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2025 Kennesaw State Football Schedule: Game Dates, Matchups, and CUSA Teams Missed
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2025 Kennesaw State Football Schedule

Aug 29 at Wake Forest
Sept 6 at Indiana
Sept 13 Merrimack
Sept 20 Arkansas State
Sept 27 Middle Tennessee
Oct 4 OPEN DATE
Oct 9 Louisiana Tech
Oct 18 OPEN DATE
Oct 21 at FIU
Oct 28 UTEP
Nov 8 at New Mexico State
Nov 15 at Jacksonville State
Nov 22 Missouri State
Nov 29 at Liberty

Who's missing from the CUSA Schedule?

Delaware, Sam Houston, WKU

This article first appeared on College Football News and was syndicated with permission.

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