Michigan Pushes WMU, Illinois Games Back One Week
9/14/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
Editor's Note: Game times and TV arrangements for the rescheduled games were announced Monday (Sept. 17) by the Big Ten office. U-M will play Western Michigan at 12:10 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 22, on ESPN Regional Television. The Wolverines will host Illinois at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 29, on ABC Television.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan Director of Athletics Bill Martin announced tonight (Friday, Sept. 14) the 2001 football schedule has been adjusted after postponing this Saturday's (Sept. 15) game vs. Western Michigan in view of the national tragedy. The Wolverines will eliminate the Sept. 29 bye week in their schedule and push back both the WMU and Illinois games one week.
"We want to thank the Big Ten Conference Office, Commissioner Rick Chryst and the Mid-American Conference Office, Western Michigan University, the University of Illinois, Ball State University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for making these changes possible," Martin said. "We are pleased to keep our schedule intact and provide our coaches, team, fans and alumni with the schedule it originally intended to play."
A day after postponing this Saturday's game, the Wolverines and Broncos have agreed to meet next Saturday, Sept. 22, at Michigan Stadium. Western Michigan, originally scheduled to host Ball State on that date, will reschedule that contest for Nov. 24 at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo.
U-M and Illinois have agreed to move their Sept. 22 Big Ten Conference opener at Michigan Stadium to Saturday, Sept. 29, a week in which both programs had a bye.
"In an effort to inform our fans as quickly as possible we wanted to announce these changes today, " Martin added. "The time of the games still must be approved by the Big Ten Conference. If the games are not televised they will be played at noon. The Illinois game time and television arrangement is subject to change and could be selected under the six- or 12-day provision as designated under the conference television package."
Ticket Clarification
Tickets for the postponed game against Western Michigan will be good for the Saturday, Sept. 22, Western Michigan game only.
Tickets for the rescheduled Illinois game will be good for the Saturday, Sept. 29, Illinois game only.
Holders of single-game tickets (not season ticket holders) for either game may obtain a refund by mailing tickets with name, customer number, phone number and address to the Michigan Athletic Ticket Office, 1000 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Tickets must be received in the ticket office no later than 5 p.m. EDT on the Friday prior to the respective game.
For more information, contact the Athletic Ticket Office at (734) 764-0247.
