Miami, Fla. (FIUSports.com) – Under new Head Coach Ron Turner, the FIU football team travels to College Park, Md., to open its 2013 season at the University of Maryland on Saturday, Aug. 31, at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium.

Kickoff with the Terrapins is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. (EST) and the game will be broadcasted on FOX Sports Regional Networks, including FOX Sports Florida. The FIU Sports Radio Network will also have the live call of the game, heard anywhere around the world on FIUSports.com.

Click HERE to view FIU-Maryland Game Notes

Click HERE to listen to the FIU Sports Radio Network

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In addition to FOX Sports Florida, several other FOX Sports affiliated networks will be televising the game broadcast.

FOX Sports South/FOX Sports Carolinas

FOX Sports Midwest/FOX Sports Indiana

Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic

MSG Plus

NESN

ROOT Sports Pittsburgh

FOX Sports Arizona

FOX Sports Detroit

FOX Sports North Plus

FOX Sports Ohio

FOX Sports Southwest/FOX Sports Oklahoma

FOX Sports San Diego

FOX Sports Wisconsin

FOX Sports Prime Ticket

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GAME DETAILS:

Date: Saturday, Aug. 31

Location: College Park, Md.

Time: 12:30 p.m. (EST)

Stadium: Byrd Stadium (54,000)

2012 Records:

FIU: 3-9 Overall, 2-6 Sun Belt

Maryland: 4-8 Overall, 2-6, ACC

Series: Maryland leads 3-0

Social Media: Twitter.com/@FIUFootball

Game Broadcast: FOX Sports Florida; FIU Sports Radio Network at FIUSports.com

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Next Up:

Opponent: UCF (0-0/0-0 American Athletic Conference) [vs. Akron, Aug. 29]

Date: Friday, Sept. 6

Location: Miami, Fla.

Time: 8 p.m.

Stadium: Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium (20,000)

Game Broadcast: CBS Sports Network

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Single-game tickets for FIU Football are now on-sale. Fans can conveniently purchase single-game tickets for the Panthers' inaugural Conference USA home schedule on-line at FIUSports.com.

Tickets to the home-opener versus in-state rival UCF on Friday, Sept. 6 are available for purchase through one of several affordable season-ticket packages. Season tickets can be purchased or renewed online at FIUSports.com or by calling the FIU Athletics Ticket Office at (305) FIU-GAME.

FIU's 2013 six-game home schedule features non-conference foes UCF (Sept. 6) and Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 14) and C-USA opponents UAB (Oct. 12), Louisiana Tech (Oct. 26), East Carolina (Nov. 2) and Marshall (Nov. 23). The 2013 Homecoming game will be on Oct. 12 vs. the UAB Blazers.

For the latest information on Panthers football, follow us on Twitter, @FIUFootball, and check out Pete Pelegrin's in-depth coverage of FIU Athletics on his official blog, The Prowl, at FIUSports.com.

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2013 FIU Football Schedule

Aug. 31 at Maryland (FOX Sports Florida); 12:30 p.m.

Sept. 6 UCF (CBS SN); 8 p.m.

Sept. 14 BETHUNE-COOKMAN; 6 p.m.

Sept. 21 at Louisville; 12 p.m. (WHAS-11 TV)

Oct. 5 at Southern Miss*; 4 p.m. (CSS)

Oct. 12 UAB*; 7:30 p.m. [HOMECOMING] (CSS)

Oct. 26 LOUISIANA TECH*

Nov. 2 EAST CAROLINA*

Nov. 9 at Middle Tennessee* (FOX College Sports); 4 p.m.

Nov. 16 at UTEP*; 8 p.m.

Nov. 23 MARSHALL* (FOX Sports 1)

Nov. 29 at Florida Atlantic* (FOX Sports 1); 3 p.m.

* denotes Conference USA Games

Home games at Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium are capitalized;

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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 seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including U.S. Century Bank Arena and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.

About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/

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