2019 SC State Football Schedule
ORANGEBURG, SC-South Carolina State will play a 12-game schedule during the 2019 campaign, the university announced Monday (Feb.11^th). The Bulldog slate includes six road games and six home contests at Oliver C. Dawson/Willie Jeffries Field.

Eight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference matchups are on the schedule, along with four non-conference opponents, two in-state battles and one Football Bowl Subdivision team. 
 
SC States opens the campaign at home on Aug. 31^st when the Bulldogs host intrastate opponent Wofford (Business & Industry Day) at O.C. Dawson Stadium in Orangeburg, before traveling to Clinton, SC to take on Presbyterian College on Sept. 7^th at Bailey Memorial Stadium.

Coach Buddy Pough's team then head to Tampa, Fla. to take on the only FBS opponent on this year's schedule, University of South Florida on Sept. 14^th. The contest will be followed by a home contest against Miles College on Sept. 21^st (Youth/ROTC/Military Appreciation Day).

The Bulldogs get a break with a bye week on Sept. 28^th, before opening MEAC play on the road against Delaware State on Oct. 5^th in Dover, DE. A two-game home stand follows against league foes Florida A&M on Oct. 12^th (Former Student-Athlete Appreciation/Breast Cancer Day) and Morgan State on Oct. 19^th (HOMECOMING).

SC State heads to the Sunshine state for a showdown with Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 26^th in Daytona Beach, before returning to Orangeburg to host defending MEAC Champion and two-time Celebration Bowl Champion N.C. A&T State on Nov. 2 (Greek Day) and Howard on Nov. 9^th (Senior/High School Band/Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day).

Road games at North Carolina Central on Nov. 16^th in Durham, NC and Norfolk State on Nov. 23rd in Norfolk, VA close out the regular season for the Bulldogs.
Pough is entering his 18^th season at the helm of the Bulldog Football program and needs just four more wins to become the all-time winningest football coach in school history. 
 
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