The University of Kansas has released their 2012 Football schedule. Some notable changes for the upcoming season as compared to years past will be the absence of Missouri and Texas A&M from the schedule. With both teams jumping ship to the SEC, Kansas fills the void with a trip to West Virginia in December and hosting TCU in a mid-September showdown to open up Big 12 play. Kansas will also have 2 bye weeks in 2012.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football will host new Big 12 Conference rival TCU in its 2012 conference opener and will travel to new league member West Virginia in its regular season finale according to the newly released schedule that was approved by the Big 12 Directors of Athletics Tuesday morning. Kansas, who will play six home games at Memorial Stadium in 2012, will open by hosting South Dakota State on Saturday, Sept. 1, in head coach Charlie Weis’ inaugural campaign.
In non-conference action, KU will host Rice on Sept. 8, following the opener versus South Dakota State. It will also travel to Northern Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 22.
The 2012 Big 12 slate features a 10-team, nine-game, round-robin schedule. Dates are subject to change as adjustments are expected to accommodate television partners’ requests. Television selections for the first three weeks of the season and special dates are due to the Conference July 1.
KU will host TCU (Sept. 15), Oklahoma State (Oct. 13), Texas (Oct. 27) and Iowa State (Nov. 17) in Big 12 play and will travel to Kansas State (Oct. 6), Oklahoma (Oct. 20), Baylor (Nov. 3), Texas Tech (Nov. 10) and West Virginia (Dec. 1).
2012 Kansas Football Schedule
Game Times and TV Broadcasts TBA
Date Opponent Time TV
Sept. 1 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE TBA
Sept. 8 RICE TBA
Sept. 15 TCU* TBA
Sept. 22 at Northern Illinois TBA
Sept. 29 Bye Week
Oct. 6 at Kansas State* TBA
Oct. 13 OKLAHOMA STATE* TBA
Oct. 20 at Oklahoma* TBA
Oct. 27 TEXAS* TBA
(Homecoming Weekend)
Nov. 3 at Baylor* TBA
Nov. 10 at Texas Tech* TBA
Nov. 17 IOWA STATE* TBA
Nov. 24 Bye Week
Dec. 1 at West Virginia* TBA
