Dayton Flyers Football TV Schedule, Channels, Times
How to watch live stream Dayton Flyers football game today, tonight, or tomorrow? What channel & time?
The Dayton Flyers compete in the Pioneer Football League, and unlike most of the conference they do not put their home games behind a paywall. All six games at Welcome Stadium stream free on YouTube through the school's official channel, while the five road games run on ESPN+ via the host schools. Every home kickoff this season is set for noon ET, which makes the schedule unusually easy to plan around. Trevor Andrews enters his fourth year in charge holding a 17-16 record with the Flyers, and Dayton is coming off a 7-4 season built on a five-game winning streak that peaked with a home upset of nationally ranked Presbyterian. The 2026 slate is short by FCS standards at 11 games, with two open weeks built into September.
| Dayton Flyers TV Schedule 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Game | Time ET | TV |
| Week 1 (Sat, Aug. 29) | vs Fairmont State | 12:00 PM | YouTube |
| Week 2 (Sat, Sept. 5) | BYE WEEK | — | — |
| Week 3 (Sat, Sept. 12) | vs Thomas More | 12:00 PM | YouTube |
| Week 4 (Sat, Sept. 19) | @ Eastern Kentucky | 6:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 5 (Sat, Sept. 26) | BYE WEEK | — | — |
| Week 6 (Sat, Oct. 3) | @ Drake * | 1:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 7 (Sat, Oct. 10) | vs Morehead State * | 12:00 PM | YouTube |
| Week 8 (Sat, Oct. 17) | @ Butler * | 1:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 9 (Sat, Oct. 24) | vs San Diego * | 12:00 PM | YouTube |
| Week 10 (Sat, Oct. 31) | @ Stetson * | 1:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 11 (Sat, Nov. 7) | vs Valparaiso * | 12:00 PM | YouTube |
| Week 12 (Sat, Nov. 14) | vs Davidson * | 12:00 PM | YouTube |
| Week 13 (Sat, Nov. 21) | @ Presbyterian * | 1:00 PM | ESPN+ |
* Pioneer Football League game. Home games are played at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio.
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Which Dayton Flyers games are worth watching in 2026?
The September 19 trip to Richmond is the only night game on the calendar and the only meeting with a fully funded scholarship program. Eastern Kentucky, now a member of the UAC, hosts the Flyers at Roy Kidd Stadium in a 6:00 PM kickoff that will test a Dayton roster operating without athletic aid. It also caps an odd opening stretch: the Flyers play three games across the season's first four weekends, sandwiched around a pair of Division II opponents in Fairmont State and Thomas More, with open dates on either side of the EKU trip.
Conference play opens October 3 in Des Moines against Drake, the defending PFL champion, which makes it the clearest early read on where Dayton stands in the league race. The most loaded stretch comes in November: Valparaiso and Davidson visit Welcome Stadium on consecutive Saturdays before the Flyers close the regular season at Presbyterian on November 21. That finale carries some history — Dayton knocked off a ranked Presbyterian side at home last season, and the return trip to Bailey Memorial Stadium gives the Blue Hose a chance to settle it on Senior Day. With the first round of the FCS playoffs set for November 28, that game could be the one that decides whether Dayton's season keeps going.
