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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 |
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