CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College football team will be featured twice on the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week on ESPN3 and ESPN+ in 2019, it was announced on Monday (Aug. 5).
The Choctaws will play a pair of road games on the ESPN family of networks, with the first coming on Saturday, November 2nd in Carrollton, Ga. against West Georgia (1:00 pm CT). The very next week, MC will travel to Livingston, Ala. and face West Alabama (12:00 pm CT) on Saturday, November 9th.
"The Gulf South Conference maintains the longest running game of the week programming in Division II with this renewal with ESPN," said GSC Commissioner Matt Wilson. "The digital platforms that ESPN provides will place the best football in Division II alongside other great games across the country each week. We are excited to collaborate with the premier sports media organization in the college market."
The Choctaws are one of three programs in the league to not host a game on the ESPN platforms, joined by defending national champion Valdosta State and 2017 national runner-up West Florida. Delta State, Shorter, West Alabama and West Georgia will each host a pair of ESPN games.
The Choctaws open the 2019 season on Saturday, September 7th when they travel to Lorman, Miss. to face Alcorn State University at 6:00 p.m. The first home game for MC is scheduled for Saturday, September 14th against Albany State at 7:00 p.m. at Robinson-Hale Stadium.
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2019 GSC Football Game of the Week Schedule
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| Week 2 |
September 14 |
West Florida at Shorter |
1:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm CT |
ESPN3 |
| Week 3 |
September 21 |
Florida Tech at Delta State |
7:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm CT |
ESPN3 |
| Week 4 |
September 28 |
Valdosta State at Shorter |
6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT |
ESPN+ |
| Week 5 |
October 5 |
North Greenville at West Alabama |
2:00 pm ET / 1:00 pm CT |
ESPN3 |
| Week 6 |
October 12 |
West Georgia at North Greenville |
7:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm CT |
ESPN+ |
| Week 7 |
October 19 |
West Alabama at Delta State |
7:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm CT |
ESPN+ |
| Week 8 |
October 26 |
West Florida at Florida Tech |
1:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm CT |
ESPN+ |
| Week 9 |
November 2 |
Mississippi College at West Georgia |
2:00 pm ET / 1:00 pm CT |
ESPN+ |
| Week 10 |
November 9 |
Mississippi College at West Alabama |
1:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm CT |
ESPN3 |
| Week 11 |
November 16 |
Valdosta State at West Georgia |
7:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm CT |
ESPN3 |
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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and began competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.
The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.
For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contactÂ
David Nichols at 601-925-3234 orÂ
nichols@mc.edu.
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