Post by FUBeAR on Aug 11, 2016 15:24:03 GMT -5
MERCER AND YALE INK FOUR-GAME FOOTBALL SERIES BEGINNING IN 2018
MACON, Ga. – Mercer Director of Athletics Jim Cole announced Thursday that a four-game non-conference football series with Yale has been agreed to, starting with the 2018 meeting in New Haven, Connecticut.
The series between the two schools will begin on Oct. 13, 2018 at the historic Yale Bowl in Connecticut with the Yale Bulldogs visiting Five Star Stadium in Macon on Oct. 2, 2021. Mercer will return to the Yale Bowl in 2022 with the fourth game of the series being hosted in Macon in 2023.
"The addition of Yale to our future schedules just adds to an already great slate of teams the Bears will face in the coming seasons," Cole said of Thursday's announcement. "I know our coaches and players will be excited to play in a great, historic stadium like the Yale Bowl and we are looking forward to taking the Bears football brand into a new part of the country."
When Yale hosts the Bears in 2018 it will mark the first time a Southern Conference program will have played at the historic Yale Bowl and the first time a SoCon program will play an Ivy League team since 2010 when The Citadel played at Princeton.
Founded in 1701, Yale is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions in the world. Football at Yale began 144 years ago with the 61,446-capacity Yale Bowl having opened in in 1914. The historic facility has played host to National Football League games, international soccer matches, lacrosse, tennis, concerts, Olympic World Games and was home to the New York (Football) Giants for a short period of time.
The announcement marks the second non-conference game scheduled for Mercer's 2018 schedule. The Bears previously announced they would open the season at Memphis on Sept. 1, 2018.
Mercer's scheduling of Yale adds to an already impressive list of non-conference opponents for the Bears over the coming years, starting with a trip to Georgia Tech in less than a month. Mercer will play at Auburn and at Alabama in 2017 and will return to Tuscaloosa in 2021. A trip to Vanderbilt is also slated for 2020.
Mercer Football Future Schedules
2017 – at Auburn (Sept. 16), at Alabama (TBA)
2018 – at Memphis (Sept. 1), at Yale (Oct. 13)
2019 – TBA
2020 – at Vanderbilt (Sept. 5)
2021 – vs. Yale (Oct. 2), at Alabama (TBA)
2022 – at Yale (TBD)
2023 – vs. Yale (TBD)
MACON, Ga. – Mercer Director of Athletics Jim Cole announced Thursday that a four-game non-conference football series with Yale has been agreed to, starting with the 2018 meeting in New Haven, Connecticut.
The series between the two schools will begin on Oct. 13, 2018 at the historic Yale Bowl in Connecticut with the Yale Bulldogs visiting Five Star Stadium in Macon on Oct. 2, 2021. Mercer will return to the Yale Bowl in 2022 with the fourth game of the series being hosted in Macon in 2023.
"The addition of Yale to our future schedules just adds to an already great slate of teams the Bears will face in the coming seasons," Cole said of Thursday's announcement. "I know our coaches and players will be excited to play in a great, historic stadium like the Yale Bowl and we are looking forward to taking the Bears football brand into a new part of the country."
When Yale hosts the Bears in 2018 it will mark the first time a Southern Conference program will have played at the historic Yale Bowl and the first time a SoCon program will play an Ivy League team since 2010 when The Citadel played at Princeton.
Founded in 1701, Yale is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions in the world. Football at Yale began 144 years ago with the 61,446-capacity Yale Bowl having opened in in 1914. The historic facility has played host to National Football League games, international soccer matches, lacrosse, tennis, concerts, Olympic World Games and was home to the New York (Football) Giants for a short period of time.
The announcement marks the second non-conference game scheduled for Mercer's 2018 schedule. The Bears previously announced they would open the season at Memphis on Sept. 1, 2018.
Mercer's scheduling of Yale adds to an already impressive list of non-conference opponents for the Bears over the coming years, starting with a trip to Georgia Tech in less than a month. Mercer will play at Auburn and at Alabama in 2017 and will return to Tuscaloosa in 2021. A trip to Vanderbilt is also slated for 2020.
Mercer Football Future Schedules
2017 – at Auburn (Sept. 16), at Alabama (TBA)
2018 – at Memphis (Sept. 1), at Yale (Oct. 13)
2019 – TBA
2020 – at Vanderbilt (Sept. 5)
2021 – vs. Yale (Oct. 2), at Alabama (TBA)
2022 – at Yale (TBD)
2023 – vs. Yale (TBD)
