Football | 9/12/2024 10:00:00 AM

NORFOLK, Va. - All six teams are back in action for week three of the 2024 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football season. Howard faces Morehouse College at MetLife Stadium in the HBUC NYC Classic for the 40th meeting between the two programs, while Norfolk State hosts cross-bay rival Hampton in the 63rd Battle of the Bay game. Delaware State returns to action hosting Wagner, while Morgan State, North Carolina Central and South Carolina State all face off on the road against FBS opponents.

Two games kick off at 3 p.m. in Howard versus Morehouse College and Wagner at Delaware State.

The Bison and Maroon Tigers will battle on the gridiron at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, in the 2024 HBCU NYC Football Classic. Saturday’s game will air on CNBC in the 40^th meeting between the two teams.

Wagner and Delaware State meet for the first time on Saturday at Alumni Stadium in Dover, Del., as the Hornets open their home football slate. The game will broadcast on ESPN+.

Morgan State will face FBS opponent Ohio University in the first meeting of these two programs in Athens, Ohio. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. with the game broadcasting on ESPN+.

The 63^rd Battle of the Bay kicks off at 4 p.m. at William ‘Dick’ Price Stadium between the Pirates of Hampton and the Spartans of Norfolk State, broadcasting on ESPN+.

The two remaining games both kick off at 6 p.m. with North Carolina Central facing UNC Chapel Hill and South Carolina State taking on Georgia Southern.

The N.C. Central/UNC game will broadcast on both ESPN+ and the ACC Extra Network from Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C.

South Carolina State faces FBS foe Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Ga., at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.

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