MANKATO, Minn. --- Minnesota State's 2021 fall schedule will feature 11 games against Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference opponents, including six games at home in Blakeslee Stadium.

Since joining the NSIC in 2008, the Mavericks have won seven NSIC Championships, to go along with nine NSIC South Division Championships. MSU currently owns a 35-game NSIC winning streak. In 2019, MSU finished its season with a 14-1 record as it advanced to the NCAA Division II Championship game for the second time in program history under Head Coach Todd Hoffner owns a 106-22 record with the Mavericks.

Minnesota State will begin its season squaring off against five NSIC North Division opponents, including its season opener at home against Northern State on Thursday, Sept. 2, at 6:00 p.m. The Mavericks will then travel up north to take on the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs on Saturday, Sept. 11, with kickoff set for 6:00 p.m.

MSU will then return home on Saturday, Sept. 18, as it hosts the Bemidji State Beavers in a 4:00 p.m., contest. The Mavericks will then head back up north on Saturday, Sept. 25, to battle the Minot State Beavers with kickoff scheduled for 6:00 p.m. 

Minnesota State wraps its north division schedule on Saturday, Oct. 2, as it takes on the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears in its annual Homecoming Game at 2:00 p.m., at Blakeslee Stadium. This will be the third time that MSU's hosts CSP on Homecoming, with the Mavericks winning both of their previous encounters (30-10 in 2012 & 45-10 in 2016).

The Mavericks open their NSIC South Division scheduled as they play host to Wayne State on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 1:00 p.m. MSU will then hit the road to square off with the Upper Iowa Peacocks on Saturday, Oct. 16, with kickoff set for 12:00 p.m.

Minnesota State will conclude its home schedule with a pair of 1:00 p.m., contests against Augustana on Saturday, Oct. 23, and Sioux Falls on Saturday, Oct. 30. The Mavericks finish their 2021 regular schedule with a pair of road games at Southwest Minnesota State on Saturday, Nov. 6 and at Winona State on Saturday, Nov. 13. Kickoffs for both games are scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

The first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs is scheduled to begin on Saturday, Nov. 20.