A few days after playing North Carolina in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, LSU has announced it will participate in another marquee season-opening matchup in 2011.
LSU will take on Oregon, the reigning Pac-10 champion, in a game dubbed the “Cowboys Classic” on Sept. 3, 2011, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Senior Associate Athletic Director Verge Ausberry said LSU will receive about $3 million for the game.
“It’s not definite, but it will be over $3 million,” Ausberry said.
The matchup between the Tigers and the Ducks will be the teams’ fourth meeting in football and the first since 1977, when LSU beat Oregon, 56-17.
“This will be a great opportunity to showcase our football program on national television against a quality opponent from the Pac-10,” LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva said in a news release. “The Dallas area also has one of the largest LSU alumni bases outside Louisiana, so it will be exciting to bring … the LSU football experience to the state of Texas.”
In other scheduling moves, LSU will also host Western Kentucky in 2011. Its originally scheduled 2011 game against Southern Miss has been moved to the 2016 season, along with a newly added South Alabama contest.
In 2012, Idaho is slated to travel to Tiger Stadium along with Furman and Alabama-Birmingham in 2013 and Georgia Southern in 2014.
In 2015, LSU is scheduled to play host to Jacksonville State, who upset Southeastern Conference rival Ole Miss on Saturday.
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