The Savannah State Department of Athletics has released its 2025 football which features five contests inside Theodore A. Wright Stadium, four contests away and one neutral site game.
The season will open at home on August 30th with a SIAC contest against Edward Waters.
SSU will step out of conference on September 6 as they will play Shorter at home, in the first ever matchup between the teams.
Following an open date on September 13th, Savannah State will hit the road for the first time on September 20th as they head to Fairfield, Alabama to face Miles, the defending SIAC champion.
After a home gamer on September 27th against Kentucky State, thee Tigers will hit the road for three consecutive weeks.
The road swing will start with a matchup against South Carolina State, the defending MEAC champion, in Orangeburg, South Carolina on October 4.
SSU will return to the Palmetto State on October 11th as they head to Columbia to face Allen and on October 18th, the Tigers will face rival Fort Valley State in the inaugural “Good Trouble Heritage Football Classic” in Augusta, Georgia.
The Orange and Blue will welcome Morehouse to town on October 25 as Savannah State will celebrate Homecoming 2025.
SSU will open November with a road contest at Albany State on November 1 and the 2025 season will conclude on November 8th as the Tigers battle Benedict at home.
Because of the 4-4-2 football scheduling model that the SIAC implemented in 2020, each school will play a eight game conference schedule each year with four primary opponents and rotate through the other eight teams twice during a four year period.
Edward Waters, Fort Valley State, Albany State and Benedict are Savannah State’s primary opponents.
Clark Atlanta, Lane, Tuskegee and Central State have been replaced on the 2025 schedule with Miles, Kentucky State, Allen and Morehouse.
It will be SSU’s first meeting with Miles since a 24-12 loss in 2006. The Tigers played Kentucky State and Morehouse in 2022 with Savannah State losing to KSU 28-13 and beating Morehouse 15-3. The last time SSU played Allen was back in 1949 when the institution was known as Georgia State College and participated in the Southeastern Athletic Conference. Allen won the game, 33-6.
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