Eastern Kentucky announces 2015 football schedule

Eastern Kentucky University released its 2015 football schedule on Thursday.

The Colonels, 9-4 in 2014, will play a pair of FBS teams in North Carolina State and Kentucky.

Five of EKU’s 11 games will be played at Roy Kidd Stadium.

For the third year in a row, the Colonels will open the season on a Thursday night, playing host to Valparaiso on Sept. 3.

Next up will be a road trip to North Carolina State on Sept. 12.

EKU will begin Ohio Valley Conference play on Sept. 26 with a home game against Austin Peay. The Colonels have won 14 straight meetings against the Governors at Roy Kidd Stadium.

Eastern will make the short trip up Interstate 75 on Oct. 3 to take on UK.

The full schedule (home games in capital letters):

Sept. 3 – VALPARAISO

Sept. 12 – at North Carolina State

Sept. 26 – AUSTIN PEAY

Oct. 3 – at Kentucky

Oct. 10 – TENNESSEE TECH

Oct. 17 – at Southeast Missouri

Oct. 24 – TENNESSEE STATE

Oct. 31 – at Jacksonville State

Nov. 7 – TENNESSEE-MARTIN

Nov. 14 – at Murray State

Nov. 21 – at Eastern Illinois

This story was originally published December 18, 2014 at 3:29 PM with the headline "Eastern Kentucky announces 2015 football schedule."