A couple of teams from Illinois help get Week 2 of the college football season started on Friday, Sept. 5 when the Northwestern Wildcats host the Western Illinois Leathernecks at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium in Evanston, Ill.

The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. EDT and will be broadcast on Big Ten Network . Fans looking to watch this college football game can do so for free by using DirecTV , which offers a free trial, or FuboTV , which also offers a free trial as well as up to $30 off your first month. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but has promotional offers available for streaming the game.

Both teams are coming off a loss in Week 1 with FCS Western Illinois falling to No. 11 Illinois, 52-3, and Northwestern losing to Tulane, 23-3.

The Wildcats

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