Student Playoff Tickets Discount
11/27/2011 11:22:00 AM | Football
The Bearkats are the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I Football Championship and will host the Stony Brook Seawolves Saturday Dec. 3 at 2 p.m.
There are no free admissions for NCAA Division I National Championship events. The official price for playoff student tickets is $10.
However, thanks to the contributions of Bearkat donors led by the City of Huntsville and the City of Conroe, Sam Houston State student tickets have been discounted to $5.
"The Bearkat athletic department and our outstanding 11-0 championship football team are grateful to our generous supporters here in the community for making this student discount possible," Sam Houston director of athletics Bobby Williams said. "Putting students first is a Sam Houston tradition. The $5 discount will allow more of the Bearkats' top fans to proudly wear their orange and be in the stands to cheer the team to victory."
With the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I football playoffs, Sam Houston is guaranteed a home game at Bowers Stadium each round they advance through the semifinals.
"One of the key factors to our success this season has been playing at home six times before our great student fans at Bowers Stadium," Sam Houston head coach Willie Fritz said. "The Bearkats have never lost a home playoff game. The great support we get from the students in one reason why. We want to thank our donors for making it possible to make the playoffs more affordable for our great student body. So students, you're part of the team. We want to see you in Orange rooting the team on Dec. 3."
A Bearkat victory on Saturday Dec. 3 will move Sam Houston into the quarterfinals which will be played either Friday Dec. 9 or Saturday Dec. 10 at Bowers Stadium in Huntsville.
Semifinals are Dec. 16-17 in Huntsville and the NCAA Division I Championship game will be Saturday, Jan. 7, at noon at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, hosted by the Southland Conference.
Students may purchase tickets with the $5 Sam Houston discount at the SHSU athletic ticket office located in the Ron Mafrige Field House at Bowers Stadium. Ticket office hours are 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday this week and Monday through Friday the week of the playoff game.
Student $5 tickets also will be on sale in the mall in front of the Lowman Student Center Monday through Thursday Nov. 28 through Dec. 1 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
For more information about NCAA Division I football playoff tickets at Bowers Stadium, please go to www.gobearkats.com or call the athletic ticket office at (936) 294-1729.
