MTSU's football 2024 schedule to include Ole Miss, Duke
Middle Tennessee State football will face both an SEC team and ACC team in 2024 in Coach Derek Mason's first season with the Blue Raiders.
Conference USA released team schedules Thursday, and the Blue Raiders will have seven games against teams that went to bowl games in 2023. MTSU also will have three midweek televised games, similar to last season.
Among the biggest of the six home games will be a Sept. 14 CUSA battle against rival Western Kentucky and a Sept. 21 game against ACC foe Duke. The Blue Devils went 8-5 in 2023.
MTSU, which finished 4-8 last season, will travel to Ole Miss and coach Lane Kiffin on Sept. 7. The Blue Raiders played two SEC teams (Alabama, Missouri) last season. Ole Miss is coming off an 11-2 season in 2023.
The midweek games include a Thursday, Oct. 10, battle at Louisiana Tech, followed by an Oct. 15 home game vs. new CUSA foe Kennesaw State (Tuesday) and an Oct. 23 league game at Jacksonville State (Wednesday).
The Conference USA Championship game is slated for Dec. 6 at the site of the league's top regular-season team.
MTSU football spring game is back
MTSU will bring back it's spring game in 2024. The scrimmage is set for 1 p.m. on April 13 at Floyd Stadium.
The spring game hasn't been played since 2019. Spring practice and the spring game were canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the program opted not hold a spring game in 2021-23.
It will be MTSU's first spring practice and spring game under Mason, who was hired in early December to replace Rick Stockstill, who was fired in November after 18 seasons with the program.
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MTSU football 2024 schedule
Aug. 31 vs. Tennessee Tech
Sept. 7 at Ole Miss
Sept. 14 vs. Western Kentucky*
Sept. 21 vs. Duke
Sept. 28 at Memphis
Oct. 10 at Louisiana Tech*
Oct. 15 vs. Kennesaw State*
Oct. 23 at Jacksonville State*
Nov. 2 at UTEP*
Nov. 9 vs. Liberty*
Nov. 23 vs. New Mexico State*
Nov. 30 at FIU*
Dec. 6 CUSA Championship Game
*-Conference USA game. Times and TV schedule will be determined at a later date.
This article originally appeared on Murfreesboro Daily News Journal: MTSU football: 2024 schedule includes Ole Miss, Duke