TOWSON, Md. – The teams have been selected and the coaches have been named. At 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Tiger Bowl II will be played between the Black Team and the White Team. Tiger Bowl II is sponsored
by Union Memorial Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.
Quarterbacks Coach Jared Ambrose will serve as the head coach of the Black Team while Defensive Coordinator Matt Hachmann will lead the White Team.
Brock Roberts will serve as Honorary Coach.
The Tiger Bowl, which attracted more than 1,000 fans last
season, will be played at 1 p.m. in Johnny Unitas® Stadium. Admission to the
Tiger Bowl is free and open to the public.
Tiger Bowl Saturday starts at 9 a.m. with a Youth Football
Clinic that will be held at the Towson University Soccer Complex. The clinic is
open to all eighth graders or younger and it will be conducted by the Tiger
coaching staff.
At 11:30 a.m., the Tiger Football Alumni Game will be played on the Tigers' practice field next to the Soccer Complex.
Tiger Bowl II will conclude the Tiger football
team's Spring season. Coach Rob Ambrose and his staff have 42 letter winners
and a very talented group of newcomers who will be hoping to impress the
coaching staff during the Tiger Bowl. The Tigers return nine starters on
offense and nine starters on defense from last year's team.
The 2011 Tigers were known as the “Turnaround Tigers” as
they were the most improved team NCAA FCS. One year after posting a 1-10
record, the 2011 Tigers went 9-3 and won their first Colonial Athletic
Association championship. The Tigers, who were ranked ninth at the end of the
season, reached the second round of the NCAA FCS playoffs.
After Tiger Bowl II is played, the Tiger men's lacrosse team
will honor their seniors when the Tigers host Drexel University in a vital CAA
matchup in Unitas Stadium at 7:30 p.m.
SCHEDULE
Saturday, April 21
| 7 a.m. |
Towson Football Captain's Breakfast |
| 9 a.m. |
Youth Football Clinic at Tiger Soccer Complex |
| 11 a.m. |
Towson Baseball vs. Georgia State |
| 11L30 a.m. |
Towson Football Alumni Game at Tiger Lower Practice Field |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Towson Swimming & Diving Annual End of Year Picnic |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Towson Men's Lacrosse vs. Drexel in Unitas Stadium |