Texas Southern Releases 2009 Football Schedule

Houston, TX –Texas Southern athletics director Charles McClelland announced today, that TSU has finalized its 2009 football schedule with the addition of Rutgers on October 3rd.

“Playing a team from the Big East provides great exposure for Texas Southern,” said McClelland.

The Tigers have four home games in 2009…Texas College, Southern, Alcorn (Homecoming) and Arkansas Pine-Bluff.

Texas Southern will kick off the season with the State Farm Labor Day Classic against Prairie View A&M on September 5th in Reliant Stadium.

Besides Rutgers, the Tigers’ non-conference road games include the University of Louisiana-Monroe and Texas State.

TSU will have at least one nationally televised game. They play Grambling State on Thursday, November 12 on ESPNU at 8:00 pm.

Our schedule reflects where we want to take our program,” said football head coach Johnnie Cole. “We are going to be a big time program with a big time schedule which lets our recruits know that they will have the opportunity to compete against the top football programs in the nation.”