UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State Football's home opener vs. Ohio State on Oct. 31 will be a 7:30 p.m. ET kick on ABC, it was announced Monday. The game will also be available on the Penn State Sports Network (6 p.m. airtime) and GoPSUsports.com.
The Nittany Lions will be making their 188th all-time appearance on ABC. It will also mark Penn State's 87th all-time night game overall and 27th night game in Beaver Stadium.
This will be the fifth consecutive time that Ohio State's visit to Beaver Stadium is at night. The teams have met every year since Penn State began Big Ten competition in 1993. Three of the last four contests have been decided by a total of five points.
The Nittany Lions open the 2020 campaign on Saturday at Indiana. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
Capped by a 53-39 win over No. 17 Memphis in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Dec. 28, 2019, the Nittany Lions posted their third 11-win season in four years with an 11-2 record. It marked Penn State's 18th 11-win season overall and eighth since joining the Big Ten. Penn State's last stretch with 11 wins in three-of-four years was 1968-71.
Penn State finished in the Top 10 of the Associated Press (AP) poll and the Amway Coaches polls for its third Top 10 finish in both polls in the last four seasons. The Nittany Lions came in at No. 9 in the final AP and Amway Coaches polls. Additionally, Penn State was No. 10 in the final College Football Playoff Rankings. The Nittany Lions have ended the season in the AP Top 25 in four-consecutive seasons for the first time since a seven-year stint from 1993-99. Penn State is one-of-four teams (Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma) to rank in the Top 12 of the CFP final rankings in each of the last four seasons (2016-19).
The 2020 Penn State Football Season is presented by PSECU.
