LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Big 12 Conference released the television broadcast assignments for the first three weeks of the 2016 college football season and specialty date games, with Kansas being tabbed for television in each of its first two games, along with its conference opener.

The Jayhawks play at American Athletic Conference member Memphis the third week of the 2016 college football season and that game time and broadcast designation will come from the AAC.

Kansas, under the direction of second-year head coach David Beaty, will open the 2016 football season with a home game versus Rhode Island on Saturday, Sept. 3. The KU-Rhody game will be played at 6 p.m., with a live broadcast on the Jayhawk Network in the state of Kansas and the Kansas City metro area and is available outside of the state lines to a national audience on ESPN3. More information on the Jayhawk Network (JTV) and its affiliates is available at KUAthletics.com/TV.

The Jayhawks will host Ohio in their second contest of the season on Saturday, Sept. 10. KU-Ohio will be broadcast live on FOX Sports Net (FSN), with a 1:30 p.m., kickoff.

Following a trip to Memphis for its third game of the 2016 season, Kansas will open Big 12 Conference play at Texas Tech on Thursday, Sept. 29. The game will begin at 7:30 p.m., and will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1. The Thursday night game will mark the first time the Jayhawks have played on a Thursday since they hosted Kansas State on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010.

Kansas made three appearances on Fox Sports Net in 2015 and two on JTV. KU was featured on FOX Sports 1 in six of its 2015 games and kicked off one time on the Big Ten Network.

Kansas will also host TCU (Oct. 8), Oklahoma State (Oct. 22/Homecoming, K-Club Weekend), Iowa State (Nov. 12) and Texas (Nov. 19) at Memorial Stadium during the 2016 campaign.

— KU Athletics —