CLARKSVILLE – Austin Peay State University's football team will battle Stephen F. Austin for the first time in program history when it plays a home-and-home series during the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the athletics department announced Wednesday.

The Govs travel to the Nacogdoches, Texas on Aug. 31, 2024 to take on the Lumberjacks at Homer Bryce Stadium. Stephen F. Austin returns the trip with a Sept. 20, 2025 date at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville.

"This home-and-home series with Stephen F. Austin will provide our football team opportunities to prove themselves against a good FCS opponent early in the season," said Austin Peay Vice President and Director of Athletics Gerald Harrison. "The trip to Texas also allows us to get Coach Walden back in his home state where we can showcase Austin Peay to a brand-new audience."

The 2024 contest against Stephen F. Austin will serve as Austin Peay's season opener. The Governors are also slated to play Southern Illinois (Sept. 7), at Georgia Tech (Sept. 14), and Chattanooga (Nov. 23) during the 2024 nonconference slate.

The Lumberjack's return trip to Clarksville in 2025 joins a pair of road nonconference games for the Governors at Georgia (Sept. 6) and Middle Tennessee (Sep. 13).

To see all of Austin Peay's future nonconference foes, visit the Future Dates of the football schedule on LetsGoPeay.com. For news and updates on Governors football through the offseason, follow along on Twitter (@GovsFB) and Instagram (@GovsFootball).