ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State football team has an action packed schedule, guaranteed to get the fans on their feet during the upcoming season.
The Delta Devils have two non-conference contests for the 2015 season, the University of New Mexico of the Mountain West Conference and Jacksonville State of the Ohio Valley Conference. The schedule features five home games and six road games.
MVSU opens their 2015 campaign in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 5th, against the Lobos of the University of New Mexico. Season tickets holders do not have long to wait for a home contest, as the home season opener is scheduled for September 12th against Southern University.
On September 19th, Mississippi Valley travels to Lorman, Mississippi to battle conference foe, Alcorn State University before returning home on the 26th of September to host the Hornets of Alabama State University.
The Delta Devils will travel to Jacksonville, Alabama to face Jacksonville State University on October 3rd and the following weekend, MVSU travels to Prairie View, Texas, to take on the Panthers of Prairie View A & M University on October 10th.
Homecoming 2015 is scheduled for October 17th against Texas Southern University. The 24th of October will see MVSU in Grambling, Louisiana, squaring off against Grambling State University before returning home to defend their home turf against inner-state and conference rival, Jackson State University on the October 31st.
The final two games of the regular season are scheduled for November 7th at Alabama A & M in Huntsville, Alabama, before wrapping up in Rice-Totten Stadium, hosting the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff on November 21st.
2015 Mississippi Valley State football schedule
Sept. 5 at University of New Mexico
Sept. 12 Southern University (H)
Sept. 19 at Alcorn State University
Sept. 26 Alabama State University (H)
Oct. 3 at Jacksonville State University
Oct. 10 at Prairie View A & M University
Oct. 17 Texas Southern University (Homecoming 2015)
Oct. 24 at Grambling State University
Oct. 31 Jackson State University (H)
Nov. 7 at Alabama A & M University
Nov. 21 University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (H)
Dec. 5 SWAC Football Championship
Courtesy: MVSU Sports Information