Television times announced for KU football’s first 3 weeks of the 2022 season

By Matt Tait May 26, 2022

Kansas head coach Lance Leipold leads his team onto the field against Coastal Carolina in an NCAA college football game in Conway, S.C., Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. Coastal Carolina won 49-22. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

The Kansas football program on Thursday announced the kickoff times and television networks for the Jayhawks’ first three games of the 2022 season.

KU will open the season at home against Tennessee Tech. That game is slated for 7 p.m. on Sept. 2 — a Friday — from David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and will be shown on ESPN+.

The following week, KU will play its first Saturday game of the 2022 season, traveling to West Virginia to take on the Mountaineers in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams. That game is slated for 5 p.m. on Sept. 10. It also will be televised by ESPN+.

The Jayhawks will stay on the road in Week 3, currently scheduled to play at Houston at 3 p.m. on Sept. 17. That game is slated to be televised on ESPNU.

The Jayhawks then be back in Lawrence for the final nonconference matchup of the 2022 season, a home game against Duke on Sept. 24. No kickoff time has been announced for that game and the rest of the Big 12 time slots will be determined as the season gets under way.

In semi-related news, the Kansas men’s basketball program announced Thursday that it will officially play Duke on Nov. 15 in Indianapolis in the Champions Classic. The event, which has been held on college basketball’s opening night in recent seasons, was pushed back a week this year and is not expected to be KU’s first game of the season.

Tipoff times for the Champions Classic have not yet been announced. KU and Duke will play in one game and Michigan State will face Kentucky in the other. Both games will be played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the NBA’s Indiana Pacers.

2022 Kansas football schedule:

Sept. 2 – vs. Tennessee Tech, 7 p.m. ESPN+

Sept. 10 – at West Virginia, 5 p.m., ESPN+

Sept. 17 – at Houston, 3 p.m., ESPNU

Sept. 24 – vs. Duke, TBD

Oct. 1 – vs. Iowa State, TBD

Oct. 8 – vs. TCU, TBD

Oct. 15 – at Oklahoma, TBD

Oct. 22 – at Baylor, TBD

Nov. 5 – vs. Oklahoma State, TBD

Nov. 12 – at Texas Tech, TBD

Nov. 19 – vs. Texas, TBD

Nov. 26 – at Kansas State, TBD

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.