Razorback 2011 football schedule released

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Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino waves to the crowd during halftime at the Arkansas/Alabama basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 15.

The 2011 Arkansas Razorback football schedule was announced Tuesday morning.

Next season will feature four home games against SEC opponents – one in Little Rock – and most notably, the LSU game has been moved back to the Friday after Thanksgiving.

Hog fans came to expect the Friday face-off against LSU until CBS pulled a swip-swap in 2008, which moved the game to Saturday, to make room for the annual Alabama/Auburn game.

According to UA officials, the switch back to Friday will last at least through the 2012 season.

“We are proud of the great success our football student-athletes achieved in 2010 culminated in the program’s first berth in a BCS bowl game,” said UA athletic director Jeff Long in a statement. “Next year’s schedule promises to deliver another memorable season in the nation’s most competitive conference.”

All games on the Razorbacks’ 2011 schedule will be televised.

2011 University of Arkansas Football Schedule

Sept. 3 – Missouri State (Fayetteville) – 6 p.m. – PPV
Sept. 10 – New Mexico (Little Rock) – 6 p.m. – ESPNU
Sept. 17 – Troy (Fayetteville) – 6:30 p.m. – CSS
Sept. 24 – at Alabama – 2:30 p.m. – CBS
Oct. 1 – Texas A&M (Arlington, Texas) – 11 a.m. – ESPN
Oct. 8 – Auburn (Fayetteville) – 6 p.m. – ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU
Oct. 15 – Bye
Oct. 22 – at Ole Miss – 11:21 a.m. – SEC Network
Oct. 29 – at Vanderbilt – 11:21 a.m. – SEC Network
Nov. 5 – South Carolina (Fayetteville) – 6:15 p.m. – ESPN
Nov. 12 – Tennessee (Fayetteville) – 5 p.m. – ESPN2
Nov. 19 – Mississippi State (Little Rock) – 2:30 p.m. – CBS
Nov. 25 – at LSU – 1:30 p.m. – CBS
Jan. 6 – vs. Kansas State (Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Tex.) – 7 p.m. – FOX