BOONE, N.C. — Kickoff times and network designations were announced Wednesday for the first four games on App State's 2023 football schedule, plus the Mountaineers' midweek matchup against visiting Coastal Carolina on Oct. 10.
Sept. 2 — vs. Gardner-Webb (3:30 p.m. on ESPN+)
Sept. 9 — at North Carolina (5:15 p.m. on ACC Network)
Sept. 16 — vs. East Carolina (3:30 p.m. on ESPN+)
Sept. 23 — at Wyoming (7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network)
Oct. 10 (Tuesday) — vs. Coastal Carolina (7:30 p.m. on ESPN2)
Single-game ticket information for App State home games and road games is expected to be available in the coming weeks.
App State's first two home games will have 3:30 p.m. starts and be shown on ESPN+: the Sept. 2 opener against Gardner-Webb and the Sept. 16 matchup against East Carolina.
The first two road games are both later starts, beginning with a 5:15 p.m. kickoff in Chapel Hill against North Carolina on Sept. 9. That game will be shown on the ACC Network.
Two weeks later, immediately after ECU's visit to Boone, the Mountaineers will play at Wyoming on CBS Sports Network. That game will begin at 7 p.m. ET — or 5 p.m. local time in Laramie, Wyo.
That means five of App State's first six games have a scheduled start time and designated network. App State follows the Wyoming trip with a game the next Saturday at ULM, and that Sept. 30 game precedes the Oct. 10 showdown with Coastal.
The 2023 Sun Belt Football Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 2, will air on either ABC or ESPN at 4 p.m. ET (3 CT). The game will feature the champions of the conference's East and West Divisions and will be played at the site of the divisional winner with the best overall conference record.
The 2023 season will conclude with the Sun Belt guaranteed a minimum of five spots in postseason bowl games: the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Cure Bowl (Orlando), Myrtle Beach Bowl, Camellia Bowl (Montgomery) and 68 Ventures Bowl (Mobile). The Sun Belt also holds backup agreements with ESPN Events and the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (Shreveport).
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La.
Saturday, Dec. 16 — 2:15 p.m. ET, ESPN
Cure Bowl
Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Fla.
Saturday, Dec. 16 — 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Myrtle Beach Bowl
Brooks Stadium in Conway, S.C.
Monday, Dec. 18 — 2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Camellia Bowl
Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala.
Saturday, Dec. 23 — Noon ET, ESPN
68 Ventures Bowl
Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Ala.
Saturday, Dec. 23 — 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
