Oilers Football Game Against Panthers to be Nationally Televised

The University of Findlay football team will play a nationally televised game as part of the NCAA Division II and CBS Sports Network six-game football package for the 2013 season.  The Oilers will travel to Ohio Dominican University to play the Panthers on Thursday, Oct. 17, with kickoff set for 8 p.m.

CBS and the NCAA will produce and broadcast six games in 2013 that will be aired live on the CBS College Sports Network, syndicated on regional and local networks and simulcast live on www.NCAA.com.  This is the eighth year of the Division II and CBS Sports Network's partnership to provide Division II schools the opportunity to have live national television exposure for their football and basketball programs. CBS Sports Network is available to over 95 million United States households through a variety of cable and satellite providers.

This game will mark the first time the Oilers football team has appeared on national television at the NCAA Division II level.  The team is coming off of a 7-3 season while the Panthers sported an 8-3 mark during the 2012 campaign.

"We can't be more excited about this tremendous opportunity to play in front of a national audience," said head coach Rob Keys.  "We will have the ability to display our product and university to more people, which will help us as we continue to build our program."

Listed below is the schedule of games on this year's package.  All games are scheduled for 8 p.m., Eastern time.

Sept. 5, Winston Salem State at UNC-Pembroke
Sept. 12, Chadron State at West Texas A&M
Sept. 19, West Alabama at Florida Tech
Oct. 3, Harding at Southern Arkansas
Oct. 17, Findlay at Ohio Dominican
Oct. 31, Shippensburg at Bloomsburg