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MSU at Northwestern in 2017 a Friday night game

The Detroit News
Michigan State at Northwestern in 2017 will be a Friday night game.

Michigan State’s game at Northwestern in 2017 will be one of six Friday night Big Ten games, it was announced Tuesday.

The MSU at Northwestern game had been scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28. It will now be played one day earlier.

Michigan told the Big Ten it was not interested in playing on Friday night, home or away.

Here are the Big Ten Friday night games in 2017:

Sept. 1, Washington at Rutgers

Sept. 1, Utah State at Wisconsin

Sept. 8, Ohio at Purdue

Sept. 29, Nebraska at Illinois

Oct. 13, Northwestern at Maryland

Oct. 27, Michigan State at Northwestern

Michigan remains 'adamantly opposed' to playing Friday night football

MICHIGAN STATE 2017 SCHEDULE

Sat., Sept. 9, Bowling Green

Sat., Sept. 16, Western Michigan

Sat., Sept. 23, Notre Dame

Sat., Sept. 30, Iowa

Sat., Oct. 7, at Michigan

Sat., Oct. 14, at Minnesota

Sat., Oct. 21, Indiana (homecoming)

Fri., Oct. 27, at Northwestern

Sat., Nov. 4, Penn State

Sat., Nov. 11, at Ohio State

Sat., Nov. 18, Maryland

Sat., Nov. 25, at Rutgers