NORFOLK, VA (MEACSports.com) – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference released its spring 2021 football schedule on Monday, a slate of games which reflect unique divisional scheduling due to some members opting out of playing in the spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The conference’s spring football regular season will kick
off on Feb. 20, 2021 and will conclude on April 3. An inaugural championship
game will take place on April 17, the winner advancing to the NCAA Football
Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs a week later.
With Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M both meeting the
conference’s Nov. 16 opt-out deadline to not compete in spring football, the
field of teams playing football in the spring was narrowed to seven teams –
Delaware State, Howard, Morgan State and Norfolk State, which will comprise the
MEAC’s Northern Division, and North Carolina A&T State, North Carolina
Central and South Carolina State, which will compete in the Southern Division.
The new schedule approved by the MEAC’s athletics directors
calls for the Northern Division teams to play four conference games within the
division, including each institution playing one opponent twice. In the
Southern Division, each of the three members will play each other twice, for a
total of four games.
Teams from both divisions have open dates where they may
choose to play non-conference games.
The Northern and Southern Division teams with the best
records will square off for the MEAC championship on the campus of the team
with the best conference record on April 17.
Spring 2021 MEAC Football Schedule
Saturday, February 20
Delaware State at Morgan State*
NC Central at SC State*
Norfolk State at Howard*
Saturday, February 27
SC State at North Carolina A&T*
Saturday, March 6
Howard at Delaware State*
NC Central at North Carolina A&T*
Norfolk State at Morgan State*
Saturday, March 20
Delaware State at Norfolk State*
Morgan State at Howard*
SC State at NC Central*
Saturday, March 27
North Carolina A&T at SC State*
Saturday, April 3
Howard at Norfolk State*
Morgan State at Delaware State*
North Carolina A&T at NC Central*
Saturday, April 10
Delaware at Delaware State
Saturday, April 17
MEAC Championship
*denotes conference game
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