University of Kansas

KU at Texas Tech football game moved to a Thursday

Coach David Beaty and the Jayhawks will open the Big 12 conference season with a Thursday night game.
Coach David Beaty and the Jayhawks will open the Big 12 conference season with a Thursday night game. skeyser@kcstar.com

The Kansas football game at Texas Tech originally set for Oct. 1, has been moved to Sept. 29, a Thursday, the Big 12 announced.

It will be the Big 12 opener for the Jayhawks, who don’t play the previous weekend.

The conference also announced that the TCU at Texas game will be played on Nov. 24, a day earlier than originally scheduled.

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This story was originally published February 5, 2016 at 1:05 PM with the headline "KU at Texas Tech football game moved to a Thursday."

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