they opened the 2018 with a huge 20-17 win over Jacksonville State on Saturday. Saturday, September 1 Jacksonville State was ranked No. 6 entering the season and was the highest ranked opponent N.C. A&T State has ever faced to open the year. Howard at Ohio..............................................2 p.m. Television: ESPN+ • North Carolina A&T State was picked to defend its MEAC Football Championship as the Aggies received 19 first-place votes and was a unani- Series: First Meeting mous choice to defend their MEAC Championship and represent the league in the annual Celebration Bowl on Dec. 15 in Atlanta, Ga. The Aggies Last Meeting: N/A have not won consecutive MEAC Championships since the 1991 and 1992 campaigns. Howard University was predicted to place second in head Fort Valley State at Florida A&M...................5 p.m. coach Mike London’s second season followed by N.C. Central in third place and Bethune-Cookman in fourth. Florida A&M was picked fifth Television: TBA followed by Norfolk State, South Carolina State, Savannah State, Morgan State and Delaware State. Series: FAMU leads 9-1 Last Meeting: 28-22, FAMU, 2011 •Name tags will be needed this season as five MEAC teams feature new head coaches. Delaware State, Florida A&M, Morgan State, N.C. A&T Delaware State at Buffalo............................6 p.m. State and N.C. Central will have new leaders. Both head coaches at Morgan State and NCCU coaches have the interim tag attached. Television: ESPN3 Series: Buffalo leads 1-0 Last Meeting: 40-30, UB, 1997 • The MEAC picked up two FBS wins last season as North Carolina A&T State defeated Charlotte (Conference USA) while Howard defeated UNLV. The wins marked the second straight year the conference has earned an FBS win. The 2016 North Carolina A&T State win over Kent North Carolina A&T State at East Carolina...6 p.m. State was the Aggies’ first FBS win in school history and the first MEAC FBS win since Bethune-Cookman defeated C-USA’s Florida International Television: ESPN3 Series: First Meeting 14-12 in 2014. Last Meeting: N/A • North Carolina A&T State is the lone MEAC team ranked amongst FCS teams. The Aggies are ranked No. 6 in both the FCS Coaches and Virgina State at Norfolk State.......................6 p.m. STATS FCS polls. Television: N/A Series: Virginia State leads 27-20-1 •North Carolina A&T State University quarterback Lamar Raynard was selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Preseason Last Meeting: 14-10, VSU, 2017 Offensive Player of the Year, while N.C. Central defensive back Davanta Reynolds was selected as the Preseason Defensive Player of the South Carolina State at Georgia Southern....6 p.m. Year. Television: ESPN+ Series: Georgia Southern leads 7-0 • Last year’s MEAC Champions, North Carolina A&T State, finished the 2017 season with their highest national ranking ever as they finished No. Last Meeting: 41-16, GS 2010 6 in the NCAA FCS Coaches Poll. They enter the 2018 season with their highest national preseason ranking ever with voters ranking the Aggies Bethune-Cookman at Tennessee State.........7 p.m. preseason No. 14 in the AFCA Coaches Poll. However, the Aggies will feature a new look as head coach Sam Washington takes over for Television: N/A the retired Rod Broadway. Washington was formerly N.C. A&T’s defensive coordinator. Series: TSU leads 7-2 Last Meeting: 31-24, TSU, 2016 • The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced a partnership with the MEAC to reveal the league’s offensive and Towson at Morgan State...............................7 p.m. defensive players of the year as part of the festivities surrounding the 61st NFF Annual Awards Dinner Dec. 4 at the New York Hilton Midtown Television: SportsFever TV in New York City. This marks the third consecutive year the players will be honored in New York. Series: Towson leads 18-6 Last Meeting: 10-0, Towson, 2017 • The 14th annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge has a new home as it moves to Atlanta, Ga. The contest will be played at Georgia State Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 2 Sunday, Sept. 2 on ESPN2 and features North Carolina Central versus Prairie View A&M. The contest is back on neutral grounds for the first time N.C. Central vs. Prairie View A&M..............12 p.m. since 2015 after a two-year cycle on MEAC and SWAC campuses. Television: ESPN2 Series: First Meeting • The winner of the MEAC’s regular season title will earn a bid to the 4th annual Celebration Bowl in Atlanta, Ga. on Dec. 15 at Mercedes Benz Last Meeting: N/A Stadium. The bowl, which pits the MEAC Champion versus the SWAC Champion, is the only FCS league to host a bowl game as the MEAC leads the series 2-1. MEAC FOOTBALL • MEACSPORTS.COM 2018 MEAC FOOTBALL WEEKLY NOTES: SEPT. 1 • PAGE 1 MEAC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK 2730 Ellsmere Ave. Norfolk, Virginia 23513 Main: (757) 951-2055 | Fax: (757) 951-2067 Commissioner: Dr. Dennis E. Thomas Sr. Associate Commissioner: Sonja Stills Assistant Commissioner for Championships: Raynoid Dedeaux Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations: Ryan McGinty Director of Multimedia/Coord. of Marketing: Marquis Bryant Assistant Director of Media Relations: Jeff Cunningham Assistant Director of Championship & Compliance: Wyatt Sutton Director of Corporate Partnerships: Patricia Easley Business Manager: Deon Hallback Administrative Assistant: Nikki Johnson Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Coordinator of Football Officials: Andre Lowe Football Contacts MEAC Overview Weekly Teleconference Bethune-Cookman The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and www. The MEAC will host the first weekly football teleconfer- Bryan Harvey MEACsports.com offers authorized media immediate ence on Tuesday, Aug. 28 and conclude on Tuesday, Nov. [email protected] access to original, up-to-date information from the MEAC 20. Beginning at 10 a.m., the call will feature all MEAC head (386) 481-2206 and its member institutions. football coaches for a 10-minute session that includes a brief statement about the previous and upcoming opponent and Delaware State game. Each session concludes with a question and answer Dennis Jones About The MEAC session with members of the media. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) begins its [email protected] Credible media outlets may access the teleconference by 49th year of intercollegiate competition heading into the (302) 857-6068 contacting Ryan McGinty at mcgintyr@themeac. 2018-19 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., com. The entire call will be available on-line each Wednes- the MEAC is made up of 13 outstanding historically black Florida A&M day morning on www.MEACsports.com. institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman Alvin Hollins University, Coppin State University, Delaware State Univer- [email protected] DATES FOR 2018 TELECONFERENCES: sity, Florida A&M University, Howard University, University (850) 599-3736 August 28 • September 4 • September 11 • September of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk 18 • September 25 • October 2 • October 9 • October 16 State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Howard • October 23 • October 30 • November 6 • November 13 Carolina Central University, Savannah State University and Derek Bryant • November 20 South Carolina State University. [email protected] The MEAC sponsors 16 Division I (FCS) sports with auto- (202) 806-7184 The schedule is as follows: matic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason competition in 10:00 -- MEAC Notes baseball, bowling, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s Morgan State 10:13 -- Willie Simmons, Florida A&M and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, Leonard Haynes IV 10:23 -- Terry Sims, Bethune-Cookman men’s and women’s track and field, softball, volleyball and [email protected] 10:33 -- Rod Milstead, Delaware State men’s golf.