GREAT FALLS — After the college football season began with two road games, Montana State University MSU finally returns to Bobcat Stadium for its 2024 home opener on Saturday, Sept. 7. MSU, which sits in third place in the FCS after opening the season with wins over FBS New Mexico and Utah Tech, welcomes the Maine Black Bears to Bozeman for the annual Gold Rush game. Maine opened the season last week with a 17-14 win over Colgate.

Kickoff between the Bobcats and the Black Bears is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.., and the game will be televised by Scripps Sports with Ben Creighton and Ty Gregorak on the line and Grace Lawrence on the sidelines. The broadcast will air on CBS affiliates in Montana, including KRTV in Great Falls; KBZK in Bozeman; KTVQ in Billings; KXLF in Butte; KXLH in Helena; and KPAX in Missoula. The game will be covered by the Scripps Sports Saturday Showdown Postgame Show. The game will also be available to stream on ESPN+.

The University of Montana The Grizzlies will hit the road for the first time this college football season in a top-25 matchup with former Big Sky Conference rival North Dakota. The Griz, who opened their season with a 29-24 win over Missouri State last week, are ranked fourth, while the Fighting Hawks are ranked 23rd after a 21-3 loss to FBS Iowa State last week.

Montana and North Dakota are expected to kick off at 7 p.m. 5:00 p.m. (Montana time) at the Alerus Center. The game will be televised on Saturday, September 7 by Midco Sports and will broadcast on the MTN channel throughout Montana.

For the KRTV viewing area, the MTN channel is broadcast free-to-air on digital channel 3.2; it also airs on DirecTV channel 4. Coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. with the Scripps Sports Saturday Showdown Pregame Show.

The match can also be streamed on ESPN+ or Midco Sports Plus.

The MTN channel is available on DirecTV, DirecTV Stream, Fubo and over the air (free) with an antenna.

Learn more about the MTN channel and where to find it.