ST. LOUIS – The 2010 Pioneer Football League schedule begins Thursday, Sept. 2 when Valparaiso travels to Western Illinois for the first of 10 contests on opening weekend according to the league’s composite schedule, released Thursday.
The 71-game PFL schedule features 20 games against Division I Football Championship Subdivision competition – the most in league history. Among those contests, Jacksonville will face Appalachian State – a Division I Football Championship semifinalist last season—during the season’s second week and it will be a rematch of their 2008 meeting. In addition, Drake will travel to Montana State, which is coached by former Drake coach Rob Ash, for a Sept. 18 contest.
For the second consecutive season, each of the league’s 10 members will play an eight-game PFL schedule. The 40-game PFL slate will begin with a pair of contests Sept. 18. Campbell hosts Davidson while Dayton hosts Morehead State during that third week of the season. The league slate crescendos beginning Oct. 16 with five consecutive weeks where all 10 members will be involved in PFL play only. The 2009 PFL champion was decided during that final five-week stretch, ultimately being decided on the final league-only weekend.
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2010 PFL Composite Schedule (by date)
• - PFL Contest, All Times Eastern
Thursday, Sept. 2
Valparaiso at Western Illinois, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 3
Sacred Heart at Marist, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 4
Butler at Albion, 1 p.m.
Campbell at Virginia-Wise, 6 p.m.
Georgetown at Davidson, 6 p.m.
Robert Morris at Dayton, 1 p.m.
Lehigh at Drake, 7 p.m.
Jacksonville at Old Dominion, 6 p.m.
Morehead State at James Madison, 6 p.m.
Azusa Pacific at San Diego, 9 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 11
Butler at Youngstown State, 4 p.m.
Old Dominion at Campbell, 1 p.m.
Davidson at Lenoir-Rhyne, 7 p.m.
Dayton at Duquesne, Noon
Missouri S&T at Drake, 2 p.m.
Jacksonville at Appalachian State, TBA
Bucknell at Marist, 6 p.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) at Morehead State, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Southern Utah, 8 p.m.
Valparaiso at Franklin, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 18
Taylor at Butler, 1 p.m.
• Davidson at Campbell, 1 p.m.
• Morehead State at Dayton, 1 p.m.
Webber International at Jacksonville, TBA
Drake at Montana State, 3 p.m.
UC Davis at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
St. Joseph’s (Ind.) at Valparaiso, 8 p.m.
Off Week: Marist
Saturday, Sept. 25
• Butler at San Diego, 4 p.m.
Georgia State at Campbell, 1 p.m.
• Jacksonville at Davidson, 1 p.m.
Central State at Dayton, 7 p.m.
• Drake at Valparaiso, 2 p.m.
• Morehead State at Marist, Noon
Saturday, Oct. 2
• Campbell at Butler, Noon
• Valparaiso at Dayton, 1 p.m.
• Marist at Drake, 2 p.m.
• San Diego at Jacksonville, Noon
Morehead State at Georgia State, TBA
Off Week: Davidson
Saturday, Oct. 9
• Butler at Davidson, Noon
• Dayton at San Diego, 5 p.m.
• Drake at Jacksonville, Noon
• Marist at Valparaiso, 2 p.m.
Off Week: Campbell, Morehead State
Saturday, Oct. 16
• Dayton at Butler, 1 p.m.
• Drake at Campbell, 1p.m.
• Davidson at Morehead State, 1 p.m.
• Jacksonville at Valparaiso, 2 p.m.
• San Diego at Marist, Noon
Saturday, Oct. 23
• Morehead State at Butler, 1 p.m.
• Campbell at Dayton, 1p.m.
• Davidson at Drake, 2 p.m.
• Marist at Jacksonville, Noon
• Valparaiso at San Diego, TBA
Saturday, Oct. 30
• Butler at Valparaiso, 2 p.m.
• Marist at Campbell, 1p.m.
• Dayton at Davidson, 1 p.m.
• San Diego at Drake, 2 p.m.
• Jacksonville at Morehead State, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 6
• Jacksonville at Butler, Noon
• Valparaiso at Campbell, 1 p.m.
• Davidson at Marist, Noon
• Drake at Dayton, 1 p.m.
• Morehead State at San Diego, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 13
• Butler at Drake, 2 p.m.
• Campbell at Jacksonville, Noon
• San Diego at Davidson, 1 p.m.
• Dayton at Marist, Noon
• Valparaiso at Morehead State, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 20
Davidson at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.
• Campbell at Morehead State, 1 p.m.
Marist at Georgetown, 1 p.m.
Off Week: Butler, Dayton, Drake, Jacksonville, San Diego, Valparaiso
