2018 UTPB Football Schedule
UT Permian Basin released its football schedule Wednesday, April 11 for the upcoming 2018 season. The schedule features five home games and six road contests, including an NCAA Division I-FCS season opener, the 2017 NCAA DII National Champion coming to Ratliff Stadium, and a return to Grande Stadium in Midland.
The non-conference season opens with Texas Southern of the Southwestern Athletic Conference in Houston on Sept. 1 at BBVA Compass Stadium, home of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer. The remainder of the season is all Division II opponents. UTPB travels north near the Canadian border on the shores of Lake Superior to take on Northern Michigan of the Great Lakes Conference in Marquette, Mich. on Sept.8.
"Starting off going to Texas Southern is a great opportunity for us right out of the gate to see where we're at as a program," said UTPB head coach Justin Carrigan. "In year three as a program with a large junior class, it's a game we can use as a measuring stick. We follow that up with our longest trip of the year at Northern Michigan, and then we jump right into conference. We start the year with a couple of good road games to test us out and then we kick off conference play with Midwestern State."
UTPB opens its home and conference schedule at Ratliff Stadium with the Mustangs on Sept. 15. The next week takes the Falcons to Stephenville to take on Tarleton State Sept. 22. They return home to face another conference opponent Western New Mexico on Sept. 29. This is followed up with a trip to Canyon to face West Texas A&M.
The Falcons return to non-conference action to welcome Humboldt State to Ratliff Stadium for Homecoming on Oct. 13. Humboldt State is a regional opponent and member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference from Arcata, Calif. UT Permian Basin makes its yearly return to Midland against Angelo State at Grande Stadium on Oct. 20.
"It's an exciting opportunity for us to bring our brand back to Midland. We expect a great crowd and can't wait to show the people of Midland and the Permian Basin UTPB football up close," said Director of Athletics Scott Farmer.
UTPB finishes up their home schedule with Senior Day against defending national champion Texas A&M – Commerce on Nov. 3. This is sandwiched around road games at Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M. and the season finale at Texas A&M – Kingsville.
Ticket information and start times will be released at a later date. Continue to check out utpbfalcons.com for more information.
