Universities have signed agreement for a Sept. 15 meeting in Lafayette

McNeese State and the University of Louisiana have agreed to play a football game Sept. 15, 2007 in Lafayette.

Athletic directors Sonny Watkins of McNeese and David Walker of Louisiana-Lafayette made the announcement of the agreement.

Kickoff will be at 4 p.m. at Cajun Field.

The two universities have been attempting to return to the gridiron one of the state's most storied rivalries.

An earlier agreement for a game this year was thwarted when the NCAA turned down a request for 1-AA schools to schedule 12 games.

Watkins said that he was happy to be able to get the game on the board.

"There has always been a lot of interest in the McNeese-Louisiana-Lafayette football rivalry and I know that in restarting this rivalry it will draw a tremendous amount of interest and excitement for our fans and their fans as well as all of Southwest Louisiana," Watkins said.

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