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"title": "Texas Southern Releases 2009 Football Schedule"
"description": "Houston, TX –Texas Southern athletics director Charles McClelland announced today, that TSU has finalized its 2009 football schedule with the addition of Rutgers on October 3rd. “Playing a team from the Big East provides great exposure for Texas Southern,” said McClelland. The Tigers have four home games in 2009…Texas College, Southern, Alcorn (Homecoming) and Arkansas […]"
"date": "2009-04-17"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "HBCU Sports"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2009/04/17/texas-southern-releases-2009-football-schedule/"
"categories":
  - "Football"
"tags":
  - "Texas Southern"
---

# Texas Southern Releases 2009 Football Schedule

![txsouth.gif](http://www.tspnsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/txsouth.gif "txsouth.gif")Houston, TX –Texas Southern athletics director Charles McClelland announced today, that TSU has finalized its 2009 football schedule with the addition of Rutgers on October 3rd. “Playing a team from the Big East provides great exposure for Texas Southern,” said McClelland. The Tigers have four home games in 2009…Texas College, Southern, Alcorn (Homecoming) and Arkansas Pine-Bluff. Texas Southern will kick off the season with the State Farm Labor Day Classic against Prairie View A&M on September 5th in Reliant Stadium. Besides Rutgers, the Tigers’ non-conference road games include the University of Louisiana-Monroe and Texas State. TSU will have at least one nationally televised game. They play Grambling State on Thursday, November 12 on ESPNU at 8:00 pm. Our schedule reflects where we want to take our program,” said football head coach Johnnie Cole. “We are going to be a big time program with a big time schedule which lets our recruits know that they will have the opportunity to compete against the top football programs in the nation.”