Kats make changes to 2009 football schedule
4/21/2009 11:30:00 AM | Football
HUNTSVILLE ? The Sam Houston State Bearkats have announced a couple of changes to the football schedule that was released in January. One game has been removed from the schedule and the date for another has been changed.
The Bearkats game against North Dakota State, originally scheduled for Sept. 19 has been moved up a week to Sept. 12 to accommodate a change on the Bison's schedule. The Sept. 12 date opened up when Prairie View A&M dropped the Bearkats from its 2009 schedule. To fill the place of the PVU game, the Bearkats have added Saint Joseph's, a Division II school in Indiana.
The Bearkats will open the 2009 slate at home against Western Illinois on Thursday, September 3. It will be the first time the Bearkats and the Leathernecks have played since the 2002 season. The Kats are 4-2-1 all time against Western Illinois including a 3-0 mark at Bowers Stadium.
The Bearkats will step up a level on Sept. 26, to take on Tulsa of the Football Bowl Subdivision for the first time. This past year, the Golden Hurricanes finished the season 11-3 and recorded a 45-13 win over Ball State in the GMAC Bowl. Tulsa had the No. 2 scoring offense in the nation averaging 47.2 points per game. Only Oklahoma scored more.
After a bye week, the Bearkats will open Southland Conference play at home against Nicholls State on Oct. 10. The game against the Colonels will also be Homecoming at Bowers Stadium.
The Bearkats will then start a tough stretch, playing three of four games on the road, starting with a trip to Hammond, La. to play Southeastern Louisiana. That game will be followed by the “Battle of the Pinewoods” against Stephen F. Austin on Oct. 24.
The Bearkats will spend Halloween at home this year when Northwestern State visits Bowers Stadium, then the Kats will be back on the road to play McNeese State the following Saturday.
Sam Houston State will play its final home game of the 2009 season on Nov. 14 against Central Arkansas. The regular season will wrap up on Nov. 21 at Texas State-San Marcos.
