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Several Football Game Times Announced
5/30/2019 11:14:00 AM | Football
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Big Ten Conference and its television broadcast partners announced several game times for the 2019 season on Thursday.
Michigan State will kick off the 2019 season on Friday, Aug. 30 vs. Tulsa at 7 p.m. in Spartan Stadium in the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The game will be televised on FS1. This marks the eighth time in the last nine years that the Spartans will open on Friday night. The Spartans are 7-0 in their previous Friday night games under head coach Mark Dantonio, including a 6-0 mark in Spartan Stadium.
For Week 2, the Spartans will host Western Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. on BTN. Dantonio is 5-0 against the Broncos and MSU is 13-2 all-time against WMU.
Michigan State will welcome Arizona State to East Lansing for just the second time in series history on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on FOX.
Homecoming on Sept. 28 vs. Indiana is set for either 3:30 or 4 p.m. in Spartan Stadium.
MSU's game at Ohio State on Oct. 5 will kick off at 7:30 p.m. and will be televised on either ABC or ESPN.
The following week, the Spartans will travel to Wisconsin and play the Badgers at either 3:30 or 4 p.m.
2019 MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (as of May 30, 2019)
Aug. 30: TULSA, 7 p.m. (FS1)
Sept. 7: WESTERN MICHIGAN, 7:30 p.m. (BTN)Â
Sept. 14: ARIZONA STATE, 4 p.m. (FOX)Â
Sept. 21: at Northwestern
Sept. 28: INDIANA, 3:30/4 p.m. (Homecoming)Â
Oct. 5: at Ohio State, 7:30 p.m. (ABC/ESPN)
Oct. 12: at Wisconsin, 3:30/4 p.m. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Oct. 26: PENN STATE
Nov. 9: ILLINOIS
Nov. 16: at Michigan
Nov. 23: at Rutgers
Nov. 30: MARYLAND
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Michigan State will kick off the 2019 season on Friday, Aug. 30 vs. Tulsa at 7 p.m. in Spartan Stadium in the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The game will be televised on FS1. This marks the eighth time in the last nine years that the Spartans will open on Friday night. The Spartans are 7-0 in their previous Friday night games under head coach Mark Dantonio, including a 6-0 mark in Spartan Stadium.
For Week 2, the Spartans will host Western Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. on BTN. Dantonio is 5-0 against the Broncos and MSU is 13-2 all-time against WMU.
Michigan State will welcome Arizona State to East Lansing for just the second time in series history on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on FOX.
Homecoming on Sept. 28 vs. Indiana is set for either 3:30 or 4 p.m. in Spartan Stadium.
MSU's game at Ohio State on Oct. 5 will kick off at 7:30 p.m. and will be televised on either ABC or ESPN.
The following week, the Spartans will travel to Wisconsin and play the Badgers at either 3:30 or 4 p.m.
2019 MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (as of May 30, 2019)
Aug. 30: TULSA, 7 p.m. (FS1)
Sept. 7: WESTERN MICHIGAN, 7:30 p.m. (BTN)Â
Sept. 14: ARIZONA STATE, 4 p.m. (FOX)Â
Sept. 21: at Northwestern
Sept. 28: INDIANA, 3:30/4 p.m. (Homecoming)Â
Oct. 5: at Ohio State, 7:30 p.m. (ABC/ESPN)
Oct. 12: at Wisconsin, 3:30/4 p.m. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Oct. 26: PENN STATE
Nov. 9: ILLINOIS
Nov. 16: at Michigan
Nov. 23: at Rutgers
Nov. 30: MARYLAND
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