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

9/1 vs. South Dakota State
9/8 vs. Rice
9/15 vs. TCU
9/22 at Northern Illinois
10/6 at Kansas State
10/13 vs. Oklahoma State
10/20 at Oklahoma
10/27 vs. Texas
11/3 at Baylor
11/10 at Texas Tech
11/17 vs. Iowa State
12/1 at West Virginia

— KU Sports Information —