The SEC unveiled the dates of the 2015 conference football schedule on Tuesday on the SEC Network, and UK’s home schedule is highlighted by the first Thursday home game in program history.

The Cats will play Auburn on Oct. 15 at Commonwealth Stadium as a part of their eight-game home schedule. UK has played Thursday road games before, most recently against Mississippi State last season.

A trip to South Carolina on Sept. 12 opens the Cats’ conference schedule, followed by a four-game home stand that features games versus Florida, Missouri, Eastern Kentucky and Auburn.

UK will play Tennessee on Halloween in Commonwealth Stadium two years after the rivals’ matchup was moved from the final week of the year. It will be the first time UK will play the Volunteers outside of the month of November since 1918.

The Cats open the season and unveil the results of a $120 million renovation on Sept. 5 with a home game against Louisiana-Lafayette. UK has also announced non-conference games against EKU (Oct. 3), UNC-Charlotte (Nov. 21) and Louisville (Nov. 28).

UK’s open date is Oct. 10.

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