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UNI Football Takes Part in MVFC - Big Sky Challenge

Official Site of the Panthers | August 14, 2018

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ST. LOUIS – In an effort to publicize current matchups and promote future non-conference scheduling between two of the premier FCS conferences, the Missouri Valley Football Conference and the Big Sky Conference have announced the 2018 Challenge Series matchups between the two leagues.

Last year marked the inaugural year of the Big Sky-MVFC Challenge, which was won by the MVFC, 5-3. Notably, Weber State defeated Western Illinois in an additional meeting in the NCAA Division I Football Championship, but only regular-season games count toward the Challenge Series.

Over the past five seasons, institutions in the two conferences have played one another 44 times.

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