Start times, channels announced for 5 Coastal Carolina 2023 football games

CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — Coastal Carolina football has announced the kickoff times and networks for its first five games of the 2023 season, athletic director Kevin Davis said in a news release.

Coastal will open its first season under new coach Tim Beck at UCLA on Saturday, Sept. 2, at 10:30 p.m. The game will air on ESPN.

CCU then kicks off its home season Sept. 9 against Jacksonville State at 7 p.m. before hosting Duquesne Sept. 16, the school announced. Both of those contests will air on ESPN+.

The Chanticleers then kickoff its conference slate, hosting Georgia State in a midweek contest on Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. That game will also air on ESPN+.

In another midweek contest, CCU will turn travel to Boone, North Carolina, facing conference rival Appalachian State at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10.

The 2023 Sun Belt Championship game will be played Saturday, Dec. 2, and will air either on ABC or ESPN at 4 p.m.

2023 Bowl season will kickoff for the Sun Belt in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Dec. 16 at 2:15 p.m. on ESPN.

The five bowl spots that Sun Belt teams are the aforementioned New Orleans Bowl, the Cure Bowl, Myrtle Beach Bowl, Camellia Bowl and the 68 Ventures Bowl, the school said.

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The Chanticleers full 2023 schedule, per the release:

Sept. 2 – at UCLA at 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Sept. 9 – Jacksonville State at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Sept. 16 – Duquesne at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Sept. 21 – Georgia State * (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Sept. 30 – at Georgia Southern *
Oct. 10 – at App State * (Tuesday) at 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Oct. 21 – at Arkansas State *
Oct. 28 – vs. Marshall *
Nov. 4 – at Old Dominion *
Nov. 11 – vs. Texas State *
Nov. 18 – at Army
Nov. 25 – vs. James Madison *

*Denotes conference opponent.