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Sept. 20, 2001
Football: YSU to Play at Marshall
on Nov. 24
Youngstown, Ohio --
The Youngstown State football team will play at
Division I-A Marshall University, a
member of the Mid-American
Conference, to complete an 11-game
regular-season football schedule for
the 2001 season both universities
announced on Thursday afternoon. The
two schools will meet at Marshall
Stadium in Huntington, W. Va., on
Nov. 24 at a time to be determined.
The game against the Thundering Herd replaces the Sept. 15
contest against Toledo, which was
originally postponed late last week
following the terrorist attacks in
New York, Washington D.C. and
Pennsylvania. Marshall was scheduled
to play at TCU on Sept. 15.
"We are thrilled to get the chance to play 11 regular-season
games and this is a good opportunity
for our team," YSU Head Coach Jon
Heacock said. "Obviously, we have a
lot of games to play before we get
to that one so that is the least of
my concerns. But down the road that
will be a great opportunity for our
team."
On Wednesday, the NCAA announced that the start of the
Division I-AA Playoffs will be
pushed back one week (from Nov. 24
to Dec. 1) and the National
Championship Game will be moved back
from Dec. 14 to Dec. 21 in
Chattanooga, Tenn.
YSU Athletic Director Ron Strollo said the chance to renew
the early ‘90s rivalry with Marshall
is appealing to everyone at
Youngstown State and in the Mahoning
Valley. The Penguins and Herd played
for the Division I-AA national title
in 1991, 1992 and 1993. This will be
the 10th meeting between the
schools.
"We had many classic games with Marshall in the early 1990’s
and that became a great rivalry,"
Strollo said. "We looked forward to
playing Toledo and both schools
worked hard to rescheduled that
contest but too many factors were
involved in trying to have that game
played sometime this year. We are
very excited about traveling to
Marshall and this is game that will
offer Penguin football fans an
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