K-State plays on Thursday next year, too, as Big 12 releases 2015 football schedule
Thursday night football is becoming an annual thing with Kansas State.
The Wildcats, who play at West Virginia this Thursday, will play a Big 12 game on a Thursday night next year, the league announced Wednesday.
K-State will meet Baylor in Manhattan on Nov. 5.
It’s one of three Thursday night games for the Big 12 joining West Virginia at TCU on Oct. 29 and Texas Tech at Texas on Nov. 27, Thanksgiving night.
The season will stretch out to Dec. 5, the day other leagues play conference championship games, with two games: West Virginia at Kansas State and Texas at Baylor.
Kansas opens league play on Oct. 3 at Iowa State and K-State opens Big 12 play the same day at Oklahoma State. The Sunflower Showdown between the Jayhawks and Wildcats is Nov. 28 in Lawrence.
The first league games are scheduled for Sept. 26, but dates are subject to change to accommodate television partners’ requests. This year, K-State traveled to Iowa State on Sept. 6.
Kansas State’s season opens on Sept. 5 at home against South Dakota. The Wildcats travel to Texas-San Antonio on Sept. 12 and play host to Louisiana Tech on Sept. 19.
The Jayhawks will open Sept. 5 against South Dakota State and play Memphis at home the next week. They go to Rutgers on Sept. 26.
2015 Kansas football schedule
Date | Opponent |
Sept. 5 | South Dakota State |
Sept. 12 | Memphis |
Sept. 19 | Bye week |
Sept. 26 | at Rutgers |
Oct. 3 | at Iowa State |
Oct. 10 | Baylor |
Oct. 17 | Texas Tech |
Oct. 24 | at Oklahoma State |
Oct. 31 | Oklahoma |
Nov. 7 | at Texas |
Nov. 14 | at TCU |
Nov. 21 | West Virginia |
Nov. 28 | Kansas State |
Dec. 5 | Bye week |
2015 Kansas State football schedule
Date | Opponent |
Sept. 5 | South Dakota |
Sept. 12 | at Texas-San Antonio |
Sept. 19 | Louisiana Tech |
Sept. 26 | Bye week |
Oct. 3 | at Oklahoma State |
Oct. 10 | TCU |
Oct. 17 | Oklahoma |
Oct. 24 | at Texas |
Oct. 31 | Bye week |
Nov. 5 (Thurs.) | Baylor |
Nov. 14 | at Texas Tech |
Nov. 21 | Iowa State |
Nov. 28 | at Kansas |
Dec. 5 | West Virginia |
2015 Big 12 football schedule (conference games only)
Saturday, Sept. 26
Oklahoma State at Texas
TCU at Texas Tech
Saturday, Oct. 3
Texas Tech vs. Baylor at Arlington, Texas
Kansas at Iowa State
Kansas State at Oklahoma State
West Virginia at Oklahoma
Texas at TCU
Saturday, Oct. 10
Baylor at Kansas
Iowa State at Texas Tech
Oklahoma vs. Texas at Dallas
Oklahoma State at West Virginia
TCU at Kansas State
Saturday, Oct. 17
West Virginia at Baylor
Oklahoma at Kansas State
Texas Tech at Kansas
TCU at Iowa State
Saturday, Oct. 24
Iowa State at Baylor
Kansas at Oklahoma State
Kansas State at Texas
Texas Tech at Oklahoma
Thursday, Oct. 29
West Virginia at TCU
Saturday, Oct. 31
Oklahoma at Kansas
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech
Texas at Iowa State
Thursday, Nov. 5
Baylor at Kansas State
Saturday, Nov. 7
Iowa State at Oklahoma
Kansas at Texas
Texas Tech at West Virginia
TCU at Oklahoma State
Saturday, Nov. 14
Kansas at TCU
Kansas State at Texas Tech
Oklahoma at Baylor
Oklahoma State at Iowa State
Texas at West Virginia
Saturday, Nov. 21
Baylor at Oklahoma State
Iowa State at Kansas State
West Virginia at Kansas
TCU at Oklahoma
Thursday, Nov. 26
Texas Tech at Texas
Friday, Nov. 27
Baylor at TCU
Saturday, Nov. 28
Iowa State at West Virginia
Kansas State at Kansas
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
Saturday, Dec. 5
West Virginia at Kansas State
Texas at Baylor
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This story was originally published November 19, 2014 at 1:30 PM with the headline "K-State plays on Thursday next year, too, as Big 12 releases 2015 football schedule."