MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia finalized its 2017 nonconference football schedule by adding a home game against FCS member Delaware State for Sept. 16.
Athletics director Shane Lyons announced the Week 3 matchup, which follows a neutral-site opener against Virginia Tech in Landover, Md., and a home date against East Carolina.
Delaware State, a Historically Black College from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, made its only FCS playoff appearance in 2007 and has posted a 29-60 record since. Over the past two seasons the Hornets have dropped 20 of 23 games.
More “cash games” against FCS opponents likely will be on deck to fill openings for 2018 through 2024, when West Virginia has contracted games against multiple Power 5 schools:
2017
Sept. 2 — Virginia Tech (at Landover, Md.)
Sept. 9 — East Carolina
Sept. 16 — Delaware State
2018
Sept. 1— Tennessee (at Charlotte, N.C.)
Sept. 15— at N.C. State
2019
Sept. 7 — at Missouri
Sept. 14 — N.C. State
2020
Sept. 12 — at East Carolina
Sept. 19 — Maryland
2021
Sept. 4 — at Maryland
Sept. 18 — Virginia Tech
2022
Sept. 17 — at Pittsburgh
Sept. 24 — at Virginia Tech
2023
Sept. 2 — at Penn State
Sept. 16 — Pittsburgh
2024
Aug. 31 — Penn State
Sept. 14 — at Pittsburgh