Oct. 7, 2010
Double-check your 2011 calendars
by Erin Rosacker
Event planners who thought they had worked around ISU home football games in 2011 should take another look at their calendars. When Nebraska and Colorado announced plans to leave the Big 12 Conference this summer, officials had to rework their schedules for a 10-team league.
To accommodate the conference changes, several home game weekends and opponents were altered. Perhaps the biggest switch is a Saturday Cyclone home opener, instead of a Thursday date on the calendar since 2005.
Instead of just eight conference opponents, each team now will face every league foe annually. Iowa State dropped one nonconference game (at Utah) from its preliminary 2011 schedule to make room for a full slate of Big 12 opponents.
2011 ISU football schedule
| Sept. 3 | Northern Iowa |
| Sept. 10 | Iowa |
| Sept. 17 | at Connecticut |
| Oct. 1 | Texas (tentative Family Weekend date) |
| Oct. 8 | at Baylor |
| Oct. 15 | at Missouri |
| Oct. 22 | Texas A&M (tenative Homecoming date) |
| Oct. 29 | at Texas Tech |
| Nov. 5 | Kansas |
| Nov. 12 | at Oklahoma |
| Nov. 19 | Oklahoma State |
| Nov. 26 | at Kansas State |
