Colorado State will now open its season with the Aug. 26 Oregon State matchup, which will serve as the historic grand opening of the new on-campus stadium, followed six days later by the Rocky Mountain Showdown against Colorado on Friday, Sept. 1 at Sports Authority Field in Denver. The Rams will host Abilene Christian on Saturday, Sept. 9, in what was originally scheduled to be the stadium’s opening game, before traveling to Alabama Sept. 16 to conclude the non-conference portion of their schedule. The Sept. 9 game will be the annual Ag Day and Orange Out game.

“The first thing that stood out to us when we saw our conference schedule was that we open conference play with back-to-back road games and that we would not have a bye until the final week of the regular season,” said head coach Mike Bobo. “Playing 12 consecutive weeks without a bye is a significant challenge, so we began to look at our non-conference schedule, and the Oregon State game was the logical date. Fortunately, they also saw benefit with their schedule, and we were able to make the switch fairly quickly. We all are excited about the opening of the new stadium and playing football on campus, and now we get to celebrate that historic day sooner than we all expected.”

The Green and Gold Foundation has acquired 10 season tickets in the new stadium that are available to members on a first come, first served basis. Each member is guaranteed at least one game per season. If additional tickets are available for other games, they will be distributed to G&G members as requested. Maximum tickets per member per game: 2