The Simon Fraser University football team will face a Division I opponent in its 11-game 2014 schedule this season.
The Clan will travel to Pocatello, Idaho for a non-conference matchup against the Idaho State Bengals on Oct. 4 at the 12,000 seat Holt Arena – the first indoor college football stadium.
The Bengals play in the Big Sky Conference, and won the first championship in that conference's history. The program also won the NCAA FCS championship in 1981.
"Playing a Division I opponent will be a great opportunity for our program to meet with the growth and the vision of what we want to become at SFU," said Clan head coach Jacques Chapdelaine in a school press release.
Chapdelaine's first season as head coach of the Clan will kick off on Sept. 6, when the Clan host the Menlo College Oaks in their first non-conference game of the season.
SFU will host their Great Northwest Athletic Conference season opener on Sept. 13 against the Western Oregon Wolves.
There will be a new opponent in the Great Northwest conference this season as the South Dakota School of Mines Hardrockers join the league as an affiliate member for football. The Hardrockers and the Clan will meet once on Oct. 18 when South Dakota makes the trip to British Columbia.
The Clan begin preparing for their 2014 schedule tonight (Tuesday) as spring camp gets underway.
2014 Simon Fraser Football Schedule:
Saturday, Sep. 6 vs. Menlo College Oaks (NAIA)
Saturday, Sept. 13 vs. Western Oregon Wolves
Saturday, Sept. 20 at Azusa Pacific Cougars
Saturday, Sept. 27 vs. Central Washington Wildcats
Saturday, Oct. 4 at Idaho State Bengals (NCAA Div. I)
Saturday, Oct. 11 at Dixie State Red Storm
Saturday, Oct. 18 vs. South Dakota School of Mines Hardrockers
Saturday, Oct. 25 at Western Oregon Wolves
Saturday, Nov. 1 vs. Humboldt State Lumberjacks
Saturday, Nov. 8 vs. Azusa Pacific
Saturday, Nov. 15 at Central Washington Wildcats
