Bulls to face Alabama before a national television audience on ABC
TAMPA, MAY 31, 2023 – The University of South Florida football program received kickoff times and television arrangements for several games in the 2023 USF Football Season presented by Tampa General Hospital on Wednesday as the American Athletic Conference announced numerous early season arrangements for home conference dates and CBS Sports Network announced several dates on its broadcast schedule for 2023.
Highlighting the announcement is the Bulls’ Sat., Sept. 16 clash with Alabama in Raymond James Stadium being selected for an ABC national telecast with a 3:30 p.m. kickoff. It will mark USF’s 11th appearance on ABC and the first since a clash with Florida in Raymond James Stadium in 2021.
USF’s season-opening clash at Western Kentucky on Sat., Sept. 2 will kick off at 3:30 p.m. (ET) and be broadcast on CBS Sports Network (CBSSN).
The Bulls’ 2023 season home opener on Sat., Sept. 9 vs. Florida A&M will kick off at 7:00 p.m. and be broadcast on ESPN+.
USF’s first conference road date at Navy on Sat., Sept. 30 will kick off at 3:30 p.m. and be broadcast on CBSSN, as will the Bulls’ road game at UConn on Sat., Oct. 21 (3:30 p.m./CBSSN).
USF also received the kick time and television arrangement for its lone weeknight game of the season. The Bulls’ Fri., Nov. 17 clash at UTSA will kick off at 9:00 p.m. (ET) and be broadcast on ESPN2.
The 2023 campaign will mark The American’s first with 14 teams, as the league welcomes UAB, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice and UTSA to its ranks. They will join continuing members East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa and USF to comprise a conference that will continue to compete for perennial New Year’s Six bowls and College Football Playoff appearances.
First-year USF Head Coach Alex Golesh is among seven new head coaches leading programs in the league this year. The Bulls will face four of the others in contests with UAB, Charlotte, FAU and Navy.
Kickoff times and television designations for the remainder of the Bulls’ 2023 schedule will fall under the customary 12-day and six-day selection processes throughout the season. A minimum of 40 conference-controlled regular-season games will be broadcast on ESPN’s linear platforms in 2023, including at least 20 games on either ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.
All of USF’s six home games will be played on a Saturday for the second straight year. The Bulls will add one new destination to their all-time list with the USF’s first trip to San Antonio. The Bulls will face three first-time opponents on the year in Charlotte, Rice and UTSA.
USF will celebrate Homecoming with a clash vs. FAU on Sat., Oct. 14.
The Bulls will celebrate the annual Salute to Service game on Sat., Nov. 11 vs. Temple and will have a Fan Appreciation Game vs. Charlotte on Sat., Nov. 25.
The American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which has been broadcast on ABC in each of the last eight years, is scheduled for Sat., Dec. 2 and will be televised either on ABC or ESPN.
The American continued to make history in 2022 as Tulane completed the best one-year turnaround in major college football history, capping a 12-2 season with a Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic victory against USC and a final national ranking of No. 9. It marked the seventh time in nine seasons of the College Football Playoff era that The American was represented in the New Year’s Six, the fourth win by an American team in the league’s 10-year history and the sixth top-10 finish by an American Athletic Conference team.
Seven teams from The American were selected for bowl games, while league teams went 4-3 in postseason play.
2023 USF FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (*AAC Games) TIMES (ET) TV
Sept. 2 at Western Kentucky 3:30 PM CBSSN
Sept. 9 vs. FLORIDA A&M 7:00 PM ESPN+
Sept. 16 vs. ALABAMA 3:30 PM ABC
Sept. 23 vs. RICE*
Sept. 30 at Navy* 3:30 PM CBSSN
Oct. 7 at UAB*
Oct. 14 vs. FAU*
Oct. 21 at UConn 3:30 PM CBSSN
Oct. 28 BYE WEEK
Nov. 4 at Memphis*
Nov. 11 vs. TEMPLE*
Fri., Nov. 17 at UTSA* 9:00 PM ESPN2
Nov. 25 vs. CHARLOTTE*
Dec. 2 AAC Championship Game
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ABOUT USF FOOTBALL
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 26th season in 2022 while completing construction on a new $22 million Indoor Performance Facility. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons, earned 16 All-America selections, including 2021 consensus All-American kick returner Brian Battie, and had 32 first-team all-conference selections. USF has had 30 players selected in the NFL Draft and has made 10 bowl game appearances (going 6-4 in those games), posting a program-record six straight appearances from 2005-2010 and most recently making four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18. The Bulls posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016 while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program-record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 seasons and reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2007 season.
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