2026 McNeese Football Schedule and Kickoff Times Set
Lake Charles, Louisiana - Football season will be here before we know it, and we officially have the dates and times set for the 2026 McNeese Football schedule.
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For the last few weeks, we've been waiting for away teams to officially set their game times for the Cowboys' road games, and it looks like we've officially got the times set for all 12 games.
For the second year in a row, the Cowboys will have six home games, including games with Stephen F Austin, Tarleton State, Nicholls, Lamar, and others. This season, the Cowboys will play road games in Baton Rouge as they take on LSU, and also travel to Incarnate Word, Southeastern, UTRGV, and more.
If you missed the news last week, the Cowboy Block Parties are BACK again this year, and the lineup is GREAT. The fun will get started with Wayne Toups inside the Townsley Law Arena on August 28th, ahead of the Week Zero game against Stephen F Austin to kick off the season.
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We officially have all of the dates and times set in stone for the 2026 McNeese Cowboy football season. One change that fans should take notice of is that the Cowboys will be at home on October 31st, which of course is Halloween, but the kickoff time will be moved up to 2:00 to allow fans and families to still partake in Halloween festivities later on that evening.
2026 McNeese Football Schedule
Saturday, August 29 – Stephen F. Austin @ McNeese – 6:00 PM
Saturday, September 5 – Texas Wesleyan @ McNeese – 6:00 PM
Saturday, September 12 – Tarleton State @ McNeese – 6:00 PM
Saturday, September 19 – McNeese @ UTRGV – 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 26 – East Texas A&M @ McNeese – 6:00 PM
Saturday, October 3 – McNeese @ LSU – 6:45 PM
Saturday, October 17 – McNeese @ Northwestern State – 12:00 PM
Saturday, October 24 – McNeese @ Incarnate Word – 4:00 PM
Saturday, October 31 – Nicholls @ McNeese – 2:00 PM
Saturday, November 7 – McNeese @ Houston Christian – 4:00 PM
Saturday, November 14 – McNeese @ Southeastern Louisiana – 6:00 PM
Saturday, November 21 – Lamar @ McNeese – 6:00 PM
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