The 2019 Loyola Football season schedule features a competitive 10-game set with five road contests and five home games to be played underneath the Friday Night Lights on Smith Field. All games this season will be played on Friday evenings, with kickoff times set for 7:00 p.m.
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The Cubs open up the new season at home against St. Bernard HS on Friday (Aug. 30) before going on the road for three consecutive weekends against St. Augustine HS (Sept. 6) in San Diego, Cathedral HS (Sept. 13) in Downtown Los Angeles and Valencia HS (Sept. 20) in Valencia.
Loyola then returns to Venice Boulevard for three straight games, starting off with a Sept. 27 matchup against Vista Murrieta HS. The Cubs then kick off Mission League play against Serra HS (Gardena) on Oct. 4, followed by a game against Alemany on Oct. 11. The final three league games will take place against Notre Dame HS in Sherman Oaks (Oct. 18), versus Chaminade at home (Oct. 25) for Senior Night and at Bishop Amat HS in La Puente (Nov. 1) to conclude the regular season. In total, Loyola will host three league games and will travel for two others.
The 2019 season will mark the first for the Cubs under new head coach, Drew Casani ’91. Casani, a former CIF-SS Division I Player of the Year for Loyola back in 1990, was on the sidelines last season as an assistant ILB coach for the Cubs and was tabbed as head coach back in January. He has assembled a solid coaching staff to join him this season, including newcomers in Matthew Hatchette (OC/QB), Jerry Phillips (DB), Gabe Marks (WR) and Elic Mahone (DL), to go along with alumni Mike Gilhooly ’88 (DC/OLB), Christian Gascou ’93 (DL), Rick Pedroarias ’84 (OL), Jorge Torres ’99 (TE) and Joe Vivo ’96 (RB). This year’s roster is mixed with both youth and experience as the Cubs will look to build upon the 2018 season.
The full 2019 Loyola Football schedule is listed below.
Game No. 1 - HOME
WHEN: Friday Aug. 30 @ 7PM
WHO: St. Bernard (Playa del Rey) Vikings
WHERE: Smith Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Game No. 2 - AWAY
WHEN: Friday Sept. 6 @ 7PM
WHO: St. Augustine Saints
WHERE: Mesa College (San Diego, Calif.)
Game No. 3 - AWAY
WHEN: Friday Sept. 13 @ 7PM
WHO: Cathedral Phantoms
WHERE: Cathedral HS (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Game No. 4 - AWAY
WHEN: Friday Sept. 20 @ 7PM
WHO: Valencia Vikings
WHERE: Valencia HS (Valencia, Calif.)
Game No. 5 - HOME
WHEN: Friday Sept. 27 @ 7PM
WHO: Vista Murrieta Broncos
WHERE: Smith Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Game No. 6 - HOME
WHEN: Friday Oct. 4 @ 7PM
WHO: Serra (Gardena) Cavaliers
WHERE: Smith Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Game No. 7 - HOME
WHEN: Friday Oct. 11 @ 7PM
WHO: Alemany Warriors
WHERE: Smith Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Game No. 8 - AWAY
WHEN: Friday Oct. 18 @ 7PM
WHO: Notre Dame (SO) Knights
WHERE: Notre Dame HS (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)
Game No. 9 - HOME
WHEN: Friday Oct. 25 @ 7PM
WHO: Chaminade Eagles
WHERE: Smith Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Game No. 10 - AWAY
WHEN: Friday Nov. 1 @ 7PM
WHO: Bishop Amat Lancers
WHERE: Bishop Amat HS (La Puente, Calif.)
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