SAN ANTONIO — UTSA’s season opener in football against the University of Houston has been moved to Friday, Aug. 29, to accommodate a national-television broadcast.

Originally scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 30, the first game in the Cougars’ new Houston Football Stadium will be televised by ESPNews with an 8 p.m. kickoff.

Houston beat UTSA 59-28 last September at the Alamodome.

UTSA, in its fourth season as a program, will be playing non-Saturday games for the first time this fall.

The Roadrunners have three such contests on the schedule.

After opening the season on a Friday night, the home opener against Arizona will be held the following week on Thursday, Sept. 4.

Later in the season, UTSA will host Southern Miss on Thursday, Nov. 13.

All three games were moved to accommodate television.

Schedule

Aug. 29 — at Houston, 8 p.m.

Sept. 4 — Arizona, 7 p.m.

Sept. 13 — at Oklahoma State

Sept. 27 — at Florida Atlantic

Oct. 4 — New Mexico

Oct. 11 — Florida International

Oct. 18 — at Louisiana Tech

Oct. 25 — UTEP

Nov. 8 — at Rice

Nov. 13 — Southern Miss

Nov. 22 — at Western Kentucky

Nov. 29 — North Texas

Dec. 6 — Conference USA championship game