KU football team completes 2016, 2017 schedules

After canceling a home-and-home series with Hawaii, the Kansas football program has completed its non-conference schedules for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

The Jayhawks will now open the season with a home game against Rhode Island on Sept. 3, 2016. Kansas has also added a season-opening home game against Southeast Missouri State on Sept. 2, 2017. Both programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision of Division I.

Kansas has never played Rhode Island in football. The Rams are coming off a 1-11 season, including a 1-7 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Jayhawks, meanwhile, opened the 2014 season against Southeast Missouri, notching a 34-28 victory.

Here are the full non-conference schedules for 2016 and 2017:

2016

Sept. 3: Rhode Island

Sept. 10: Ohio

Sept. 17: at Memphis

2017

Sept. 2: Southeast Missouri State

Sept. 9: Central Michigan

Sept. 16: at Ohio

Kansas’ 2015 football schedule

Sept. 5: South Dakota State

Sept. 12: Memphis

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

This story was originally published April 17, 2015 at 2:05 PM with the headline "KU football team completes 2016, 2017 schedules."