Aurora University opens the 2017 season and 84th of Spartan football on Saturday, September 2 at 1:00 p.m. on Vago Field in Aurora, Illinois.

All-Time Series -
- This is the second meeting between Aurora University and Carthage College on the football field.

Watch the game action -
- The game can be seen live using live stats or live video.

About the Aurora University Spartans –
- The Spartans were the 2016 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Co-Champions.
- The Spartans enter the weekend picked second in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference preseason poll.
- Head Coach Rick Ponx begins his fourth season at the helm of the Spartan football program.

Spartan Key Returners
- NACC First-Team All-Conference offensive lineman Will Craig
- NACC First-Team All-Conference linebacker Cody Patchett
- NACC First-Team All-Conference defensive back Brendan Fulton
- NACC First-Team All-Conference kicker Zac Mirabelli
- NACC Second-Team All-Conference defensive lineman Ray DiMatteo
- NACC Honorable Mention All-Conference running back Connor Olson
- NACC Honorable Mention All-Conference offensive lineman Max Gouge
- NACC Honorable Mention All-Conference defensive back Casey Kurinec
- NACC Honorable Mention All-Conference defensive back Luis Leguer
- NACC Honorable Mention All-Conference punter Travon Royal

About the Carthage College Red Med –
- Carthage College was picked to finish third in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

Red Men to Watch -
- Defensive end Pete Laughlin, CCIW First-Team All-Conference 
- Defensive back Connor Calvert, CCIW Second-Team All-Conference
- Defensive lineman Cedrick Fry, CCIW Second-Team All-Conference
- Wide Receiver James Cobbs, CCIW  First-Team All-Conference
- Offensive lineman Isiah Trussell, CCIW First-Team All-Conference
- Offensive lineman Chris Goldschmidt, CCIW Second-Team All-Conference

Up Next for the Spartans -
- The Spartans will be on the road against the  Loras College Duhawks on September 9. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m in Dubuque, Iowa.