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CBS SPORTS NETWORK HITS THE FIELD IN 2014 WITH ITS MOST EXTENSIVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE EVER

Analysts Fred Smoot, Eric Crouch and Kevin O’Connell Join College Football Team

  

Non-Conference Match-ups Feature Top Teams Including

Ohio State, Nebraska and Arizona State

 

 

CBS Sports Network returns to the gridiron for the 2014 season with its most extensive lineup ever of college football games featuring teams from the Mountain West, The American, Conference USA, Army and Navy football, the Patriot League and NCAA Division II.  The Network will air 66 games this season, showcasing some of the nation’s top teams including Ohio State, Nebraska and Arizona State.

 

This year also marks the Network’s first season of American Athletic Conference football, with 15 games airing throughout the season, including Maryland at USF on Saturday, Sept. 6 (3:30 PM, ET) and NC State at USF on Saturday, Sept. 13 (3:30 PM, ET). The remainder of CBS Sports Network’s American Athletic Conference games will be selected on a six- and 12-day basis.

 

Carter Blackburn returns to CBS Sports Network this year as lead college football play-by-play announcer and will team with Aaron Taylor, forming the Network’s lead announce team. Other new voices are former Nebraska quarterback and Heisman Trophy Winner Eric Crouch, San Diego State quarterback Kevin O’Connell, play-by-play announcer Ron Pitts and studio analyst Fred Smoot. Reporters include newcomers Cassie Gallo, Melanie Collins and Courtney Fallon, along with Lauren Gardner, Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Susannah Collins and Rashan Ali. 

 

CBS Sports Network Broadcast Teams

 

Play-by-Play/Analyst         Conference/Games

Carter Blackburn/Aaron Taylor Mountain West

Rich Waltz/Adam Archuleta Mountain West

Dave Ryan/Corey Chavous The American 

Ben Holden/Kevin O’Connell Army

John Sadak/Randy Cross Navy

 

Schedule Highlights:

  • Ohio State vs. Navy – Saturday, Aug. 30
  • Washington at Hawaii – Saturday, Aug. 30
  • Arizona State at New Mexico – Saturday, Sept. 6
  • Oregon State at Hawaii – Saturday, Sept. 6
  • Nebraska at Fresno State – Saturday, Sept. 13
  • San Diego State at Fresno State – Friday, Oct. 3
  • Boise State at Nevada – Saturday, Oct. 4

 

CBS Sports Network also airs two games from Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, N.Y. this year – UConn vs. Army on Saturday, Nov. 8 (3:30 PM, ET) and the 150th meeting between rivals Lehigh and Lafayette on Saturday, Nov. 22 (3:30 PM, ET).

 

In addition, CBS Sports Network returns its comprehensive lineup of college football studio programming for the 2014 season, including INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL, which airs throughout the week and features hosts Adam Zucker and Brent Stover, as well as analysts Brian Jones, Christian Fauria, Houston Nutt, Cross, Taylor and Smoot.

 

CBS Sports Network again serves as the home for Service Academy football, airing 17 games featuring Army, Navy and Air Force.  This season marks the Netw

ork’s 10th year airing Navy home games and fifth year as Army’s television partner.  CBS Sports Network enters its ninth year in partnership with the Mountain West and 10th year with Conference USA.

 

The complete 2014 college football schedule follows.

 

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2014 CBS Sports Network College Football Schedule

(All Times Eastern)

Date 

Game 

Time 

Thurs, Aug. 28

Tulane at Tulsa

Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK

8:00 PM

Fri, Aug. 29

Bowling Green at WKU

Houchens-Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, KY

7:30 PM

Sat, Aug. 30

Ohio State vs. Navy

M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD

12:00 PM

Sat, Aug. 30

Northern Arizona at

San Diego State

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA

7:00 PM

Sat, Aug. 30

Washington at Hawaii

Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI

10:30 PM

Thurs, Sept. 4

Grand Valley at Azusa Pacific

Citrus Stadium, Glendora, CA

9:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 6

Buffalo at Army

Michie Stadium, West Point, NY

12:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 6

Maryland vs. USF

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL

3:30 PM

Sat, Sept. 6

Arizona State at New Mexico

University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM

7:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 6

Oregon State at Hawaii

Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI

10:30 PM

Thurs, Sept. 11

LA Tech at North Texas

Apogee Stadium, Denton, TX

8:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 13

Ohio at Marshall

Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV

12:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 13

NC State at USF

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL

3:30 PM

Sat, Sept. 13

Wake Forest at Utah State

Romney Stadium, Logan, UT

7:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 13

Nebraska at Fresno State

Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, CA

10:30 PM

Thurs, Sept. 18

Southeastern Oklahoma at Henderson State

Carpenter-Haygood Stadium, Arkadelphia, AR

8:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 20

Rutgers at Navy 

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD

3:30 PM

Sat, Sept. 20

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

7:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 20

Louisiana at Boise State

Bronco Stadium, Boise ID

10:30 PM

Thurs, Sept. 25

Missouri Western at Lindenwood

Harlen C. Hunter Stadium, St. Charles, MO

8:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 27

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

12:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 27

WKU at Navy

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD

3:30 PM

Sat, Sept. 27

Boise State at Air Force

Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO   

7:00 PM

Sat, Sept. 27

Nevada at San Jose State

Spartan Stadium, San Jose, CA

10:30 PM

Thurs, Oct. 2

Benedict at Miles

Albert J. Sloan Alumni Stadium, Fairfield, AL

8:00 PM

Fri, Oct. 3

Lafayette at Fordham 

Jack Coffey Field, Bronx, NY

6:30 PM

Fri, Oct. 3

San Diego State at Fresno State

Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, CA

10:00 PM

Sat, Oct. 4

Ball State at Army

Michie Stadium, West Point, NY

12:00 PM

Sat, Oct. 4

Navy at Air Force

Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO

3:30 PM

Sat, Oct. 4

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

7:00 PM

Sat, Oct. 4

Boise State at Nevada

Mackay Stadium, Reno, NV

10:30 PM

Thurs, Oct. 9

Minnesota State at Winona State

Maxwell Field, Winona, MN

8:00 PM

Fri, Oct. 10

Fresno State at UNLV

Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV

10:00 PM

Sat, Oct. 11

Rice at Army

Michie Stadium, West Point, NY

12:00 PM

Sat, Oct. 11

VMI at Navy

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD

3:30 PM

Sat, Oct. 11

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

7:00 PM

Sat, Oct. 11

Colorado State at Nevada

Mackay Stadium, Reno, NV

10:30 PM

Thurs, Oct. 16

Colorado School of Mines at Fort Lewis

Dennison Memorial Field, Durango, CO

8:00 PM

Sat, Oct. 18

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

3:30 PM

Sat, Oct. 18

Utah State at Colorado State

Hughes Stadium, Fort Collins, CO

7:00 PM

Sat, Oct. 18

Hawaii at San Diego State

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA

10:30 PM

Sat, Oct. 25

San Jose State at Navy

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD

1:00 PM

Sat, Oct. 25

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

5:00 PM

Thurs, Oct. 30

St. Joseph’s (IN) at University of Indianapolis

Key Stadium, Indianapolis, IN

8:00 PM

Sat, Nov. 1

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

12:00 PM

Sat, Nov. 1

BYU at Middle Tennessee

Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, TN

3:30 PM

Sat, Nov. 1

Colorado State at San Jose State

Spartan Stadium, San Jose, CA

7:00 PM

Sat, Nov. 1

San Diego State at Nevada

Mackay Stadium, Reno, NV

10:30 PM

Fri, Nov. 7

Fordham at Bucknell

Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium, Lewisburg, PA

6:30 PM

Sat, Nov. 8

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

12:00 PM

Sat, Nov. 8

UConn vs. Army

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

3:30 PM

Sat, Nov. 8

Boise State at New Mexico

University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM

7:00 PM

Sat, Nov. 8

San Jose State at Fresno State

Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, CA

10:30 PM

Thurs, Nov. 13

Southern Miss at UTSA

Alamodome, San Antonio, TX

8:00 PM

Sat, Nov. 15

Army at WKU

Houchens-Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, KY

12:00 PM

Sat, Nov. 15

Georgia Southern at Navy

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD

3:30 PM

Sat, Nov. 15

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

8:00 PM

Fri, Nov. 21

Air Force at San Diego State

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA

9:30 PM

Sat, Nov. 22

Fordham at Army

Michie Stadium, West Point, NY

12:00 PM

Sat, Nov. 22

Lehigh vs. Lafayette

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

3:30 PM

Sat, Nov. 22

American Athletic Conference

Site TBD

8:00 PM 

Fri, Nov. 28

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

12:00 PM 

Fri., Nov. 28

Colorado State at Air Force

Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO

3:30 PM

Sat, Nov. 29

Rice at LA Tech 

Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, LA

12:00 PM

Sat, Nov. 29

San Jose State at San Diego State

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA

3:30 PM

Sat, Dec. 6

American Athletic Conference TBD

Site TBD

12:00 PM