The Kentucky at Indiana football game on Saturday, Sept. 17 in Bloomington, Ind., will be at 6:45 p.m. ET in Memorial Stadium. The game will be televised live by ESPN Classic as announced by the Hoosiers? league office today. Indiana?s television schedule is dictated by the Big Ten Conference, as ABC, ESPN and ESPN-Plus own the league’s television rights.

This will be the eighth year that the game will be on live national or regional television. The game has been carried by an ESPN affiliate in 1991, 1999, and 2000 in addition to the upcoming contest. This will be UK?s first game on ESPN Classic.

UK will meet the Hoosiers for the 36th time in school history and for the 19th straight time dating back to 1987. The series is tied at 17-17-1 and the Wildcats have won nine of the last 10 meetings and three consecutive.

Two of UK?s first three games have been selected by an ESPN affiliate. UK and intrastate rival Louisville kick off the season on ESPN Sunday, Sept. 4 at 3:30 p.m. ET in Commonwealth Stadium. Other TV dates are expected to be announced in 12-day advance windows. Kentucky participates in the Southeastern Conference television contracts with CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, and Jefferson-Pilot.