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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The race for the 2011 BIG EAST football title will begin Sept. 29 and will once again culminate in three games as part of Championship Week as the league’s eight schools battle for the league crown and Bowl Championship Series berth.
The complete 68-game BIG EAST schedule includes 28 conference games and a nonleague slate of 40 games. Sixteen of the nonleague games are against conferences or teams with automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series.
The 2011 season begins for BIG EAST teams Thursday, Sept. 1 with four games and continues through a pair of conference games that will be part of Championship Saturday Dec. 3 on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.
The 28-game conference schedule will be played between Sept. 29 and Dec. 3.
Highlights of the 2011 schedule include another intriguing series of Thursday and Friday night games that will be televised on ESPN or ESPN2 beginning with home nonconference games in each of the first three weeks of the season. The first BIG EAST game of the season will be a Thursday-night matchup between USF and Pittsburgh Sept. 29 at Heinz Field.
The three Championship Week matchups have West Virginia at USF Dec. 1 and Connecticut at Cincinnati and Syracuse at Pittsburgh Dec. 3.
The nonleague schedule features a number of compelling matchups, including an opening-week game that sends USF and coach Skip Holtz to Notre Dame, where Holtz served as an assistant and where his father, Lou, won the 1988 national championship. A pair of Sept. 24 nonconference games will air either on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 as Pittsburgh hosts Notre Dame and West Virginia hosts LSU.
2011 BIG EAST Football Schedule Notes
The 2011 schedule will include 68 games, with 28 BIG EAST dates and 40 nonleague games. The nonleague dates include 32 games against Bowl Subdivision (I-A) programs and eight against Championship Subdivision (I-AA) opponents. Sixteen of the 32 Bowl Subdivision games are against conferences or teams with automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series.
The most-represented opposing conference on the composite schedule is the Mid-American Conference, with nine matchups. There are six games against the ACC, four each against the SEC and Conference USA, two against the Pac-12 and one each against the Big Ten, the Big 12 and the Sun Belt. There are four games against independents – two against Notre Dame and one each against Army and Navy. The only Bowl Subdivision conferences not represented are the Mountain West and WAC.
2011 BIG EAST Conference Team-By-Team Football Schedules
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CINCINNATI
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Thu., Sept. 1
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Austin Peay
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Sat., Sept. 10
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at Tennessee
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Sat., Sept. 17
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Akron
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Thu., Sept. 22
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North Carolina State (8 p.m., ESPN)
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Sat., Oct. 1
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at Miami (Ohio)
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Sat., Oct. 15
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LOUISVILLE
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Sat., Oct. 22
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at USF
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Sat., Nov. 5
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at PITTSBURGH
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Sat., Nov. 12
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WEST VIRGINIA
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Sat., Nov. 19
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at RUTGERS
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Sat., Nov. 26
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at SYRACUSE
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Sat., Dec. 3
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CONNECTICUT (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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CONNECTICUT
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Thu., Sept. 1
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Fordham
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Sat., Sept. 10
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at Vanderbilt
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Fri., Sept. 16
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Iowa State (8 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2)
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Sat., Sept. 24
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at Buffalo
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Sat., Oct. 1
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Western Michigan
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Sat., Oct. 8
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at WEST VIRGINIA
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Sat., Oct. 15
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USF
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Wed., Oct. 26
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at PITTSBURGH (8 p.m., ESPN)
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Sat., Nov. 5
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SYRACUSE
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Sat., Nov. 19
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LOUISVILLE
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Sat., Nov. 26
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RUTGERS
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Sat., Dec. 3
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at CINCINNATI (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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LOUISVILLE
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Thu., Sept. 1
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Murray State (ESPNU)
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Fri., Sept. 9
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Florida International (7 p.m., ESPN)
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Sat., Sept. 17
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at Kentucky
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Sat., Oct. 1
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Marshall
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Sat., Oct. 8
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at North Carolina
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Sat., Oct. 15
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at CINCINNATI
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Fri., Oct. 21
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RUTGERS (8 p.m., ESPN)
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Sat., Oct. 29
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SYRACUSE
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Sat., Nov. 5
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at WEST VIRGINIA
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Sat., Nov. 12
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PITTSBURGH
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Sat., Nov. 19
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at CONNECTICUT
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Fri., Nov. 25
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at USF (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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PITTSBURGH
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Sat., Sept. 3
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Buffalo
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Sat., Sept. 10
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Maine
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Sat., Sept. 17
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at Iowa
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Sat., Sept. 24
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Notre Dame (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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Thu., Sept. 29
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USF (8 p.m., ESPN)
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Sat., Oct. 8
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at RUTGERS
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Sat., Oct. 15
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Utah
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Wed., Oct. 26
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CONNECTICUT (8 p.m., ESPN)
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Sat., Nov. 5
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CINCINNATI
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Sat., Nov. 12
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at LOUISVILLE
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Fri., Nov. 25
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at WEST VIRGINIA (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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Sat., Dec. 3
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SYRACUSE (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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RUTGERS
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Thu., Sept. 1
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North Carolina Central
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Sat., Sept. 10
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at North Carolina
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Sat., Sept. 24
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Ohio
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Sat., Oct. 1
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at SYRACUSE
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Sat., Oct. 8
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PITTSBURGH
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Sat., Oct. 15
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Navy
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Fri., Oct. 21
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at LOUISVILLE (8 p.m., ESPN)
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Sat., Oct. 29
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WEST VIRGINIA
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Sat., Nov. 5
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USF
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Sat., Nov. 12
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at Army +
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Sat., Nov. 19
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CINCINNATI
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Sat., Nov. 26
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at CONNECTICUT
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+ at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y.
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USF
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Sat., Sept. 3
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at Notre Dame (3:30 p.m., NBC)
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Sat., Sept. 10
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Ball State
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Sat., Sept. 17
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Florida A&M
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Sat., Sept. 24
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UTEP
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Thu., Sept. 29
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at PITTSBURGH (8 p.m., ESPN)
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Sat., Oct. 15
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at CONNECTICUT
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Sat., Oct. 22
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CINCINNATI
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Sat., Nov. 5
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at RUTGERS
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Fri., Nov. 11
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at SYRACUSE (8 p.m., ESPN2)
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Sat., Nov. 19
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Miami (Fla.)
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Fri., Nov. 25
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LOUISVILLE (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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Thu., Dec. 1
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WEST VIRGINIA (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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SYRACUSE
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Sat., Sept. 3
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Wake Forest ^
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Sat., Sept. 10
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Rhode Island
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Sat., Sept. 17
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at Southern California
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Sat., Sept. 24
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Toledo
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Sat., Oct. 1
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RUTGERS
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Sat., Oct. 8
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at Tulane
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Sat., Oct. 22
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WEST VIRGINIA
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Sat., Oct. 29
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at LOUISVILLE
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Sat., Nov. 5
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at CONNECTICUT
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Fri., Nov. 11
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USF (8 p.m., ESPN2)
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Sat., Nov. 26
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CINCINNATI
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Sat., Dec. 3
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at PITTSBURGH (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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^ date subject to change
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WEST VIRGINIA
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Sat., Sept. 3
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Marshall ^
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Sat., Sept. 10
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Norfolk State
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Sat., Sept. 17
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at Maryland
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Sat., Sept. 24
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LSU (ESPN/ESPN2)
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Sat., Oct. 1
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Bowling Green
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Sat., Oct. 8
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CONNECTICUT
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Sat., Oct. 22
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at SYRACUSE
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Sat., Oct. 29
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at RUTGERS
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Sat., Nov. 5
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LOUISVILLE
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Sat., Nov. 12
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at CINCINNATI
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Fri., Nov. 25
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PITTSBURGH (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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Thu., Dec. 1
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at USF (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
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^ date subject to change
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2011 BIG EAST Conference Composite Football Schedule
Thursday, September 1
Austin Peay at Cincinnati
Fordham at Connecticut
Murray State at Louisville (ESPNU)
North Carolina Central at Rutgers
Saturday, September 3
Buffalo at Pittsburgh
USF at Notre Dame (3:30 p.m., NBC)
Wake Forest at Syracuse ^
Marshall at West Virginia ^
Friday, September 9
Florida International at Louisville (7 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, September 10
Cincinnati at Tennessee
Connecticut at Vanderbilt
Maine at Pittsburgh
Rutgers at North Carolina
Ball State at USF
Rhode Island at Syracuse
Norfolk State at West Virginia
Friday, September 16
Iowa State at Connecticut (8 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2)
Saturday, September 17
Akron at Cincinnati
Louisville at Kentucky
Pittsburgh at Iowa
Florida A&M at USF
Syracuse at Southern California
West Virginia at Maryland
Thursday, September 22
North Carolina State at Cincinnati (8 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, September 24
Connecticut at Buffalo
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
Ohio at Rutgers
UTEP at USF
Toledo at Syracuse
LSU at West Virginia (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
Thursday, September 29
USF at PITTSBURGH (8 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, October 1
Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio)
Western Michigan at Connecticut
Marshall at Louisville
RUTGERS at SYRACUSE
Bowling Green at West Virginia
Saturday, October 8
CONNECTICUT at WEST VIRGINIA
Louisville at North Carolina
PITTSBURGH at RUTGERS
Syracuse at Tulane
Saturday, October 15
LOUISVILLE at CINCINNATI
USF at CONNECTICUT
Utah at Pittsburgh
Navy at Rutgers
Friday, October 21
RUTGERS at LOUISVILLE (8 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, October 22
CINCINNATI at USF
WEST VIRGINIA at SYRACUSE
Wednesday, October 26
CONNECTICUT at PITTSBURGH (8 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, October 29
SYRACUSE at LOUISVILLE
WEST VIRGINIA at RUTGERS
Saturday, November 5
CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH
SYRACUSE at CONNECTICUT
LOUISVILLE at WEST VIRGINIA
USF at RUTGERS
Friday, November 11
USF at SYRACUSE (8 p.m., ESPN2)
Saturday, November 12
WEST VIRGINIA at CINCINNATI
PITTSBURGH at LOUISVILLE
Rutgers at Army +
Saturday, November 19
CINCINNATI at RUTGERS
LOUISVILLE at CONNECTICUT
Miami (Fla.) at USF
Friday, November 25
LOUISVILLE at USF (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
PITTSBURGH at WEST VIRGINIA (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
Saturday, November 26
CINCINNATI at SYRACUSE
RUTGERS at CONNECTICUT
Thursday, December 1
WEST VIRGINIA at USF (8 p.m., ESPN)
Saturday, December 3
CONNECTICUT at CINCINNATI (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
SYRACUSE at PITTSBURGH (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)
^ date subject to change
+ at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y.
All times Eastern
Additional television arrangements will be announced as they become available
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