Thursday, January 7, 2010

Auburn-Mississippi State Moved to Thursday

Auburn announced today that its Week 2 game against Mississippi State next year will be played Thursday, Sept. 9. The game had previously been slated for Saturday, Sept. 11.

ESPN will televise the game, which will serve as the conference opener for both teams.

Auburn is 6-2 all-time on Thursday night games. The Tigers lost their previous Thursday night game -- last year against West Virginia.

Auburn played Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss. on a Thursday night in 2002. The Tigers won that game 42-14.

Here is Auburn's revised schedule (home games in caps, conference games in bold):

Sept. 4 ARKANSAS STATE
Sept. 9 Mississippi State
Sept. 18 CLEMSON
Sept. 25 SOUTH CAROLINA
Oct. 2 LOUISIANA-MONROE
Oct. 9 Kentucky
Oct. 16 ARKANSAS
Oct. 23 LSU
Oct. 30 Ole Miss
Nov. 6 TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA
Nov. 13 GEORGIA
Nov. 26 Alabama

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