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Utah State football will have five games televised by CBS Sports Network during the 2013 season it was announced Friday by the Mountain West (MW). Overall, 21 games involving MW teams will be broadcast by CBS Sports Network this fall, including 13 conference games and eight non-conference games.
Utah State’s first game to be broadcast by CBS Sports Network will also be its first-ever Mountain West game as it plays at Air Force on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 1:30 p.m. (MT). This matchup will also be the first conference game of the season for the league.
Utah State’s other four games included in this package will all be at home as matchups against BYU (10/4), Boise State (10/12), Hawai’i (11/2) and Colorado State (11/23) will all be televised live by CBS Sports Network. USU’s game against the Cougars on Friday, Oct. 4 will kickoff at 6 p.m. (MT), while its game against the Broncos on Saturday, Oct. 12 is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. (MT). USU’s game against the Warriors on Saturday, Nov. 2 will kickoff at 2 p.m. (MT) and its game against the Rams will begin at 1:30 p.m. (MT).
| 2013 UTAH STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Time | Last Meeting | Series Record |
| Aug. 29 (Thur.) | at Utah | TBA | 2012, W, 27-20 OT (h) | USU trails 29-77-4 |
| Sept. 7 | at Air Force* | 1:30 p.m. | 1969, L, 13-38 (a) | USU trails 0-1 |
| Sept. 14 | WEBER ST. | TBA | 2011, W, 54-17 (h) | USU leads 12-1-0 |
| Sept. 21 | at USC | TBA | 1989, L, 10-66 (a) | USU trails 0-4 |
| Sept. 27 (Fri.) | at San Jose State* | 7 p.m. | 2012, W, 49-27 (a) | USU trails 14-20-1 |
| Oct. 4 (Fri.) | BYU | 6 p.m. | 2012, L, 3-6 (a) | USU trails 34-45-3 |
| Oct. 12 | BOISE STATE* | 5:30 p.m. | 2010, L, 14-50 (a) | USU trails 4-13-0 |
| Oct. 19 | at New Mexico* | TBA | 2003, L, 7-34 (a) | USU trails 8-11-0 |
| Oct. 26 | BYE | |||
| Nov. 2 | HAWAI'I* | 2 p.m. | 2011, W, 35-31 (a) | Series tied 6-6-0 |
| Nov. 9 | at UNLV* | TBA | 2012, W, 35-13 (h) | USU leads 13-7 |
| Nov. 16 | BYE | |||
| Nov. 23 | COLORADO STATE* | 1:30 p.m. | 2012, W, 31-19 (a) | USU trails 31-36-2 |
| Nov. 30 | WYOMING* | TBA | 2011, W, 63-19 (h) | USU leads 35-24-4 |
| Dec. 7 | Mountain West Championship |
All listed times are Mountain
* Mountain West game
Along with its five games to be televised on CBS Sports Network, Utah State’s game at San Jose State on Friday, Sept. 27 will be televised on ESPN at 7 p.m. (MT).
CBS Sports Network is the Mountain West’s primary rights holder and today’s announcement previews the eighth season of MW football on the network. CBS Sports Network is joined this season by ESPN as the second national television partner under a new agreement reached last month. Between the networks, 44 football games will be televised this year on their various platforms. Earlier this week, the initial slate of ESPN telecasts was released. Additional games on CBS Sports Network and the ESPN networks will be announced at a later date, along with information regarding the second- and third-tier telecast plans.
CBS Sports Network, is the 24-hour destination of CBS Sports and is in 48 million homes and available to 100 million homes nationwide. The network televises 350 live games and over 2,200 hours of original programming every year including live college football and college basketball. CBS Sports Network can be found on Comcast Ch. 269/753 HD in Cache Valley, as well as on DirecTV (Ch. 613) and the DISH Network (Ch. 158).
Beginning in the fall of 2013, MW football membership will include Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Utah State and Wyoming in the Mountain Division and Fresno State, Hawai‘i, Nevada, San Diego State, San Jose State and UNLV in the West Division.
Utah State will open the 2013 season on Thursday, Aug. 29 at Utah and its first home game of the 2013 campaign will be on Saturday, Sept. 14 against Weber State.
Fans can follow the Aggie football program at twitter.com/USUFootball. Aggie fans can also follow the Utah State athletic program at twitter.com/USUAthletics or on facebook at Utah State University Athletics.
Doug Hoffman is the assistant athletic director for Utah State University Athletic Media Relations.
