BOULDER, Colo. — Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders and the CU Buffs will be on national television for the opening two games of the 2024 football season.
The Colorado Buffaloes open the 2024 football season on Thursday, Aug. 29, against North Dakota State. The game will air on ESPN at 6:30 p.m. from Folsom Field in Boulder.
CU and the Nebraska Cornhuskers will play on NBC during a Week 2 rivalry game. The game will kickoff at 5:30 p.m. MT on Saturday, Sept. 7, on 9NEWS and NBC affiliates across the country.
The college football Week 2 game will be part of NBC's "Big Ten Saturday Night" football showcase, which is returning for a second year, NBC announced.
The Buffs won last year's game against Nebraska 36-14 in Boulder. This year's will be played at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
Colorado has not played a game on NBC since the 1995 Fiesta Bowl.
This will be the eighth game in CU history on a national broadcast on NBC, with six of the other seven being bowl games, including the 1962, 1977, 1990 and 1991 Orange Bowls and the 1993 and 1995 Fiesta Bowls.
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This fall marks the second season the Buffs will take the field led by Sanders. The Buffaloes also return to the Big 12 in 2024, their first season in the conference since 2010.
CU said the last time the Buffs played in both Lincoln and Fort Collins was in the 1996 season, which is also the last time Colorado played at Colorado State.
Colorado ends the 2024 season at home the day after Thanksgiving, on Friday, Nov. 29, against Oklahoma State.
Colorado 2024 football schedule
- Thursday, Aug. 29, at 6:30 p.m. - vs. North Dakota State - ESPN
- Saturday, Sept. 7, at 5:30 p.m. - at Nebraska - NBC
- Saturday, Sept. 14 - at Colorado State
- Saturday, Sept. 21 - vs. Baylor
- Saturday, Sept. 28 - at UCF
- Saturday, Oct. 12 - vs. Kansas State
- Saturday, Oct. 19 - at Arizona
- Saturday, Oct. 26 - vs. Cincinnati
- Saturday, Nov. 9 - at Texas Tech
- Saturday, Nov. 16 - vs. Utah
- Saturday, Nov. 23 - at Kansas
- Friday, Nov. 29 - vs. Oklahoma State
This season the Buffs will play nine of 15 conference opponents: Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Texas Tech, Arizona, Utah, Central Florida, and Cincinnati.
Kansas announced Tuesday that several of its home games will be played at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs, while its campus stadium is renovated. Colorado's game on Nov. 23 will be played at the NFL stadium.
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