The Texas A&M-Commerce Lions have announced their 2024 football schedule, which features six home contests and 12 games overall.
Texas A&M-Commerce opens the 2024 season with four consecutive non-conference contests, beginning on Saturday, Aug. 31 on the road against the San Diego State Aztecs. The Lions travel to California again the following week on Sept. 7 to take on the UC Davis Aggies.
A&M-Commerce open its home slate at Memorial Stadium in Commerce, Texas, on Sept. 14 against the Grambling State Tigers and then hosts the Sacramento State Hornets a week later on Sept. 21.
The Lions complete the non-conference portion of their 2024 schedule later in the season on Oct. 26 when they visit the Prairie View A&M Panthers, which was previously unannounced.
Texas A&M-Commerce opens Southland Conference play on the road on Sept. 28 at the Nicholls Colonels. Other Southland road opponents in 2024 include McNeese on Oct. 12 and Southeastern Louisiana on Nov. 16.
Southland foes visiting Commerce next season include Houston Christian on Oct. 19 (Homecoming), Northwestern State on Nov. 2, Lamar on Nov. 9, and Incarnate Word on Nov. 23.
Below is Texas A&M-Commerce’s complete schedule for the 2024 season, plus a link to their schedule page which will be updated with kickoff times and TV as they are announced:
2024 Texas A&M-Commerce Football Schedule
- 08/31 – at San Diego State
- 09/07 – at UC Davis
- 09/14 – Grambling State
- 09/21 – Sacramento State
- 09/28 – at Nicholls*
- 10/05 – OFF
- 10/12 – at McNeese*
- 10/19 – HCU*
- 10/26 – at Prairie View A&M
- 11/02 – Northwestern State*
- 11/09 – Lamar*
- 11/16 – at Southeastern Louisiana*
- 11/23 – UIW*
* Southland contest.
Texas A&M Commerce finished the 2023 season 1-9 overall and 1-5 in conference action. It was just the second season for the Lions at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level.
Let’s go Lions!
The 2024 FCS 12 game schedule trend continues… Is it possible we could see this become permanent after 2025 if most schools embrace the ’24 and ’25 calendars allowing for the possibility for a 12 game schedule?
FCS schools can only play 12 games in years when the period starting with the Thursday before Labor Day and ending with the final Saturday in November contains 14 Saturdays. The next time the calendar will allow 12 regular-season games is 2024 and again in 2025. FCS teams will go back to 11 games in 2026.
After the Trust 6 Conferences lobbied their Sidekick ,the NCAA, in 2005 to allow a 12th game vs a 63 Scholarship program > 2005 to count = to an 85 Scholarship Team the Dilution of conference regular season meaning accelerated.
In My Researched Opinion, the Trust 4 & Dependent 5 Conferences need to delete the official 12th Game to not counting toward 85 Scholarship Programs post season qualifying Mark.
63 Scholarship Programs have a 24 Team Playoff qualifying Standard of 11 Games which weeds out All the pretenders by the 1st week of the Playoff.