EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Big Ten Conference announced five additional game times for the 2023 Michigan State football season on Wednesday afternoon.
MSU's season opener on Friday, Sept. 1 vs. Central Michigan in Spartan Stadium will start at 7 p.m. (date previously announced). The game will be televised on FS1. This marks the ninth time in the past 13 years that Michigan State will open with a Friday night game in East Lansing; it's also the 11th time since 2011 that MSU will begin the season on a Friday night.
In Week 2, the Spartans will host Richmond at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 9 in the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
Michigan State will host Washington on Sept. 16 at 5 p.m. and the game will be streamed exclusively on Peacock. Peacock is NBCUniversal's direct-to-consumer streaming service and will deliver exclusive Big Ten football games each season. For more information, please visit peacocktv.com.
MSU's Homecoming game vs. Maryland on Sept. 23 will begin at 3:30 p.m. (TV network announced at a later date).
The Oct. 14 game at Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey, will kick off at noon.
Michigan State's game times at Ohio State (Saturday, Nov. 11; 7:30 p.m. on NBC) and against Penn State (Friday, Nov. 24; 7:30 p.m. on NBC at Ford Field in Detroit) were previously announced. Those games will also be simul-streamed on Peacock in addition to the NBC broadcast.
2023 MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 1: CENTRAL MICHIGAN, 7:30 p.m. (FS1)
Sept. 9: RICHMOND, 3:30 p.m. (Big Ten Network)
Sept. 16: WASHINGTON, 5 p.m. (Peacock)
Sept. 23: MARYLAND, 3:30 p.m. (Homecoming; TV: TBA)
Sept. 30: at Iowa, TBA
Oct. 7: Bye
Oct. 14: at Rutgers, 12 p.m. (TV: TBA)
Oct. 21: MICHIGAN, TBA
Oct. 28: at Minnesota, TBA
Nov. 4: NEBRASKA, TBA
Nov. 11: at Ohio State, 7:30 p.m. (NBC)
Nov. 18: at Indiana, TBA
Nov. 24: vs. Penn State (Ford Field, Detroit), 7:30 p.m. (NBC)
