For the second time in four seasons, the South Dakota State University football team will kick off its season with a road matchup at Kansas.
Kickoff is slated for 11 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas
. The game can be heard on 570 WNAX and across the Jackrabbit Sports Network. It is scheduled to be televised on varioius Fox Sports Net stations, including Fox Sports North.
The Jackrabbits enter the 2015 season after posting their third consecutive nine-win campaign in 2014. SDSU finished with a 9-5 overall record, including a 5-3 mark in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Jackrabbits made their third straight trip to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs in 2014, falling to eventual champion North Dakota State, 27-24, in second-round action.
Kansas, under the direction of first-year head coach David Beaty, will attempt to improve upon a 3-9 overall record in 2014, including 1-8 mark in the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks return only six starters from a season ago.
