IRVING, TX — At lest eight Thundering Herd football games will be nationally televised this season. Conference USA released its television schedule Monday afternoon after Fox Sports and CBS Sports Network selected the games the networks wished to televise.
Seven of Marshall’s games will air on the Fox Sports family of networks including the season opener Sept. 6 versus Purdue.
“We are pleased that we will have so many of our football games on television and distributed to C-USA fans throughout the country,” said Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky. “We are looking forward to an exciting conference season that our fans will be able to watch play out this fall.”
Either ESPN or ESPN2 will televise the C-USA Championship game on Dec. 5, marking the 11th consecutive year the league title game will air on the ESPN family of networks.
Additional Conference USA football television exposures, including all selections by the American Sports Network (ASN), will be released as soon as they are finalized.
Start times for the Sept. 12 game at Ohio, the Sept. 19 game versus Norfolk State, the Sept. 26 game at Kent State and the Oct. 3 game versus Old Dominion have also not been finalized.
The 2015 Marshall football schedule (all times ET):
Sept. 6 PURDUE, 3 p.m. (FOX Sports 1)
Sept. 12 at Ohio, TBA
Sept. 19 NORFOLK STATE, TBA
Sept. 26 at Kent State, TBA
Oct. 3 OLD DOMINION, TBA
Oct. 9 SOUTHERN MISS, 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network)
Oct. 17 at Florida Atlantic, TBA* (FOX Sports TBA)*
Oct. 24 NORTH TEXAS, 3 p.m. (FOX College Sports)
Oct. 31 at Charlotte, TBA* (FOX Sports TBA)*
Nov. 7 at Middle Tennessee, TBA* (FOX Sports TBA)*
Nov. 14 FIU, TBA* (FOX Sports TBA)*
Nov. 21 Open date
Nov. 27 at Western Kentucky, 12 p.m. (FOX Sports 1)
*FOX Sports will determine time/network 12 days out from kickoff date