North Carolina Central releases 2018 football schedule

The North Carolina Central Eagles will kick off the 2018 season in Atlanta, Georgia. If all goes as planned they will end the season there as well.

N.C. Central, under interim head coach Granville Eastman, will open the season on Sunday, Sept. 2 in Atlanta, taking on Prairie View A&M in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge. The following week, the Eagles will host Saint Augustine’s in their 2018 home opener.

N.C. Central will also play non-conference games at Duke (Sept. 22) and against Edward Waters for Homecoming on Nov. 3. The Eagles will play five games in O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium, including the regular-season finale against rival North Carolina A&T on Nov. 17.

The winner of the MEAC will advance to the Celebration Bowl on Dec. 15 in Atlanta, Ga.

2018 NCCU football schedule

• Sept 2. vs Prairie View A&M (Georgia State Stadium, Atlanta, Ga.)
  
  
• Sept. 8 vs. Saint Augustine's
  
  
• Sept. 15 @ South Carolina State
  
  
• Sept. 22 @ Duke
  
  
• Sept. 29 vs. Florida A&M University
  
  
• Oct. 6 vs. Howard
  
  
• Oct. 20 @ Norfolk State
  
  
• Oct. 27 @ Delaware State
  
  
• Nov. 3 vs. Edward Waters (Homecoming)
  
  
• Nov. 10 @ Bethune-Cookman
  
  
• Nov. 17 vs. North Carolina A&T
  
  
• Dec. 15 Celebration Bowl (Atlanta, Ga.)
  
  

This story was originally published March 21, 2018 at 1:26 PM with the headline "North Carolina Central releases 2018 football schedule."