BRIDGEPOT, W.Va. – The 2015 Mountain East Conference football schedule has been released for the Concord University football team, the league office announced Thursday afternoon.
Like the 2014 season, CU will play all 10 league opponents one time. The Mountain Lions will open the season with a road contest at West Liberty. Concord will host Fairmont State in week two for its home opener Sept. 12.
CU will close the month of September with a road contest against Urbana before welcoming in West Virginia Wesleyan Sept. 26.
October sees Concord making road trips to Charleston (week five), Notre Dame (week seven) and Glenville State (week nine) while hosting UVa.-Wise (week six) and Shepherd (week eight). The Charleston contest will be played on Thursday, Oct. 1, one of 13 Thursday night games for the MEC and the only week night contest for the Mountain Lions.
Concord closes the season on week 10 at home against West Virginia State Nov. 8. Concord will have an open date during week 11 of the season.
SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS-The Mountain Lions will carry a 10-game conference winning streak into their season-opener at West Liberty.
-Furthermore, Concord has won 14 of its last 15 MEC contests.
-Against Fairmont State, Concord will be seeking to win its fourth straight home opener and five of its last six.
- When the Mountain Lions travel to Urbana, they will be seeking to avenge a 2013 road loss to the Blue Knights, the only road conference loss for the Mountain Lions in the last two seasons.
- Concord hasn't played a week night game since 2010 when it opened up the season with a 72-21 blowout win over Southern Virginia on a Thursday night.
- Concord and Glenville State will play on Halloween night. CU hasn't played on Halloween since 2009 when they defeated Fairmont State 15-9.
-The last time Concord played Shepherd in the month of October, the Maroon and Gray walked away with a 28-14 victory Oct. 1, 2011.
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