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Football Travels to Geneva Saturday

Football Travels to Geneva Saturday

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(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University football team will head to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Saturday, September 26 to play Geneva College in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) contest.  Kickoff is slated for 3:00 p.m. on the turf at Reeves Field.

When the schools reunited on the gridiron two seasons ago, it marked the first meeting in 24 years. Carnegie Mellon defeated Geneva last season 22-21 on the turf of Gesling Stadium and has a streak of five straight over the Golden Tornadoes. The first-ever meeting between the two schools was in 1907, a game which was won by Geneva, 6-0. The shutout was also the first of six straight in the series and 11 total with the Tartans holding the edge with seven.

Carnegie Mellon will enter the contest with an overall mark of 0-2 after dropping a 38-14 decision to No. 14 Washington & Jefferson.  Geneva is winners of its last two contests after dropping the season opener. Last week, the Golden Tornadoes defeated Waynesburg, 41-24.