Conference USA, Charlotte 49ers announce initial football television schedule

Conference USA announced its initial football television schedule and game times Friday. Five of the Charlotte 49ers’ seven league games will be on ESPN3 or ESPN+, with the final two on other networks.

Game times and television information for three nonconference games (at Appalachian State on Sept. 12, at North Carolina on Sept. 19 and at Duke on Oct. 31) haven’t been released.

Charlotte’s home opener against nonconference foe Georgia State is set for a 6 p.m. kickoff at Richardson Stadium (ESPN3/+). Other games on ESPN3/+ include: at Florida International (6 p.m., Oct. 3), at North Texas (7:30 p.m., Oct. 10), Florida Atlantic (6 p.m., Oct. 17) and at Middle Tennessee State (3:30 p.m., Nov. 7).

Charlotte’s game at Marshall on Nov. 21 will be at 12:30 p.m. on Stadium and its regular season-finale at home against Western Kentucky on Nov. 28 will be on CBS Sports Network, time yet to be determined.

The Charlotte-Georgia State game will be played without spectators, the 49ers announced on Sunday. UNC announced Friday that all of its home games in September will be played without fans.