Lincoln Announces its 2018 Football Schedule

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Lincoln University, Pa. – Lincoln University, a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) has announced its 2018 football schedule.

The Lions, who finished 0-10 overall and 0-7 in CIAA games, will have four home games in 2018 along with six road contests. The 2018 season will be the Lions 11th since reviving the program back in 2008.  Football began at Lincoln 124 years ago in 1894 when the Lions played Howard University in the first collegiate football contest between two black colleges in the north.

"We are excited about the upcoming season as we pay homage to over 10 years of football's return to Lincoln University, " said Lincoln Athletic Director Harry Stinson III.  "Adding new out of conference opponents and playing a Division I institution gives us more opportunities to showcase our university in the state of Pennsylvania, in our region and in our recruiting areas."

Read more on the Lincoln University Athletics website.

Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers students to lead their communities and change the world. Lincoln offers a rigorous liberal arts education to a diverse student body of approximately 2,200 men and women in more than 35 undergraduate and graduate programs.