University of Memphis Athletics
C-USA Announces 2011 Football Television Schedule
Jul 26, 2011 | Football
July 26, 2011
IRVING, Texas - Conference USA has announced its television schedule for the 2011 football season. The current confirmed schedule features nearly 70 games to air nationally or regionally, the highest number in league history. National games will be televised on Fox Sports Net (FSN), FX, CBS Sports Network, ABC and ESPN. Included are several unopposed windows that provide tremendous exposure to C-USA, as well as numerous exciting league match-ups, and many challenging non-conference contests.
The 2011 football season marks the beginning of a new long-term agreement between Conference USA and Fox Sports Media Group for national television rights to a variety of marquee Conference USA events, including a minimum of 20 regular-season football games. Through two dozen owned and affiliated networks, FOX Sports Networks (FSN) programming reaches more than 85 million homes across the country. Conference USA joins Fox's impressive roster of other conference partners that includes the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, ACC, and SEC.
This season marks the seventh year of C-USA's partnership with CBS Sports Network that includes significant national and regional exposure for football, men's and women's basketball and other C-USA sports. CBS Sports Network is the original 24-hour sports channel dedicated to covering college sports. Available to 95 million homes nationwide, CBS Sports Network provides comprehensive college sports coverage, including 25 men's and women's sports, hundreds of live games annually, as well as in-depth studio and original programming.
"We are very pleased to have a record number of our football games on television and distributed to fans throughout the country," said Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky. "We are looking forward to an exciting conference season this fall and we're glad that people around the country will be able to watch so many of our games."
The FSN schedule kicks off on Thursday, September 1, when Memphis hosts Mississippi State. A total of five games involving C-USA schools will air on opening weekend. The entire schedule currently features 23 games on FSN, along with one contest on FX. The 2011 C-USA Championship game on Saturday, December 3 is scheduled to air on either FOX Sports (broadcast) or FX (the company's general entertainment cable network available in more than 98 million homes).
CBS Sports Network will broadcast nationally a minimum of 20 C-USA football games during the 2011 season, including 10 conference match-ups. Live game coverage kicks off with a doubleheader on Saturday, Sept. 10 with Purdue visiting Rice and Boston College playing at UCF. CBS Sports Network's schedule includes five doubleheader days.
As part of the league's agreement with CBS Sports Network, 10 games have been sub-licensed for regional broadcast on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS). Nine of those 10 games will be league matchups.
Additional Conference USA football television exposures remain a possibility, and games will be released as soon as they are finalized.
CBS SPORTS NETWORK NATIONAL Saturday, September 10 Purdue at Rice 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 10 Boston College at UCF 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 24 Virginia Tech at Marshall 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 24 Tulsa at Boise State 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Thursday, September 29 Houston at UTEP 8:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. MDT Friday, September 30 SMU at TCU 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 1 North Carolina at East Carolina 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 1 Tulane at Army Noon EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT Saturday, October 8 Southern Miss at Navy 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 8 East Carolina at Houston 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 15 UAB at Tulsa 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 22 East Carolina at Navy 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 22 SMU at Southern Miss 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 29 Southern Miss at UTEP 8:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. MDT Thursday, November 3 Tulsa at UCF 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, November 5 Houston at UAB 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Thursday, November 10 Houston at Tulane 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Saturday, November 12 UCF at Southern Miss 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Thursday, November 17 Southern Miss at UAB 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Friday, November 25 UTEP at UCF 7:00 p.m. EST/6:00 p.m. CSTFOX SPORTS NET SCHEDULE Thursday, September 1 Mississippi State at Memphis 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 3 UCLA at Houston 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 3 East Carolina vs. South Carolina 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 3 Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss 10:00 p.m. EDT/9:00 p.m. CDT Sunday, September 4 SMU at Texas A&M 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 10 UTEP at SMU TBA Saturday, September 10 Virginia Tech at East Carolina TBA Saturday, September 10 UAB at Florida 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 17 Oklahoma State at Tulsa 10:00 p.m. EDT/9:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 24 SMU at Memphis Noon EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT Saturday, September 24 Rice at Baylor 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 8 Mississippi State at UAB Noon EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT Saturday, October 15 UCF at SMU TBA Saturday, October 22 Tulsa at Rice TBA Thursday, October 27 Rice at Houston 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 29 SMU at Tulsa 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, November 5 UTEP at Rice TBA Saturday, November 12 Marshall at Tulsa TBA Saturday, November 12 Navy at SMU TBA Thursday, November 17 Marshall at Memphis 8:00p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Saturday, November 19 SMU at Houston TBA Saturday, November 19 UCF at East Carolina TBA Friday, November 25 Houston at Tulsa Noon EST/11:00 a.m. CST Saturday, November 26 Rice at SMU TBA
FX SCHEDULE Saturday, September 3 Tulsa at Oklahoma 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
FOX or FX SCHEDULE Saturday, December 3 C-USA Championship Game TBA
ABC SCHEDULE Saturday, December 31 AutoZone Liberty Bowl 3:30 p.m. EST/2:30 p.m. CST
ESPN SCHEDULE Sunday, September 4 Marshall at West Virginia 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Friday, September 23 UCF at BYU 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, December 17 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 9:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. CST Tuesday, December 20 Beef`O'Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Saturday, December 24 Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST Friday, December 30 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Noon EST/11:00 a.m. CST
ESPN U SCHEDULE Monday, January 2 TicketCity Bowl Noon EST/11:00 a.m. CST
ESPN3.COM SCHEDULE Saturday, September 10 Houston at North Texas 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 17 UCF at Florida International 6:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 17 Marshall at Ohio 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 17 Houston at Louisiana Tech 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
LONGHORN NETWORK SCHEDULE Saturday, September 3 Rice at Texas 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
COMCAST SPORTS SOUTHEAST (CSS) REGIONAL SCHEDULE Saturday, September 10 Southern Miss at Marshall 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 24 Georgia State at Houston 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 1 Rice at Southern Miss 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 8 Memphis at Rice 12:30 p.m. EDT/11:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, October 20 UCF at UAB 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 22 Marshall at Houston 4:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 29 UAB at Marshall Noon EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT Saturday, November 5 Southern Miss at East Carolina 4:00 p.m. EDT/3:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, November 12 UAB at Memphis 4:15 p.m. EDT/3:15 p.m. CDT Saturday, November 26 Memphis at Southern Miss 4:00 p.m. EDT/3:00 p.m. CDT
BHSN REGIONAL SCHEDULE (FLORIDA) Saturday, September 3 Charleston Southern at UCF 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 8 Marshall at UCF 4:00 p.m. EDT/3:00 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 29 Memphis at UCF 4:00 p.m. EDT/3:00 p.m. CDT
CST REGIONAL SCHEDULE (LOUISIANA) Saturday, September 10 Tulsa at Tulane 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:20 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 8 Syracuse at Tulane 8:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CDT
TIME-WARNER EL PASO REGIONAL SCHEDULE (TEXAS) Saturday, September 3 Stony Brook at UTEP 9:05 p.m. EDT/7:05 p.m. MDT Saturday, September 10 UTEP at SMU TBA Saturday, October 22 Colorado State at UTEP 8:05 p.m. CDT/6:05 p.m. MDT Saturday, November 12 East Carolina at UTEP 8:05 p.m. EST/6:05 p.m. MST Saturday, November 19 Tulsa at UTEP 8:05 p.m. EST/6:05 p.m. MST
