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Towson Tigers
| Location: Towson, MD University Founded: 1866 Enrollment: 19,000  Nickname: Tigers School Colors: Black and Gold Joined de CAA: 2001 Head Coach: Gordy Combs University President: Robert L. Caret Director of Athletics: Mike Herman Faculty Representative: Dr. Gail Gasparach Conference (Co) Champions: Stadium: Minnegan Current Capacity: 5,000 First Year of Football: 1969 |
Based in Towson, Maryland, the Towson Tigers Spiders are members of the CAA in the NCAA Division I-AA. The team joined the CAA Conference in 2007 after competing in the Patriot League Conference and in the Atlantic 10. The Tigers play their home games in the Johnny Unitas Stadium at Minnegan Field, which was built for the first CAA conference season in 2002.
In their 40 seasons, the Towson Tigers have never won a title but hope to do so in the future. Coach Gordy Combs was the head coach from 1991 to 2008 season. Combs will be replaced by Rob Ambrose after a poor season with the Tigers, ending with a record of 3-9 overall.
For the 2009 season Coach Rob Ambrose hopes to restructure the program and improve the team’s record.
Towson Tigers 2009 Schedule
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| September 4 | Morgan State | 7:00 PM ET |
| September 5 | at Northwestern | 12:00 PM ET |
| September 19 | Coastal Carolina | 7:00 PM ET |
| September 26 | at Morgan State | 4:00 PM ET |
| October 3 | New Hampshire | 3:30 PM ET |
| October 10 | at Rhode Island | 1:00 PM ET |
| October 17 | Delaware | 3:30 PM ET |
| October 24 | at Northeastern | 1:00 PM ET |
| October 31 | Richmond | 1:00 PM ET |
| November 7 | at William & Mary | 1:30 PM ET |
| November 14 | Villanova | 1:00 PM ET |
| November 21 | at James Madison | 3:00 PM ET |