2016 Football Schedule
Date Opponent TV
 Streaming Time (CT) DirecTV Dish U-Verse Cable Online Service
Sept. 3 at Arkansas SEC Network L, 21-20
Sept. 10 South Carolina State C-USA.tv W, 53-21
Sept. 17 at Texas Tech FSN L, 59-45
Sept. 24 at Middle Tennessee* ASN L, 38-34
Oct. 1 UTEP* (Red Out) ASN W, 28-7
Thurs, Oct. 6 Western Kentucky* (Loyal Blue) CBS SN W, 55-52
Oct. 15 at UMass ASN Watch ESPN W, 56-28
Oct. 22 at FIU* ESPN3 Watch ESPN W, 44-24
Oct. 29 Rice* Campus Insiders Campus Insiders W, 61-16
Nov. 5 at North Texas* ESPN3 Watch ESPN W, 45-24
Nov. 12 UTSA* (Homecoming) ESPN3
KMYS CW 35
KPXJ CW 21
KNOE CW 8.3		 Watch ESPN W, 63-35
Nov. 19 BYE --- ---
Fri, Nov. 25 at Southern Miss* ESPNEWS Watch ESPN L, 39-24
Dec. 3 at Western Kentucky
Conference USA Championship Game		 ESPN Watch ESPN 11:00 a.m.
Dec. 23 Navy
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl		 ESPN Watch ESPN 3:30 p.m. 206 140 602/1602 Sling
PS Vue
DirecTV Now
C-USA 2016 Bowl Partners
Sat, Dec 17 Gildan New Mexico Bowl ESPN UTSA vs. New Mexico 1:00 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl ESPN USM vs. UL-L 8:00 p.m.
Tues, Dec 20 Marmot Boca Raton Bowl ESPN WKU vs. Memphis 6:00 p.m.
Fri, Dec 23 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl ESPN ODU vs. EMU 12:00 p.m.
Sat, Dec 24 Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl ESPN MTSU vs. Hawaii 8:00 p.m.
Tues, Dec 27 Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl ESPN UNT vs. Army 12:00 p.m.


2015 Schedule

2017 Non-Conference Football Opponents
Date Opponent Location Payout
Sept. 2 Northwestern State Ruston, La.
Sept. 9 Mississippi State Ruston, La.
Sept. 23 at South Carolina Columbia, SC $1 million
Sept. 30 South Alabama Ruston, La.
C-USA Home USM, UNT, UAB, FAU
C-USA Away Rice, UTSA, UTEP, Marshall or Charlotte
2018 Non-Conference Football Opponents
Date Opponent Location
Sept. 1 at South Alabama Mobile, Ala.
Sept. 8 Southern Ruston, LA -$375,000
Sept. 15 at Mississippi State Starkville, Miss.
Oct. 20 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. $1.15 million
C-USA Home Rice, UTSA, UTEP, East TBD
C-USA Away USM, UNT, UAB, East TBD
2019 Non-Conference Football Opponents
Date Opponent Location
Aug. 31 at Texas Austin, Texas $1.1 million
Sept. 7 Grambling Ruston, La. - $300,000
Sept. 14 at Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio
Oct. 19 UMass Ruston, La.
2020 Non-Conference Football Opponents
Date Opponent Location
Sept. 5 at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev.
Sept. 12 at Baylor Waco, Texas
2021 Non-Conference Football Opponents
Date Opponent Location
Sept. 4 at Mississippi State Starkville, Miss.
Sept. 11 Baylor Ruston, La.
Sept. 18 Bowling Green Ruston, La.
2022 Non-Conference Football Opponents
Date Opponent Location
Sept. 10 at Baylor Waco, Texas
Sept. 24 at Clemson Clemson, S.C. $1.1 million