CHICAGO — UTSA's season opener at Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 4, will be televised nationally on the Big Ten Network with a kickoff time of 6:30 p.m., network officials announced on Thursday.
The Roadrunners will open their 11th season of football and second year under head coach Jeff Traylor on the first Saturday in September against the Fighting Illini at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. It will mark the first meeting between the two schools on the gridiron and UTSA's first football game against a member of the Big Ten Conference.
UTSA will host Lamar in the home opener on Sept. 11 at the Alamodome and then welcome Middle Tennessee to the Alamo City for the Conference USA lid-lifter the following Saturday.
The Roadrunners will step back out of conference play for a road date with Memphis on Sept. 25 followed by a home game versus UNLV on Oct. 2.
UTSA then will hit the road to face C-USA East foe WKU on Oct. 9 and host Rice on Oct. 16 before a pair of road contests at Louisiana Tech (Oct. 23) and UTEP (Nov. 6).
The Roadrunners will close out the home slate with Southern Miss on Nov. 13 and UAB on Nov. 20.
The regular season finale is scheduled for Nov. 27 at North Texas and the C-USA Championship Game is set for Dec. 4.
A schedule of additional televised games will be released at a later date. It is important to note that games are subject to date changes in order to accommodate national television.
UTSA is coming off a 7-5 campaign that ended with the program's second bowl appearance, a narrow 31-24 setback to No. 16 Louisiana in the 2020 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl on Dec. 26 in Dallas. Traylor guided the Roadrunners to the second-most wins in school history, the most victories by a first-year head coach and to a second-place finish in C-USA's West Division with a 5-2 mark.
Season tickets for UTSA's 2021 home schedule are on sale now. The Roadrunners will host six games this fall at the Alamodome for what will be the 10th anniversary of the first season of UTSA Football.
Season ticket prices start at $75 per seat and there are two season ticket pricing plans for less than $100. Additionally, there are "all-inclusive" options that provide access to the new Touchdown Club located in the north end zone.
To purchase your season tickets, please call or text 210-458-UTSA (8872) or click here. Payment plans for all season ticket packages are available.
Current UTSA students receive free admission to all home games by downloading tickets via their Account Manager.
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