USF Football at Alabama Set for ESPN Prime Time; Several Kickoffs and TV Designations Announced
The American Athletic Conference announced kick times and TV designations for the first three weeks of the 2024 season and weekday prime time games
TAMPA, MAY 30, 2024 – The path for South Florida football in the 2024 USF Football season presented by Tampa General Hospital, its second under head coach Alex Golesh, became clearer Thursday when the American Athletic Conference announced kick times and television designations for the first three weeks of the season and weekday, prime time games.
Highlighting Thursday’s announcement for the Bulls was the designation of USF’s rematch with Alabama on Sept. 7 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. for a 7 p.m. kick on ESPN. The Bulls fell to the No. 10-ranked Crimson Tide, a 2023 College Football Playoff participant, 17-3 in a one-score game late in the fourth quarter in Tampa last year that drew 4.8 million viewers on ABC. It will mark USF’s second trip to Tuscaloosa, as the Bulls fell 40-17 in the first game of the 2003 season, USF’s third as a full FBS participant. Alabama leads the series, 2-0, and will be led by first-year Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer.
Coming off a program-best six-game turnaround and a 45-0 Boca Raton Bowl rout of Syracuse in its first season under Golesh, USF will open the 2024 campaign with a 7 p.m. kickoff vs. Bethune-Cookman on Aug. 31 at Raymond James Stadium. That game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and will mark the first-ever meeting between the programs. Bethune-Cookman is led by former USF assistant coach Raymond Woodie.
The Bulls will travel to Southern Mississippi on Sept. 14 for a 7 p.m. kick on ESPN+. It will mark the Bulls’ third trip to Hattiesburg, Miss., but first since a 27-6 loss in 2003. The programs shared membership in Conference USA for two years (2003 & 2004) and have not met since a 27-20 Southern Miss win in Tampa in 2004. The Golden Eagles lead the series 3-1.
The Bulls’ two confirmed weekday, prime-time games also received their kickoff and television designations. USF’s Friday, Oct. 11 date vs. Memphis in Raymond James Stadium has been set for a 7 p.m. kick on ESPN, while the Bulls’ Friday, Nov. 1contest at FAU will kick at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2. Memphis leads the series 8-4 and claimed a 59-50 shootout last year in Memphis. The Bulls lead the FAU series 3-2, but the Owls took a 56-14 victory in Tampa last year.
The remaining kickoff times and television designations for the 2024 season are expected to be made on a weekly basis through the season as part of the conference’s 12-day selection process. The most up-to-date schedule, with television designations, is available at GoUSFBulls.com.
The American Athletic Conference announced kick times and TV designations for the first three weeks of the 2024 season and weekday prime time games
TAMPA, MAY 30, 2024 – The path for South Florida football in the 2024 USF Football season presented by Tampa General Hospital, its second under head coach Alex Golesh, became clearer Thursday when the American Athletic Conference announced kick times and television designations for the first three weeks of the season and weekday, prime time games.
Highlighting Thursday’s announcement for the Bulls was the designation of USF’s rematch with Alabama on Sept. 7 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. for a 7 p.m. kick on ESPN. The Bulls fell to the No. 10-ranked Crimson Tide, a 2023 College Football Playoff participant, 17-3 in a one-score game late in the fourth quarter in Tampa last year that drew 4.8 million viewers on ABC. It will mark USF’s second trip to Tuscaloosa, as the Bulls fell 40-17 in the first game of the 2003 season, USF’s third as a full FBS participant. Alabama leads the series, 2-0, and will be led by first-year Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer.
Coming off a program-best six-game turnaround and a 45-0 Boca Raton Bowl rout of Syracuse in its first season under Golesh, USF will open the 2024 campaign with a 7 p.m. kickoff vs. Bethune-Cookman on Aug. 31 at Raymond James Stadium. That game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and will mark the first-ever meeting between the programs. Bethune-Cookman is led by former USF assistant coach Raymond Woodie.
The Bulls will travel to Southern Mississippi on Sept. 14 for a 7 p.m. kick on ESPN+. It will mark the Bulls’ third trip to Hattiesburg, Miss., but first since a 27-6 loss in 2003. The programs shared membership in Conference USA for two years (2003 & 2004) and have not met since a 27-20 Southern Miss win in Tampa in 2004. The Golden Eagles lead the series 3-1.
The Bulls’ two confirmed weekday, prime-time games also received their kickoff and television designations. USF’s Friday, Oct. 11 date vs. Memphis in Raymond James Stadium has been set for a 7 p.m. kick on ESPN, while the Bulls’ Friday, Nov. 1contest at FAU will kick at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2. Memphis leads the series 8-4 and claimed a 59-50 shootout last year in Memphis. The Bulls lead the FAU series 3-2, but the Owls took a 56-14 victory in Tampa last year.
The remaining kickoff times and television designations for the 2024 season are expected to be made on a weekly basis through the season as part of the conference’s 12-day selection process. The most up-to-date schedule, with television designations, is available at GoUSFBulls.com.
