MSU at Northwestern in 2017 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