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Plan accordingly: Iowa State releases 2020 football schedule

Sep 21, 2019; Ames, IA, USA; Iowa State Cyclones quarterback Brock Purdy (15) runs the football against the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks at Jack Trice Stadium. The Cyclones beat the Warhawks 72 to 20. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports

The following is a press release courtesy of Iowa State athletics communications.

AMES, Iowa – The Big 12 Conference announced its 2020 league football schedule Tuesday.

The Big 12 shared that several conference games could still have date changes pending network television decisions.

The Cyclones will have seven home games for the third-straight season.

Iowa State begins its season vs. South Dakota on Sept. 5 and will travel to Iowa the following week (Sept. 12) in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

Iowa State begins Big 12 play by playing host to Texas Tech on Sept. 26 and the 2020 schedule will feature a Thursday night game, as the Cyclones will face Kansas State (Oct. 29) under the lights in Jack Trice Stadium.

Homecoming is set for Oct. 17 (Oklahoma) and Iowa State’s “off week” falls on Oct. 24.

Kickoff times and broadcast information will be announced at a later time.

2020 IOWA STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Sept. 5 SOUTH DAKOTA
Sept. 12 at %Iowa 
Sept. 19 UNLV 
Sept. 26 *TEXAS TECH

Oct. 3 at *at Kansas
Oct. 10 *at Oklahoma State
Oct. 17 *OKLAHOMA- Homecoming
Oct. 29 (Thurs.) *KANSAS STATE
Nov. 7 *at TCU
Nov. 14 *BAYLORNov. 21 *at Texas
Nov. 28 *WEST VIRGINIA

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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