BATON ROUGE – LSU’s 2017 home opener against Chattanooga on September 9 will be under the lights in the Tiger Stadium as the game will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. CT, the Southeastern Conference announced on Tuesday.
The LSU-Chattanooga game will be televised on the SEC Network Alternate channel. It’s the first meeting between LSU and Chattanooga in football. .
The only other two LSU games on the 2017 schedule currently with kickoff times are the season-opener against BYU in Houston, which starts at 8:30 p.m. CT on ESPN and the SEC opener against Mississippi State in Starkville, which carries a 6 p.m. start on ESPN or ESPN2.
Kickoff times along with television plans for the remainder of LSU’s schedule will be announced as the season progresses. Game times are typically announced two weeks ahead of time.
The Tigers are coming off an 8-4 season under head coach Ed Orgeron in 2016.
2017 SEC Network Schedule – Weeks 1-3
Saturday, September 2
Missouri State at Missouri, 12 pm ET/11 am CT on SEC Network
Charleston Southern at Mississippi State, 4 pm ET/3 pm CT on SEC Network
Georgia Southern at Auburn, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT on SEC Network
Saturday, September 9
Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky, 12 pm ET/11 am CT on SEC Network
UT Martin at Ole Miss, 12 pm ET/11 am CT on SEC Network Alternate
Indiana State at Tennessee, 4 pm ET/3 pm CT on SEC Network
Alabama A&M at Vanderbilt, 4 pm ET/3 pm CT on SEC Network Alternate
Northern Colorado at Florida, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT on SEC Network
UT Chattanooga at LSU, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT on SEC Network Alternate
Saturday, September 16
Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas A&M, 12 pm ET/11 am CT on SEC Network
Purdue at Missouri, 4 pm ET/3 pm CT on SEC Network
Mercer at Auburn, 4 pm ET/3 pm CT on SEC Network Alternate
Kentucky at South Carolina, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT on SEC Network
Samford at Georgia, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT on SEC Network Alternate