BEAUMONT, Texas – Although the Lamar University football team will just be wrapping up its first week of fall camp on the field, the Southland Conference released its list of televised games for the first four weeks of the season. LU head coach Mike Schultz's Cardinals will be televised in all of the team's first four games, which includes three games on the ESPN family of networks.
 
The Red and White will kick off the season Saturday, Sept. 1, at home against Kentucky Christian. The game against the Knights will kick off at 6 p.m. from Provost Umphrey Stadium and will be televised on ESPN3. The following week the Cardinals will travel to Lubbock, Texas to take on Texas Tech. The game against the Red Raiders will be a 3 p.m. kick and will be televised on Fox Sports Net.
 
After the first two games of the season, the Cardinals return home for games in weeks three and four. Big Red will host Northwestern State Saturday, Sept. 15, at 6 pm. on ESPN+ from Provost Umphrey Stadium. The Cards will be back in the friendly confines the following week for a 6 p.m. kick against Southeastern Louisiana (ESPN3).
 
ESPN+ is different from the ESPN3 broadcasts that LU fans have grown accustomed to over the past couple seasons. ESPN+ is the premium multi-sport, direct-to-consumer video service from the Walt Disney Company's Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment in conjunction with ESPN. It offers fans thousands of additional live events, on-demand content and original programming not available on ESPN's linear TV or digital networks.
 
Programming on ESPN+ includes hundreds of MLB, NHL and MLS games, thousands of college sports events (including football, basketball and multiple other sports from more than 15 conferences), exclusive Top Rank boxing, UFC (beginning in 2019), Grand Slam tennis, international and domestic rugby, cricket, new and exclusive documentary films and series, acclaimed studio shows and the full library of ESPN's award-winning 30 for 30 films. Fans subscribe to ESPN+ for $4.99 a month (or $49.99 per year) and cancel at any time.
 
ESPN+ is an integrated part of the ESPN App, the leading sports app and the premier all-in-one digital sports platform for fans. The ESPN App is a showcase of the company's culture of innovation, delivering a rich, personalized experience that curates all of ESPN's incredible content around each fan's individual tastes. ESPN+ is also available through ESPN.com.
 
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