LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA: McNeese football will play six home games for the first time since the 2022 season with four of those being Southland Conference games as the league office released the conference slate on Tuesday.

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McNeese will host Southeastern, Houston Christian, Northwestern State and league newcomer UTGRV while visiting Stephen F. Austin, Nicholls, East Texas A&M and Lamar. The Cowboys will not play UIW this season.

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Head coach Matt Viator's squad will open the season on August 30 at home against Louisiana Christian before visiting Louisiana-Lafayette on September 6. McNeese will then host Weber State on Sept. 13 and then close out non-conference play on Sept. 20 at Utah State.

The eight-game conference slate will start on Sept. 27 at SFA followed by a home game on October 4 versus Southeastern. A bye week will follow on Oct. 11 then the Cowboys will host HCU on Oct. 18 and at Nicholls on Oct. 25 to close out the month.

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McNeese will begin the month of November at home against Northwestern State on Nov. 1, travel to East Texas A&M on Nov. 8, host UTRGV on Nov. 15, and finish off the regular season at Lamar on Nov. 22.

McNeese finished 6-6 last season and 3-4 in conference play and in a tie for fifth place. The Cowboys have not finished above .500 overall and in Southland play since the 2019 season and will be looking for their first league championship since Viator's final season as head coach in 2015 in his first stint at the helm.

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