Jacksonville State will open the 2023 football season with its Conference USA opener on August 26 at home against UTEP.
The Gamecock inaugural Conference USA season also includes an October filled with non-Saturday games. Jacksonville State will play two games on Tuesday, two more on Wednesday and one on Thursday.
In addition to the UTEP game, the Gamecocks home schedule includes C-USA games against and non-conference contests against Liberty, Western Kentucky and Louisiana Tech and non-conference games against East Tennessee State and Eastern Michigan.
Jacksonville State finished 9-2 overall and 5-0 in the ASUN during Rich Rodriguez’s first season as the program’s head coach. The Gamecocks will play their first season as a FBS team in 2023.
JACKSONVILLE STATE FOOTBALL
2023 SCHEDULE
A26 UTEP*
S2 East Tennessee State
S9 at Coastal Carolina
S23 Eastern Michigan
S28 (Th.) at Sam Houston*
O4 (Wed.) at Middle Tennessee*
O10 (Tues.) Liberty*
O17 (Tues.) Western Kentucky*
O25 (Wed.) at FIU*
N4 at South Carolina
N18 Louisiana Tech*
N25 at New Mexico State*
Times, television, TBA
*-- Conference USA games
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