Schedule Notables

2015 Midwestern State Football Schedule

Date Opponent Location Time Sept. 5 Truman State (Mo.) Wichita Falls, Texas 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at Colorado Mesa Grand Junction, Colo. 8 p.m. Sept. 19 Eastern New Mexico* -- Lone Star Football Festival Arlington, Texas 11:30 a.m. Sept. 26 Tarleton State* Wichita Falls, Texas 7 p.m. Oct. 3 at Angelo State* San Angelo, Texas 7 p.m. Oct. 10 West Texas A&M* Wichita Falls, Texas 7 p.m. Oct. 17 Humboldt State (Calif.) Wichita Falls, Texas 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at Texas A&M-Commerce* Commerce, Texas TBA Oct. 31 Texas A&M-Kingsville* Wichita Falls, Texas 1 p.m. Nov. 7 LSC Playoffs TBA TBA Nov. 14 LSC Playoffs TBA TBA Nov. 21 NCAA II First Round TBA TBA Nov. 28 NCAA II Second Round TBA TBA Dec. 5 NCAA II Quarterfinals TBA TBA Dec. 12 NCAA II Semifinals TBA TBA Dec. 19 NCAA II Championship Kansas City, Kan. TBA

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State announced an 11-game schedule for the 2015 season including five home games and a fifth consecutive appearance in the Lone Star Football Festival at AT&T Stadium as announced Wednesday afternoon.The Mustangs will play five games at Memorial Stadium including a season opening contest against Truman State (Mo.) on Sept. 5.MSU returns to Wichita Falls to face Tarleton State on Sept. 26 then play consecutive home games against West Texas A&M and Humboldt State (Calif.) on Oct. 10 and 17.The Mustangs close regular season play against Texas A&M-Kingsville at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 31.For the second consecutive season, Midwestern takes on Eastern New Mexico as part of the Lone Star Football Festival at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Sept. 19. Kickoff is set for 11:30 a.m.The Mustangs road slate includes games at Colorado Mesa (Sept. 12), Angelo State (Oct. 3) and Texas A&M-Commerce (Oct. 24).The Lone Star Conference Playoffs cover the final two weekends of the regular with two separate four-team tournaments as determined by the finish in the regular season standings.The No. 1 seed plays the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed takes on the No. 3 seed with the high seed earning a home game. The winners play the following week as well as the losers with the home site going to the higher remaining seed.The bottom half of the bracket features the No. 5 seed traveling to play Oklahoma Panhandle State while the Nos. 6 and 7 seeds play at the site of the higher seed on Nov. 7. The winners and losers of the games square off the following weekend in the final game of the season.Midwestern State has posted winning ledgers in each of the last 15 seasons -- a feat no other Lone Star Conference team can claim. The Mustangs claimed conference titles in 2009, 2011 and 2012 while advancing to the postseason in 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.- Midwestern State has five scheduled home games for the second time in three seasons. The Mustangs last played five games at Memorial Stadium in 2013.- MSU played five home games last season, but the last the final game of the season was Lone Star Conference Playoff game against Tarleton State.- The Mustangs boast a 30-6 record at Memorial Stadium since the start of the 2008 season.- Midwestern faces three brand new opponents this fall in Truman State (Mo.), Colorado Mesa and Humboldt State (Calif.).- The Mustangs are 3-1 in the Lone Star Football Festival with wins over Texas A&M-Commerce in 2011 and 2012 and Eastern New Mexico last season. MSU fell to Tarleton State in 2013.- Midwestern is averaging 48.5 points per game in its games at AT&T Stadium. The building's primary tenant -- the Dallas Cowboys -- boasts a high game of 48 points in a three-point loss to the Denver Broncos on Oct. 6, 2013.- Midwestern State is 17-10 in season openers since the program brought back football to start the 1988 season.- Here are the Mustangs series records against this season's opposition: Eastern New Mexico (15-5), Tarleton State (9-20-1), Angelo State (11-7), West Texas A&M (12-16), Texas A&M-Commerce (8-11) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (10-6). Once again, MSU will face Truman State, Colorado Mesa and Humboldt State for the first time this season.