Georgia State has agreed to a home-and-home series with North Carolina-Charlotte in 2015 and 2017.

The Panthers will host the 49ers on Sept. 2, 3 or 4, depending upon the Falcons’ schedule. The Panthers will play at Charlotte on Sept. 9, 2017.

Charlotte will play its inaugural game against Campbell on Aug. 31. The 49ers are coached by Brad Lambert, a former assistant at Georgia. Charlotte is scheduled to join Conference USA in football in 2015.

Here are the remaining non-conference games Georgia State has scheduled in pending years. The dates for the games against Air Force haven’t been decided because the contracts haven’t been returned.

2014

vs. Air Force

9/6 at Tennessee-Chattanooga

9/20 at Washington ($900,000 guarantee)

2015

9/3* North Carolina-Charlotte

9/19 at Oregon ($900,000 guarantee)

*subject to change depending upon Falcons’ schedule

2016

at Air Force

2017

9/9 at North-Carolina Charlotte

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