Football Draws Rematch With URI In FCS Playoff First Round
Blue Devils will travel to URI for a noon game on Saturday
The Central Connecticut State football team will travel to #9 Rhode Island in the opening round of the 2025 FCS Playoff. The first-round game will be played Saturday, November 29th at 12:00 pm and will be aired on ESPN+.
The Blue Devils are making a second consecutive FCS Playoff appearance for the first time in program history. It is the program's fourth FCS Playoff appearance, the most of any team in NEC history and the most of any school from the State of Connecticut.
The Blue Devils, who won the NEC automatic bid, Mercyhurst 35-28 on Saturday to secure a league-leading eighth NEC Championship. The Blue Devils are 8-4 on the season and went 6-1 in NEC action.
CCSU and URI will meet for the sixth time, with Rams holding a 4-1 lead in the series. When the squads met last season at Meade Stadium in the FCS opener, the Rams prevailed 21-17. The Blue Devils defeated URI, 38-14, in 2014. The first meeting in the series came in 2004.
The game will air on ESPN+. Tickets can be purchased through the URI Online Ticket Portal by clicking here.
