NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State football team will appear on ESPN platforms 10 times this upcoming season, including all five of its MEAC contests, the league announced on Friday.

The Spartans open the year with a pair of road non-conference games at Marshall (Sept. 3) and James Madison (Sept. 10), and both will be broadcast on ESPN3. NSU's home non-conference games with Hampton (Sept. 17) and St. Francis (Sept. 24) and the road matchup with North Carolina A&T (Nov. 5) will all be available on ESPN+.

In addition, all five of the Spartans' MEAC contests will also be carried, at minimum, on ESPN+. Dates with Morgan State (Oct. 8), Delaware State (Oct. 15) and Howard (Oct. 29) will all air on ESPN+.

The MEAC also has four "wildcard" weekends in its annual ESPN broadcast agreement, with the game having the most bearing on the league championship race during those weekends being flexed into a live ESPN3 and tape-delayed ESPNU production. The Spartans' games with North Carolina Central on Nov. 12 and South Carolina State on Nov. 19 fall on two of the wildcard weekends. Even if not chosen as the wildcard game, those two matchups would still air on ESPN+.

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The MEAC-ESPN agreement continues to add additional branding and exposure for the conference and its member institutions. The MEAC and ESPN have had a media rights agreement since 2005. The ESPN+ football contests add to an already impressive lineup, as ESPN carries multiple men's basketball and softball regular-season contests across ESPN networks. The MEAC volleyball and bowling championship finals are also televised on various ESPN platforms.