Additional Spartan football game times, networks announced

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Five more Michigan State football game times have been announced, along with the announcement of several network assignments for games.

The season-opening game against Central Michigan on Friday, Sept. 1 was previously announced to start at 7 p.m. That game will be televised on FS1 for what will be the 11th time since 2011 that the Spartans start their season on a Friday night.

On Saturday, Sept. 9, the Spartans host the Richmond Spiders for a 3:30 p.m. game aired on Big Ten Network. The following week, on Sept. 16, the Washington Huskies will face the Spartans at 5 p.m. in a game that can be seen on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service.

Additional games announced include Homecoming vs. Maryland on Sept. 23 at 3:30 p.m. and the Oct. 14 game at Rutgers which will kick off at noon. The networks carrying those two games will be announced at a later time.

Two previously announced games include MSU at Ohio State on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m., both airing on NBC and simul-streamed on Peacock. The Penn State game on Black Friday will be played at Ford Field in Detroit.

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