Independent Network to Air 19 College Football Games This Season; Reups Partnerships with Towson, Richmond, and HBCU GO
Washington, D.C. (August 20, 2024) – Monumental Sports Network (MNMT) is your home for DMV-area college football during the 2024 season. Today, the award-winning local media platform announced partnerships with area schools University of Richmond and Towson University, as well as HBCU GO, to air a robust selection of college football games during the upcoming season. Monumental’s 2024 college football schedule features 19 games – the most in network history – including 15 games featuring Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and matchups with local schools like William & Mary, Virginia Union, and Morgan State.
Monumental Sports Network’s college football coverage begins on Sunday, September 1 as Virginia Union takes on Kentucky State. All Richmond and Towson games on MNMT will air live, while recorded games via HBCU GO will air on Sundays throughout the fall, giving area fans a chance to watch their favorite teams all season long.
“While we’re best-known for our outstanding Capitals, Wizards, and Mystics coverage, Monumental Sports Network strives to provide a major league-quality platform for a wide range of local teams and a variety of sports, building a strong sense of community across this region and united in the power of sports,” said Friday Abernethy, General Manager, Monumental Sports Network. “With nearly 20 college football games on our air, it’s going to be an action-packed fall on our network and we are excited for kick off.”
More than three million households in the network’s coverage area can watch local college football action on MNMT over the coming months. Fans with a pay tv subscription can watch games on Monumental Sports Network where included in their channel lineup and will also be able to stream games at www.monumentalsportsnetwork.com or by downloading the Monumental Sports Network app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV and using an eligible TV Everywhere log-in.
As part of the partnership with Towson, Monumental Sports Network will also air two Towson women’s volleyball games on the network during the upcoming season: Friday, October 4 vs. North Carolina A&T (3 PM) and Sunday, November 3 vs. Northeastern (2 PM).
Monumental Sports Network is the exclusive local television media rights holder for the NBA’s Washington Wizards, NHL’s Washington Capitals, and the WNBA’s Washington Mystics. It also proudly boasts a comprehensive schedule of original programming and live men’s and women’s college basketball, college football, college volleyball, high school basketball, and esports, as well as Washington Spirit (NWSL), Old Glory DC (Major League Rugby), Washington Freedom (Major League Cricket), Hershey Bears (AHL), and Annapolis Blues (NPSL) games.
2024 College Football on Monumental Sports Network
Sunday, Sept. 1 – Virginia Union vs. Kentucky St. (12 PM)
Saturday, Sept. 7 – Richmond vs. Wofford (3:30 PM)*
Saturday, Sept. 7 – Towson vs. Morgan St. (6 PM)
Sunday, Sept. 8 – Tuskegee vs. Grambling St. (5:30 PM)
Saturday, Sept. 14 – Richmond vs. Charleston Southern (2 PM)
Sunday, Sept. 15 – Tennessee St. vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff (5:30 PM)
Sunday, Sept. 22 – Clark Atlanta vs. Bethune Cookman (5:30 PM)
Sunday, Sept. 29 – Alabama St. vs. Bethune Cookman (12 PM)
Saturday, Oct. 5 – Towson vs. William & Mary (6 PM)*
Sunday, Oct. 6 – Arkansas Pine-Bluff vs. Alcorn St. (12 PM)
Sunday, Oct. 13 – Bethune Cookman vs. Alabama A&M (12 PM)
Saturday, Oct. 19 – Towson vs. Stony Brook (1 PM)
Sunday, Oct. 20 – Arkansas Pine-Bluff vs. Grambling St. (12 PM)
Sunday, Oct. 27 – Jackson St. vs. Bethune Cookman (12 PM)
Sunday, Nov. 3 – Southern vs. Alabama A&M (10 AM)
Sunday, Nov. 10 – Mississippi Valley St. vs. Jackson St. (12 PM)
Saturday, Nov. 16 – Towson vs. North Carolina A&T (12 PM)
Sunday, Nov. 17 – CIAA Championship (12 PM)
Sunday, Nov. 24 – Texas Southern vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff (12 PM)
*Airing on MNMT2
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About Monumental Sports Network
Monumental Sports Network is wholly owned and operated by Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE). The network holds exclusive local television media rights for the NHL’s Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards and WNBA’s Washington Mystics games. Monumental Sports Network is also the TV and digital home to the NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go and the NBA 2K League’s Wizards District Gaming as well as exclusive behind-the-scenes content and original sports and entertainment programming. The network also boasts the most comprehensive regional high-school and regional collegiate Division II-and-under sports programming in the greater Washington D.C. metro area. For more, visit: www.monumentalsportsnetwork.com.
