To make things easier for people, I think it'd be good to go ahead and have future football schedules posted, as far as we know this at this point. I'll sticky this too, so it's easier to find and reference when necessary.
2024 (12-game season)
8/31 - at Northern Illinois (FBS, MAC), $350k guarantee
9/7 - at Indiana (FBS, Big 10)
9/14 - at Illinois State (MVFC)
9/21 - Bye
9/28 - McKendree
10/5 - at Charleston Southern
10/12 - UT Martin (Homecoming)
10/19 - Tennessee Tech
10/26 - at Lindenwood
11/2 - at Eastern Illinois
11/9 - Tennessee State
11/16 - at Southeast Missouri State
11/23 - Gardner-Webb
2025
8/30 - at Illinois (FBS, Big 10), $500k guarantee
9/6 -
9/13 - vs Eastern Kentucky
9/20 - at Eastern Washington (Big Sky)
2026
9/12 - at Wisconsin (FBS, Big Ten), $575k guarantee
9/19 - at Lindenwood (OVC)
2027
9/4 - at Oklahoma State (FBS, Big 12), $425k guarantee
2028
9/2 - at Purdue (FBS, Big Ten), $450k guarantee
And in case anyone is interested, here's previous FBS guarantees that we've received:
2017 - at Coastal Carolina, $300k, won 52-10
2021 - at Ball State, $350k, lost 31-21
2022 - at Minnesota, $450k, lost 62-10
2023 - at New Mexico State, $360k guarantee, lost 58-21
Future Football Schedules
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Need to get Drake on the Sched.
also plus they are a MVC school.
also plus they are a MVC school.
Excellent idea Tom!yokedneck wrote:Can we get USD on the schedule twice next year?![]()
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We do have an open date...let's play them here.
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Any pioneer league would be good...we've played Valparaiso, Drake, Butler, Jacksonville in recent years...hey maybe Dayton wants a rematch?
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