COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State Buckeyes will play three Big Ten Conference games in primetime this season with the broadcast carrier for each game – either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 – still to be determined. The Buckeyes’ primetime league schedule includes the Oct. 17 game at Ohio Stadium vs. Penn State, the Oct. 24 game at Rutgers and the Nov. 7 game at Ohio Stadium vs. Minnesota.
Start times for the Penn State and Rutgers games have been set for 8 p.m. EST. The game against the Golden Gophers will start at either 7 p.m. or 8 p.m.
Ohio State opens its season with a primetime game on ESPN at Virginia Tech. A start time has not been determined, but the game, from Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va., will be televised by ESPN.
2015 Ohio State Football Schedule
Sept. 7 – at Virginia Tech (Time TBD on ESPN)
Sept. 12 – Hawaii
Sept. 19 – Northern Illinois
Sept. 26 – Western Michigan
Oct. 3 – at Indiana
Oct. 10 – Maryland
Oct. 17 – Penn State (8 p.m. on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2)
Oct. 24 – at Rutgers (8 p.m. on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2)
Oct. 31 – Off
Nov. 7 – Minnesota (7 or 8 p.m. on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2)
Nov. 14 – at Illinois
Nov. 21 – Michigan State
Nov. 28 – at Michigan
Dec. 5 – Big Ten Championship Game
46-23 at night
Ohio State is officially 46-23 in night games (those starting after 5 p.m. local time). Ohio State is a combined 34-19 in night games played on the road (22-10) or at a neutral site (12-9), and 12-4 in Ohio Stadium night games. Ohio State has won seven consecutive night games since losing, 35-21, to Virginia Tech in the 2014 home opener at Ohio Stadium.
Ohio Stadium Night Games (12-4)
| 1. | Sept. 14, 1985 | Ohio State 10, Pittsburgh 7 |
| 2. | Sept. 11, 1993 | Ohio State 21, Washington 12 |
| 3. | Aug. 28, 1997 | Ohio State 24, Wyoming 10 |
| 4. | Sept. 11, 1999 | Ohio State 42, UCLA 20 |
| 5. | Oct. 6, 2001 | Ohio State 38, Northwestern 20 |
| 6. | Aug. 30, 2003 | Ohio State 28, Washington 9 |
| 7. | Sept. 10, 2005 | Texas 25, Ohio State 22 |
| 8. | Oct. 25, 2008 | Penn State 13, Ohio State 10 |
| 9. | Sept. 12, 2009 | USC 18, Ohio State 15 |
| 10. | Sept. 2, 2010 | *Ohio State 45, Marshall 7 |
| 11. | Oct. 29, 2011 | Ohio State 33, Wisconsin 29 |
| 12. | Oct. 6, 2012 | Ohio State 63, Nebraska 38 |
| 13. | Sept. 28, 2013 | Ohio State 31, Wisconsin 24 |
| 14. | Oct. 26, 2013 | Ohio State 63, Penn State 14 |
| 15. | Sept. 6, 2014 | Virginia Tech 35, Ohio State 21 |
| 16. | Sept. 27, 2014 | Ohio State 50, Cincinnati 28 |
| 17. | Nov. 1, 2014 | Ohio State 55, Illinois 14 |
