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Texas, Colorado State football teams draw ESPN telecast, afternoon kickoff time for opener

danny davis, austin american-statesman
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Texas fans erupt after the Longhorns stopped Kansas State on a fourth-and-goal play in overtime, preserving Texas' win in early November. Texas will kick off its season Aug. 31 against Colorado State, a game that will start at 2:30 p.m.
Texas fans erupt after the Longhorns stopped Kansas State on a fourth-and-goal play in overtime, preserving Texas' win in early November. Texas will kick off its season Aug. 31 against Colorado State, a game that will start at 2:30 p.m.

The first show for the Texas Longhorns as a member of the Southeastern Conference will be a matinee.

Texas announced on Tuesday that its 2024 football season opener on Aug. 31 will kick off at 2:30 p.m. at Royal-Memorial Stadium. It will be televised by ESPN.

The Longhorns' second game, at Michigan on Sept. 7, has already been announced as an 11 a.m. kickoff. None of Texas' other 10 game times have been revealed.

Texas and Colorado State have played only once before. The Longhorns recorded a 46-0 win over the Rams in 1975.

Forty-nine years later, sunscreen will likely be needed for this rematch. The Austin American-Statesman has reported that temperatures at Camp Mabry averaged 91 degrees last August, and that was the hottest month during a year that was the hottest ever recorded in Austin by the National Weather Service. When Texas kicked off its 2023 season with an afternoon game against Rice on Sept. 2, UT reported a gametime temperature of 99 degrees.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas, Colorado State football teams open 2024 season on ESPN