SHERMAN, Texas - With the current excessive heat in the area expected to continue into next week, the Austin College football team's season opener against Nebraska Wesleyan has been pushed back to a 7:00 p.m. kickoff on September 2 at Jerry E. Apple Stadium.

With high temperatures still in the forecast heading into the first week of competition for the 'Roos, officials from both schools have agreed to move kickoff from its originally slated time of 1:00 p.m. to later that evening due to the health and safety concerns for the student-athletes. As a result of the time change, the Tony Joe White era at Austin College will open under the lights. This will mark the first time in the more than 125-year history of 'Roo football that the program has hosted a night game on campus.