Utah State adds 2024 vs. Mississippi State, announce date change for 2023 Iowa game

Utah State has made a couple of adjustments to its future football slates.

First, Utah State confirmed Monday a future one-off football game with Mississippi State. That game will be played on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. That matchup will, of course, be played at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville.

That game, incidentally, will mark the first-ever between the Utah State and Mississippi State football programs.

While it may be a first versus the Bulldogs, the Aggies have faced schools from the SEC in the past. From the USU release:

Utah State is familiar with SEC Country, having traveled to LSU this past season, to Tennessee in 2014 and to Auburn in 2011. USU has also played at Alabama twice, most recently in 2005, and at Kentucky three times, including a 35-6 road win in 1970, along with games at Arkansas in 2006 and at Georgia in 1999.

Additionally, USU announced that its 2023 game against Iowa in Iowa City will be played Sept. 2. It had originally been scheduled for Sept. 16.

The Aggies are coming off a 7-6 record in their second first season under Gary Andersen. Anderson also served as the USU head coach from 2009-12. In his final season in Logan, Andersen led Utah State to a school-record 11 wins. That mark was matched six years later by Matt Wells. That season helped Wells land the Texas Tech job. And led Andersen back to USU.