Are you ready for some football?
Mustangs Football opens its 2011 season against Texas A&M on September 4 at College Station.
opens its 2011 season against Texas A&M on September 4 at College Station, with the game to be broadcast live on Fox Sports Network beginning at 6:30 p.m.
For those who want to travel to the game, the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøAthletic Department and ONE28 are partnering to provide bus service and meals. .
The first home game will be at 6 p.m. September 10 against the University of Texas at El Paso. FSN will broadcast the game live from Ford Stadium.
51³Ô¹ÏÍøAthletics announced Thursday (August 18) some $3 million in Ford Stadium improvements, including upgrades to the football locker room and team meeting rooms as well as a new playing surface. .
The Mustangs enter 2011 on the heels of consecutive bowl berths and Conference USA Western Division Championships, and preseason honors and accolades are piling up. Athlon Sports picks 51³Ô¹ÏÍøto finish first in Conference USA's Western Division and named nine Mustangs to its preseason All-C-USA squads.
The games against Texas A&M and UTEP are among 10 games that will be televised this season.
The Mustangs will then have an early wake-up call for an 11 a.m. kickoff at Memphis on Fox on Sept. 24. SMU's game at TCU is now set for Saturday, Oct. 1, and will kick at 2:30 p.m. CT on CBS Sports. Continuing the five-week run of TV games, the Mustangs also have the home UCF game (Oct. 15/Fox/TBD) and road 51³Ô¹ÏÍøMiss (Oct. 22/CBSSN/7 p.m. CT) and Tulsa (Oct. 29/Fox/TBD) games set for broadcast.
The Navy Midshipmen will come to Dallas to battle for the Gansz Trophy on Nov. 12 on Fox, and then 51³Ô¹ÏÍøand Houston, the two teams that have shared C-USA Western Division Championship in each of the past two seasons, will do battle in Space City on Nov. 19 on Fox.
51³Ô¹ÏÍøthen wraps up the regular season by hosting Rice in a fight for the Mayors' Cup on Nov. 26 on Fox.
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