HUNTINGTON, W.Va.—Marshall has announced a home and home series with N.C. State that will begin with The Herd traveling to Raleigh, N.C. in 2017 with the Wolfpack making a return trip to Huntington the following year.
Marshall will face N.C. State at Carter-Finley Stadium on Sept. 9, 2017 and the return game is slated for Sept. 22, 2018 at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.
“North Carolina State is a very good opponent for us,” Athletics Director Mike Hamrick said, “and it’s an exciting matchup for our football program and for our fans. Our Herd followers will be enthused about the close proximity of the game at State, and will welcome the Wolfpack as a quality attraction here at Edwards Stadium.”
The Herd has inked deals with three teams from the so-called Power 5 conferences over the next four seasons with three of those games in Huntington. Purdue is due to visit Marshall on next season on Sept. 5. Louisville is scheduled to come to Huntington on Sept. 24, 2016 before the series with N.C. state begins the following year.
“Along with the realignment in Conference USA that brings road games closer to our fans when we visit Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, Charlotte and Old Dominion, a series with NC State also fits into our regional scheduling desires,” Hamrick said.
Herd Coach Doc Holliday spent five seasons as an assistant for the Wolfpack, from 2000 to 2004.
The Herd has played the Wolfpack three times during MU’s NCAA Division I-AA days – losses at Carter-Finley Stadium in 1991, ’93 and ’95.
The series with NC State gives the Herd three non-conference games in 2017 – home dates with Miami (Ohio) and Kent State, and the game at NC State. The 2018 non-league schedule to date includes a game at Miami (Ohio) and home against the Wolfpack.