UTSA's Trip to Florida Atlantic Moves to ESPN's Thursday Night Stage on November 5
The American Conference and ESPN announced Monday that the 7-1 Roadrunners' road game at Florida Atlantic on Thursday, Nov. 5 will air on ESPN at 6:30 p.m. CT — UTSA's second Thursday night appearance on the network this season.
UTSA is getting another Thursday night in the national spotlight. Officials from the American Conference and ESPN announced Monday that the Roadrunners' road game at Florida Atlantic on Thursday, November 5, has been selected for an ESPN broadcast, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, 6:30 p.m. Central, from Flagler Credit Union Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida Atlantic's athletics department said.
It will be UTSA's second appearance of the season on ESPN's Thursday night telecast: the Roadrunners beat South Florida 31-24 on October 8 at the Alamodome in the first. UTSA rides into the game off to a 7-1 start on a five-game winning streak, sitting atop the American Conference standings at 4-0 after Saturday's 42-19 win at Tulane.
Florida Atlantic is 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the conference, and the Owls hold a 3-2 advantage in the all-time series with UTSA. The game will be Florida Atlantic's first Thursday home game since 2006 and its first at Flagler Credit Union Stadium, with kickoff moved up 30 minutes from its previously announced time; the Owls first play at North Texas this Thursday, October 29. After Boca Raton, UTSA's closing stretch runs North Texas at home on November 14, at UAB on November 21 and Tulsa at home on November 27.
