IRVING, Texas — Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the American Athletic Conference’s 111-game football schedule, including the 56-game conference slate, as the league begins a historic season in 2024.
The 2024 season will be the second in which The American has 14 teams under its banner, and the first with Army West Point as a football-playing member. Each of the 14 teams in The American will play eight conference games in 2024.
UTSA is set for its second season as a member of The American with four conference games scheduled for the Alamodome and four league road matchups. The Roadrunners also have four non-conference contests, hosting Kennesaw State and Houston Christian at home as well as traveling to Texas and Texas State in their fifth season under head coach Jeff Traylor. In fact, nine of their 12 regular season games will be played in the state of Texas.
Fans can purchase season tickets online or by calling the UTSA Ticket Office at 210-458-UTSA (8872) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding holidays. Current UTSA football season-ticket holders may renew their tickets by logging into their UTSA Account Manager.
The Roadrunners will open AAC play on the road against East Carolina on Saturday, Sept. 28, in Greenville, North Carolina. UTSA defeated the Pirates, 41-27, on Oct 28, 2023, at the Alamodome in their first-ever meeting on the gridiron.
Following the first of two idle weeks, UTSA will travel to Houston to face Rice on Saturday, Oct. 12. The Roadrunners have won the last eight meetings with the Owls, including a 34-14 home victory on Nov. 11, 2023, and they lead the all-time series, 8-3.
UTSA will welcome Florida Atlantic to the Alamo City for its AAC home opener on Oct. 19. The Roadrunners raced past the Owls, 36-10, on Oct. 21, 2023, in Boca Raton for their first win in four meetings.
The Roadrunners will close out the month with a road date against Tulsa on Oct. 26. This will mark UTSA’s second meeting with the Golden Hurricane and first since a 34-15 road victory on Nov. 2, 2013.
UTSA will have three consecutive home games in the month of November at the Alamodome.
The Roadrunners will host Memphis on Nov. 2 in their second meeting with the Tigers. UTSA rallied for a 31-28 road triumph on Sept. 25, 2021, in the only previous matchup.
After their second idle week of the fall, the Roadrunners will host North Texas on Friday, Nov. 15. UTSA has won the past three meetings with the Mean Green, including a 37-29 road win last November, and leads the all-time series, 7-5.
The Roadrunners are set to host Temple on either Friday, Nov. 22, or Saturday, Nov. 23. UTSA scored a 49-34 win last October in Philadelphia in the only previous meeting.
UTSA will wrap up the regular season slate on the road on Nov. 30 taking on Army in West Point, New York. The Roadrunners were victorious in overtime, 41-38, on Sept. 10, 2022, in their only previous trip to the Empire State. The Black Knights outlasted UTSA, 37-29, last September in the Alamodome to improve to 3-1 all-time in the series.
The 10th American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which has been broadcast on ABC in each of the last nine years, will feature the top two teams in the final single-division regular-season standings on Friday, Dec. 6. It will be televised either on ABC or ESPN in prime time.
The Roadrunners will kick off their 14th season of play on Saturday, Aug. 31, when they welcome Kennesaw State to the Alamodome. This will mark UTSA’s first meeting with the Owls, who are transitioning to FBS in their 10th season of football and first as a member of Conference USA this year.
UTSA then will make the first of two short trips north on I-35 on Sept. 7 to face Texas State in San Marcos. The Roadrunners and Bobcats will meet for the second straight season and sixth time overall in a series led by UTSA, 5-0. The Roadrunners scored a 20-13 victory in the last meeting on Sept. 9, 2023, in front of 49,342 fans, the second-largest home crowd in program history.
The Roadrunners will meet 2023 College Football Playoff semifinalist Texas for the second time in the past three seasons on Sept. 14 in Austin. The Longhorns pulled away in the second half for a 40-21 home triumph in the only previous matchup on Sept. 17, 2022.
UTSA will close out the non-league slate on Sept. 21 with a home contest against Houston Christian. This will mark the Roadrunners’ first meeting with the Huskies, an FCS member of the Southland Conference who are entering their 11th season of play.
American Athletic Conference teams figure to be well-positioned for a second appearance in the College Football Playoff in 2024. The new playoff format allows for the five highest-ranked conference champions to reach the 12-team field — a distinction The American would have earned six times in the first nine years of the CFP era.
Kickoff times and television designations for the first three weeks of the season, as well as the season-long weeknight games, will be finalized by June 1. The rest of the schedule will fall under the customary 12-day and six-day selection processes.
The Roadrunners welcome back 51 lettermen, including 16 starters, and are coming off 9-4 campaign that saw them claim the first bowl win in program history with a 35-17 victory over Marshall in the 2023 Frisco Bowl. UTSA posted a 7-1 mark to finish third in The American in its debut season in the league.
2024 UTSA Football Schedule
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Date |
Opponent |
Location |
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Aug. 31 |
Kennesaw State |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Sept. 7 |
at Texas State |
San Marcos, Texas |
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Sept. 14 |
at Texas |
Austin, Texas |
|
Sept. 21 |
Houston Christian |
San Antonio, Texas |
|
Sept. 28 |
at East Carolina* |
Greenville, N.C. |
|
Oct. 12 |
at Rice* |
Houston, Texas |
|
Oct. 19 |
Florida Atlantic* |
San Antonio, Texas |
|
Oct. 26 |
at Tulsa* |
Tulsa, Okla. |
|
Nov. 2 |
Memphis* |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Nov. 15 |
North Texas* |
San Antonio, Texas |
|
Nov. 22/23 |
Temple* |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Nov. 30 |
at Army* |
West Point, N.Y. |
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Dec. 6 |
AAC Championship Game |
TBD |
* American Athletic Conference game
Schedule is subject to change
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