FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
CSN and Southland Conference Unveil 2013 Football Telecast Schedule
Regional Rivalries, 2012 Semifinal Rematch Highlight Southland on CSN Slate
HOUSTON– Comcast SportsNet Houston (CSN), a partnership between the Houston Astros, Houston Rockets and the NBC Sports Group, today announced its Southland Conference football broadcast schedule for the 2013 season.
Entering its second football season in partnership with the Southland Conference, CSN will televise five games as part of the 2013 Southland Conference package. Four games take place in Southland Conference stadiums, with an additional contest matching a pair of future Southland foes.
CSN starts with three non-conference games, kicking off on Sept. 7 with McNeese State hosting Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The second game of the TV schedule feature Texas Southern at Sam Houston State on Sept. 14. Eastern Washington visits Sam Houston State on Sept. 28 in a rematch of last year’s semifinal game in the NCAA championship, which was won by the Bearkats.
On Oct. 12, Abilene Christian faces Houston Baptist at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston as part of HBU’s inaugural football season. The ACU Wildcats and HBU Huskies, who both join the Southland Conference July 1, don’t begin playing a Southland schedule until the 2014 season.
CSN concludes its Southland schedule with Central Arkansas at Lamar on Oct. 19.
“Southland Conference football is an important part of our fall lineup,” CSN Director of Programming Janice Schmader said. “We are delighted to continue our partnership with the conference for a second season and for the opportunity to provide top-level coverage of these games.”
2013 Southland Conference Football on CSN
Sat., Sept. 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff at McNeese State, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 14 Texas Southern at Sam Houston State, 2 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 28 Eastern Washington at Sam Houston State, 2 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 12 Abilene Christian at Houston Baptist, 7:30 p.m.^
Sat., Oct. 19 Central Arkansas at Lamar, 6 p.m.*
All Times Central; *Southland Conference Game; ^BBVA Compass Stadium
CSN is available in both standard and high definition to all local cable, satellite and telco TV providers and today is carried by:
—Buffalo Cable (Buffalo, Grapeland, Jewett, and Kennard – Launching August 1, 2013, channel number TBA)
—Coastal Link (channels 31/131 in Brazoria County, Texas)
—Comcast Cable (channels 39/639 in the Houston area; 86/1688 in Houma, La Place, Monroe and Shreveport, Lou.; 269/1687 in Little Rock, Ark.)
—Consolidated Communications (channels 42/723 in the Houston area)
—EnTouch (channels 73/473 in the Houston area)
—Ozona Cable (channel 19.1 in Sterling City, Eldorado, and Mertzon, Texas; channel 26.1 in Ozona, Texas)
—Phonoscope (channels 35/293 in the Houston area)
—Telecom Cable (channel 23 in Freeport, Texas; channel 33 in Fulshear, Texas)
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