The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
C-USA Announces 2011 Football Television Schedule
7/26/2011 12:00:00 AM | 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.
2011 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE
(confirmed games as of July 25)
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. CST
FOX 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, 8:00 p.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
