BATON ROUGE -- The 2017 LSU Football season opener against BYU in Houston, Texas, will kickoff Sept. 2 at 8:30 p.m. CT on ESPN, the Southeastern Conference and ESPN announced Thursday.
The 2017 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff, which kicks off in exactly 100 days, will be the first meeting on the gridiron between the Tigers and Cougars.
LSU Head Coach Ed Orgeron will begin his first full season at the helm in Baton Rouge after taking over midway through 2016 and finishing with a 6-2 record including a Citrus Bowl victory.
The Tigers opened the 2014 season with a 28-24 victory over Wisconsin in Houston's NRG Stadium and wrapped up the 2015 season in the venue with a decisive 56-27 win over Texas Tech in the Texas Bowl.