TV and Kickoff Information Announced for Three OU Football Games – University of Oklahoma

NORMAN — Television and kickoff information for three 2024 Oklahoma football games — including the Allstate Red River Rivalry against Texas — was announced Thursday by ESPN.
 
OU’s Sept. 7 home game against Houston will kick off at 6:45 p.m. CT and be televised by the SEC Network, while its Sept. 14 home contest against Tulane will start at 2:30 p.m. CT and air on ESPN or ESPN2.
 
The Sooners’ Oct. 12 game against Texas at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas will begin at 2:30 p.m. CT and be televised by ABC or ESPN. Only one time in the previous 13 seasons has the OU-Texas game not kicked off at 11 a.m. CT. That was a 2:30 start in 2017, a 29-24 OU victory.
 
In April, it was announced that Oklahoma’s season opener against Temple was moved to Friday, Aug. 30, one day earlier than originally scheduled. Kickoff for the contest will be at 6 p.m. CT and the game will be televised by ESPN.
 
Oklahoma owns a 3-1 series lead against Houston and will be playing the Cougars for the first time since beating them 49-31 in the 2019 season opener in Norman. The Sooners are 2-0 against Tulane, defeating the Green Wave 56-14 in 2017 and 40-35 in 2021, both in Norman. OU has won 11 of its last 15 meetings against Texas and 17 of its last 25. Since 1971, the Sooners are 30-21-3 against the Longhorns.
 
New this year is the debut of a new scheduling format for SEC games across all ESPN platforms, with the opportunity for teams and fans to know approximate start times for the entire season. Television windows (i.e., “Early” [11 to noon CT start], “Afternoon” [2:30 to 3:30 p.m. CT start] or “Night” [5 to 7 p.m. CT start]) will be announced for all remaining SEC-controlled games on Tuesday, June 11, with select games tagged as “Flex” games for either the “Afternoon” or “Night” windows. SEC Now: Inside the 2024 Schedule premieres at 1 p.m. CT on June 11 to break down the full SEC schedule. Following The Paul Finebaum Show that day, the show will re-air at 7 p.m.
 
Each SEC institution will continue to play one non-conference game of its choosing on the ESPN+/SEC Network+ digital platform. Remaining games not contained in today’s announcement will be released on June 11.
 
The SEC Championship Game take place on Saturday, Dec. 7, and will kick off at 3 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast on ABC for the first time since 2000.

2024 OU football ticket mini plans are currently available for season ticket holders to purchase by contacting their OU Athletics representative or the Athletics Ticket Office at 405-325-2424. The Crimson Mini Plan includes the Temple, Tulane, Maine and Alabama games, while the Cream Mini Plan includes the Houston, Tennessee and South Carolina contests. Non-season ticket holders interested in tickets should click here to be added to a waitlist for when mini plan and/or single-game tickets are available to the public later this summer.