MIAMI (September 7, 2017) – In what was supposed to be its home-opener, the FIU Panthers have relocated to Birmingham, Alabama, due to Hurricane Irma, to face Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) member Alcorn State University. The game will take place at Birmingham's historic Legion Field on Friday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. (ET). The game will be free and open to the public. Originally scheduled to be broadcast on beIN Sports, the game will not be televised, nor will the game be on 790 the Ticket.
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Saturday's meeting with the Braves is the first meeting all-time between the two schools. In addition, FIU's game with Alcorn marks the Panthers' first-ever meeting with a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Braves would have been one of two teams on this season's schedule to face FIU for the first time, along with Tulane on Oct. 14 (7 p.m.) at Riccardo Silva Stadium.
With the game being moved to Birmingham, the Panthers will now play four-straight contests away from Riccardo Silva Stadium to start the 2017 season. Following this weekend, FIU will travel to Bloomington, Indiana to take on the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday, Sept. 16 (3:30 p.m. ET) and then to Houston, Texas for its Conference USA opener against Rice on Saturday, Sept. 23 (7:30 p.m. ET). The Panthers return home on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. when they take on Charlotte.
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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/.
