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ASU football to open 2028 season against Southern Miss

ASU football will face Southern Miss for the first time in program history.

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Arizona State football announced its first opponent for the 2028 season: the Southern Miss Golden Eagles of the Sun Belt Conference.

The matchup will be a one-game series at Mountain America Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2028.

This will be the first-ever matchup between these two programs.

The Sun Devils have won 27 straight home openers after defeating Morgan State 70-7 to begin their schedule this year, and ASU will host Akron to kick off the 2027 campaign.

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Arizona State is 3-2 this season with a matchup against No. 10 Texas Tech on Saturday.

Southern Miss is 1-4 this season. The Golden Eagles have not played west of Texas since 2013.

ASU has 2028 nonconference games scheduled with Northern Arizona and San Diego State. Florida cancelled a home-and-home series scheduled to begin in 2028 in Tempe last year.

Alex Weiner D-backs reporter and ArizonaSports.com editor

Alex Weiner is the Arizona Diamondbacks beat reporter for Arizona Sports and serves as a web editor for the station. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Alex moved to Arizona in 2017 to attend Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of… Read more

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Sun Devil 1994 3 weeks ago

Love how you dinks think the Tempe Normal cliche is original and somehow funny. Normal was what they called "teacher's colleges" back then...but I am sure you knew that. BTW, ASU has scheduled Florida, Texas, and LSU...and guess what? All these SEC powerhouses backed out. Explain that?

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Angry Tick 3 weeks ago

Looking at your name.. UofA lives RENT FREE in you!! Just another ASSU fan who thinks their football program is "blue blood".. hahahaha.. too much!!

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Arizona Basketball 0 HOFers Ha 3 weeks ago

Another u4 fan that fails to understand what is going on in College Football. Nothing new down there.