Southeast Missouri State completes football schedule for 2013 season

Southeast Missouri State completed its 12-game 2013 football schedule Thursday with the addition of NCAA Division II opponent Urbana University. The Redhawks will host the Blue Knights on Nov. 2.

Urbana University, located in Urbana, Ohio, went 7-4 overall and 5-3 during its final season as an associate member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference last year. The Blue Knights recently joined the Mountain East Conference.

Southeast's other nonconference games are at Southeastern Louisiana in the Aug. 29 season opener; at Mississippi on Sept. 7 in the Redhawks' annual "money" game to generate revenue for the athletic department --Southeast reportedly will receive $375,000 -- and against SIU Carbondale on Sept. 21.

Southeast originally was scheduled to host SIU, but both universities are reportedly negotiating with the St. Louis Cardinals to hold the contest at Busch Stadium. An announcement on that should be coming soon.

The Redhawks will play their normal eight-game Ohio Valley Conference schedule. Southeast has not released the dates for the contests but they have been posted on the OVC's official web site.

OVC home dates are Sept. 28 (Tennessee-Martin), Oct. 12 (Murray State), Oct. 26 (Eastern Kentucky) and Nov. 9 (Tennessee Tech).

OVC road contests are Oct. 5 (Tennessee State), Oct. 19 (Eastern Illinois), Nov. 16 (Austin Peay) and Nov. 23 (Jacksonville State).

Starting times are still to be announced.