Football Announces 2024 Schedule

Central Connecticut State announced its 2024 football schedule on Tuesday. The Blue Devils unveiled a 12-game slate that features five home games and six Northeast Conference opponents. The champion of the NEC regular season earns the conference's bid to the FCS Championship.

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"We are excited about the season ahead," said head coach Adam Lechtenberg, who will be in his second season at the helm in 2024. "We have some terrific non-conference opponents that will test us early and prepare us for the NEC schedule. And again, the league will be a competitive slate that is a challenge week-in and week-out."

Season tickets for the 2024 Blue Devils football season will go on sale on Monday, July 1, 2024. 

 SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS

• The schedule is equally balanced with six conference and six non-conference games, with the season opener coming August 31^st at Central Michigan
• The Blue Devils will play five home games, with the home opener coming September 7^th versus Fordham
• CCSU will play three of its final four, and its last two, games at home on Arute Field
• The NEC opener comes on the road, September 14^th at Saint Francis U
• Senior Day will be held prior to the regular season finale, November 23^rd versus Duquesne

NEC NOTES

• The Blue Devils home NEC games are all contained within the month of November, starting with Wagner on November 2^nd
• The Blue Devils have won six straight meetings against the Seahawks
• Robert Morris returns to the NEC for the first time since 2019, when the Blue Devils won 49-28 on Arute Field
• The defending champion Dukes are the season finale
• The Blue Devils travel to LIU on October 26^th

NON-CONFERENCE NOTES

• The meeting with the Chippewas to open the season will be the first-ever meeting between the two squads
• Former NEC member, and in-state foe, Sacred Heart returns to Arute Field for a non-conference game on October 12^th
• CCSU will host Fordham for the second time and the first since the series opener in 2017
• The Blue Devils have won the last two meetings in the series with the Rams
• Yale is on the Blue Devils slate for the first time, with a trip to the Yale Bowl scheduled for October 5^th
• The final non-conference game is at Dartmouth for the third meeting between the two squads and the first since October 17, 2015