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The Augustana football team opens the 2009 season on the road when the Vikings travel to St. Cloud, Minn., to face the St. Cloud State Huskies on Thursday, August 27. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Husky Stadium. It will be the season opener for both teams.
THE SERIES: St. Cloud State leads the overall series with Augustana by a 21-11 margin. However, Augustana is riding a 3-game winning streak in the series, including a dramatic 13-10 overtime victory in Sioux Falls in last year's season-opening contest.
RADIO: All Viking football games can be heard on KIKN Radio (FM-100.5). The game can also be heard on the internet at:
www.kikn.com. Veteran broadcaster
Jeff Fylling will call all of the action, while
John Schultz, a former All-NCC quarterback with the Vikings, provides color commentary. The broadcast begins with a pre-game show 30 minutes prior to kickoff.
WEBCAST INFORMATION: All 11 of Augustana's football games this season will be webcast on the internet as part of the NSIC's television agreement with Penn Atlantic TV. Fans wanting to follow the action can go to the following link:
http://www.northernsun.tv. There will be no charge to watch the game but fans will need to set up an account with Penn Atlantic.
LIVE STATS: Lives stats for Thursday night's game can be found on the St. Cloud State athletic web site at:
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics/sports/livestats/sportsstats2/xlive.htm.
AUGUSTANA SPORTSCENE: Augustana Sportscene is in its fifth season on UTV cable channel 10 in Sioux Falls. The 30-minute weekly television show airs Saturdays at noon. A special edition of Sportscene will be aired Thursday, September 3, at 10:30 p.m. In this episode, fans will be taken on a tour of the new Kirkeby-Over Stadium. Augustana Sportscene is hosted by Viking director of athletics
Bill Gross.
COACHES SHOW: Fans can follow Viking football by listening to the Augustana Coaches Show on ESPN Radio 99.1 FM.
Jeff Fylling and Viking head coach
Brad Salem will sit down each Monday at 5 p.m. to discuss all of the happenings with Augustana football. Fans can also catch the show live at Champps, located in the Western Mall in Sioux Falls.
