<p>UC Davis to start preparations for 2007 campain; Season opener is Sept. 1 </p>
<p>DAVIS, Calif. - With new $31 million Aggie Stadium ready for its inaugural football season and with renewed NCAA playoff aspirations, the UC Davis football team will begin preparations in anticipation of the season opener on Sept. 1. </p>
<p>The Aggies, 6-5 last year for their 37th consecutive winning season, will open the season on Sept. 1 against Western Washington. The game against the Div. II Vikings will also be the first football contest in Aggie Stadium which recently finished construction, The facility, which will seat more than 10,000 fans and will also be the home for the UC Davis women’s lacrosse team, received a majority of its funding from the student-approved Facilities And Campus Enhancement Initiative (F.A.C.E.) in 1999. Construction began in 2005. </p>
<p>Besides fixed-seating on both the east and west sides of the stadium and on grass berms behind each endzone, the facility also features locker rooms, a mammoth scoreboard with video display, a pressbox with stadium club room on the concourse level, and several concession and restroom locations. A Sportexe all-weather artificial surface has already received positive reviews from teams that have already competed on it. </p>
<p>UC Davis has finalized game times for the upcoming season. Games against Northeastern (Sept. 22), Cal Poly (Oct. 13) and University of San Diego (Nov. 17) will begin at 1:30 p.m., the opener against Western Washington is at noon and the Oct. 27 homecoming matchup against South Dakota State will begin at 2 p.m. </p>
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