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Kick Times, TV Plans Set for 5 Of MSU's 2017 Football Games

BALTIMORE, Md. (August 21, 2017) -- Kickoff times and TV plans have been set for five (5) of Morgan State's 2017 football games, including the Bears' season-opener at Towson, home matchups versus Savannah State and Florida A&M, and road contests at South Carolina State and Howard.

The 119th team in MSU history will open its 2017 slate with a 5-game homestand in Hughes Stadium. MSU's Sept. 2 season opener against Towson in the 'Battle for Greater Baltimore', which will be the first meeting since 2011, will kick off at 6 p.m. and be shown live on SPORTSfever Television Network (STN).

MSU will make its first visit to Orangeburg since 2013 when they face South Carolina State in an Oct. 6, Friday night clash at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU. Then on Oct. 14, the Bears will host Savannah State for Homecoming at 1 p.m. on STN.

MSU will travel to Howard on Oct. 21 for the Bison's Homecoming game at 1 p.m., and Florida A&M will make a trip to Baltimore when they face the Bears on Oct. 28, kicking at 1 p.m. Both games will broadcast live on the STN.

Season ticket plans—which include a ticket to all five home games, including homecoming start at only $95. Premium seats are now available for purchase by calling 443.885.1522 or visiting MSU Student Center Athletics Ticket Office during business hours (Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), or visit  morganstatebears.com/tickets.
  
Fans can keep up-to-date with all MSU Athletics via twitter at Twitter.com/MorganStBears and @MorganStateFootball. You can also become a fan of the Bears on Facebook at Facebook.com/MorganStateBears.

ABOUT SPORTSfever Television Network (STN)
Launched in 2002, the SPORTSfever Television Network has evolved into a flagship brand throughout Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region for televising live high school and college sports. Now in its 16 th year, STN has produced and distributed more than 450 high school and college football, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, soccer, field hockey and ice hockey games, including PIAA and NCAA conference, regional and state championship events. STN is the production company of choice in Pittsburgh, Johnstown and Harrisburg for the Sinclair's national brand "Friday Night Rivals" high school football game of the week. SPORTSfever has televised 118 college football games since 2007 and has built the NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Football brand on regional and national TV. STN has also televised NCAA Division 1 football and basketball games involving teams from the Colonial Athletic Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Big South and Big East conferences. Nielsen ratings data indicate that these telecasts have been watched by an estimated 5.5 million viewers.

STN Audience reach through TV and Digital platforms
STN telecasts air LIVE on satellite (Dish 428 and DirecTV 659), cable (Comcast, Blue Ridge, Service Electric, Armstrong, Time Warner & others), regional and national sports networks (Fox Sports OH-IN- KY-PA- NY-WV and ESPN3) and local commercial television (cable-satellite-FiOS- Over the air) through Sinclair Broadcasting TV Stations WHP-Harrisburg, WPNT-Pittsburgh and WJAC-Johnstown; Nexstar Broadcasting TV Stations WBRE-Wilkes Barre/Scranton, WHAG-Hagerstown/Washington DC and WETM-Elmira and independent station WFMZ-Lehigh Valley/Philadelphia in the six Designated TV Market Areas in Pennsylvania and throughout adjacent areas to PA in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, New York and Ohio—reaching an estimated 16 million TV households & 88 million viewers online.

STN National Telecasts
STN telecasts air nationally on ESPN3, reaching 88 million households nationwide. Since 2014, ESPN3 has aired nationally 49 STN college football games live, drawing more than
5,000 viewers per game. WatchESPN.com is accessible on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. ESPN College Extra is available on TV to AT&T Uverse, DirecTV, Bright House Networks, Cox, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and select NCTC subscribers.

ABOUT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is celebrating its 150th year of excellence in higher education. A Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution, Morgan offers more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu. 




 
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