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Deion Sanders' CU Buffs land another national TV game

Deion Sanders and Colorado will appear on all four networks in the same season for the first time in school history.

BOULDER, Colo. — The CU football team has landed another nationally televised game.

CU Athletics announced Monday its homecoming game against Baylor on Saturday, Sept. 21, will kick off at 6 p.m. and be televised nationally on FOX.

The Colorado Buffaloes and head coach Deion Sanders will appear on all four networks in the same season for the first time in school history. Games this season are now scheduled to air on FOX, CBS, ABC and NBC.

The Baylor game will be the first Big 12 Conference game for the Buffaloes in 13 years. Tickets for the game at Folsom Field sold out in August.

Colorado's Week 1 season opener vs. North Dakota State was ESPN's highest-rated college football opener in seven years, garnering an average of 4.8 million viewers.

"Whether you like it or not, you want to see it," Sanders said of his program.

CU Buffs 2024 football schedule

  • Thursday, Aug. 29 - CU defeats North Dakota State 31-26 - ESPN
  • Saturday, Sept. 7 - Nebraska defeats CU 28-10 - NBC
  • Saturday, Sept. 14 at 5:30 p.m. at Colorado State - CBS
  • Saturday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. - vs. Baylor - FOX
  • 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 at 10 a.m. - vs. Oklahoma State - ABC

The Colorado-Baylor game was the second CU game to sell out this season, along with the Family Weekend contest on Oct. 26 against Cincinnati. CU Athletics said fans interested in purchasing tickets for the Baylor or Cincinnati games can purchase via CU's official secondary partner SeatGeek.

Credit: AP Photo/Jack Dempsey
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders takes the field against North Dakota State during an NCAA college football game Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.

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