MIAMI (September 22, 2017) – Fans who can't make the trip to the Lone Star State and Houston for Saturday's Conference USA opener between FIU and Rice, can still catch all of the action on Stadium on Facebook. Game time at Rice Stadium is slated for 7:30 p.m. (ET). Chris Hassel will call the action and Erik Coleman will provide color commentary. Camryn Irwin will be reporting on the sidelines. Fans can also listen to the game on 790 the Ticket, the Panthers' official radio broadcast home for the 2017 season. A.J. Ricketts (play-by-play) and Hurlie Brown (color analyst) will be in the booth all season long.
Click here to watch the game live on Stadium on Facebook.
The network can also be viewed live via Stadium's website (watchstadium.com) and on Twitter (stadium.twitter.com), as well as platforms such as Apple TV, Pluto TV, Roku and Chromecast.
Following their meeting with the Owls, the Panthers will finally return home for their home-opener against Charlotte on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at Riccardo Silva Stadium.
For FIU football ticket information, contact the University Credit Union Box Office at 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263).
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
