MU football adds Cincinnati to future schedule

 

The Marshall University football program announced Thursday it has agreed to a home-and-home series with the University of Cincinnati for the 2017 and 2019 football seasons.

The Herd is scheduled to take on the Bearcats at Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium Sept. 23, 2017. The Bearcats will come to Joan C. Edwards Stadium Sept. 28, 2019.

With the addition of Cincinnati to the Herd’s schedule in 2017, its non-conference slate is now complete. The Herd will host Miami (OH) University Sept. 2, travel to North Carolina State University Sept. 9, host Kent State University Sept. 16 and travel to Cincinnati Sept. 23.

As for 2019, the Herd now has two of its four opponents set. The Herd will host Ohio University Sept. 14 and Cincinnati Sept. 28.