COLUMBIA, S.C. – The defending SIAC football champion Benedict College Tigers will have eight of their 10 games in 2023 available to watch on television or live stream.
The Tigers will kick off the 2023 season on Sept. 2 against Shaw in the Carolinas Classic in Charlie W. Johnson Stadium. That game will be aired on HBCU Go - the leading media provider for the nation's 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Launched in 2012, the free-streaming service HBCU GO was purchased by Byron Allen in 2021 and is part of Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG). HBCU Go is a free app available for Roku or Firestick devices.
The Tigers will appear on HBCU Go again on Oct. 7, when they travel to take on the Miles College Golden Bears.
After the season opener, the Tigers travel to Jacksonville, Fla., to take on the Tigers of Edward Waters College. That game will be streamed by ESPN+, a subscription video streaming service owned by the ESPN division of the Walt Disney Company. It is one of Disney's three flagship subscription streaming brands in the United States, alongside Disney+ and Hulu.
Benedict will also appear on ESPN+ again for their Homecoming Game on Oct. 21 against Kentucky State.
The Tigers will get national television exposure on Thursday, Oct 12, when they host Fort Valley State in a night game televised on ESPNU. ESPNU reaches approximately 51 million television households in the United States.
Benedict will have three games on the Black College Sports Network. The first game will be Sept. 30 at home game against Morehouse, as well as the Nov. 4 rival contest against Allen. Benedict's road game at Savannah State on Oct. 28 will also be available on BCSN.
The Black College Sports Network is the first online media outlet dedicated to live coverage & broadcasting of HBCU sporting events on a weekly basis and is celebrating 25 years of broadcasting. The BCSN is the flagship product of the JERICHO Broadcast Networks (JBN), and is available to stream online or through Roku or Firestick apps.
Television and streaming games are still subject to change.