WASHINGTON, D.C. - Howard University will open the 2008 season with a home game against the Hoyas of Georgetown University.  It will mark the first time that the two schools have met on the gridiron.  That match-up will take place in Greene Stadium.

The Bison will follow with a road game at Hampton, VA against the Pirates of Hampton University on September 13.  Howard will then return home for a MEAC showdown with rival Florida A&M University on September 20.

The Bison will then go to Miami, FL where they will face Savannah State University on September 27.  The schedule for October features a road game at Winston-Salem State University on October 4, a homecoming clash with rival Morgan State on October 18 and a road game at North Carolina A&T State University on October 25.

Howard returns home on November 1 to take on Norfolk State.  The Bison have back-to-back MEAC games at South Carolina State (November 8) and Bethune-Cookman University (November 15) before closing out the regular season with a home game against defending champion Delaware State on November 22.

The following is the complete schedule:

Sept. 6             vs GEORGETOWN                Wash., DC                   1 pm
        13            at  Hampton University     Hampton, VA              6 pm
        20            vs FLORIDA A&M               Wash., DC                  1 pm
        27             vs Savannah State             Miami, FL                     TBA

Oct. 4              at Winston-Salem State       Winston-Salem, NC     TBA
      11             OPEN
      18             vs MORGAN STATE             Wash., DC                  1 pm$
      25             at North Carolina A&T         Greensboro, NC         TBA

Nov. 1            vs NORFOLK STATE            Wash., DC                  1 pm
        6             at South Carolina State      Orangeburg, SC         TBA
       15            at Bethune-Cookman          Daytona Beach, FL    TBA
       22            vs DELAWARE STATE         Wash., DC                  1 pm               

            HOME GAME IN UPPER CASE

            MEAC Games in BOLD

            $ Homecoming