{"id":200932,"date":"2026-05-23T22:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200932\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T22:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:50:14","slug":"mercyhurst-announces-2026-football-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200932\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercyhurst announces 2026 football schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mercyhurst Lakers\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mercyhurst-2026-05-22.jpg\"\/><img width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mercyhurst-2026-05-22.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mercyhurst Lakers\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Mercyhurst University Athletics<\/p>\n<p>The Mercyhurst Lakers have <a href=\"https:\/\/hurstathletics.com\/news\/2026\/5\/21\/mercyhurst-football-announces-full-2026-schedule.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> their 2026 football schedule, which includes three FBS opponents among 12 total games.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers open the season on August 27 with a Thursday night road matchup at Youngstown State, marking their earliest season opener since joining the NEC.<\/p>\n<p>Mercyhurst then heads west for consecutive FBS contests, traveling to New Mexico State on September 5 and New Mexico on September 12 \u2014 the program\u2019s first\u2011ever meetings with both opponents. The Lakers return to Erie on September 19 for their home opener against Glenville State before heading back on the road September 26 for a matchup at WKU, their third FBS opponent in a four\u2011week span.<\/p>\n<p>NEC play begins on October 3 when Mercyhurst travels to LIU, followed by the team\u2019s lone open date on October 10. Conference action resumes on October 17 with a home matchup against Central Connecticut, the Lakers\u2019 first NEC game at Saxon Stadium in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A demanding three\u2011game NEC road stretch follows: October 24 at Robert Morris, October 31 at Stonehill, and November 14 at Duquesne, with a November 7 home contest against Wagner breaking up the travel. The regular season concludes on November 21 when Mercyhurst hosts New Haven.<\/p>\n<p>Below is Mercyhurst\u2019s complete schedule for the 2026 season, plus a link to their schedule page which will be updated with kickoff times and TV as they are announced:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbschedules.com\/2026-mercyhurst-football-schedule\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Mercyhurst Football Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>08\/27 \u2013 at Youngstown State (Thu.)<br \/>09\/05 \u2013 at New Mexico State<br \/>09\/12 \u2013 at New Mexico<br \/>09\/19 \u2013 Glenville State<br \/>09\/26 \u2013 at WKU<br \/>10\/03 \u2013 at LIU*<br \/>10\/10 \u2013 OFF<br \/>10\/17 \u2013 Central Connecticut*<br \/>10\/24 \u2013 at Robert Morris*<br \/>10\/31 \u2013 at Stonehill*<br \/>11\/07 \u2013 Wagner*<br \/>11\/14 \u2013 at Duquesne*<br \/>11\/21 \u2013 New Haven*<\/p>\n<p>* NEC contest.<\/p>\n<p>Mercyhurst finished the 2025 season 5-7 overall and 4-3 in conference action. The Lakers are entering their first season under new head coach Thomas Sydeski, who served as the Lakers\u2019 offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the past two seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Mercyhurst University Athletics The Mercyhurst Lakers have announced their 2026 football schedule, which includes three FBS opponents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,12413],"class_list":["post-200932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-mercyhurst"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}