T
his year 's Michigan-Penn State
matchup will be a nationally tele-
vised primetime game, marking U-
M's first-ever Big Ten home contest
played at night. The Oct. 11 game
will be played at 7 p.m. and broad-
cast on either ESPN or ESPN2.
Michigan athletics director Dave
Brandon addressed the possibility
of playing the game at night when
he spoke to members of the media
April 4 during a press conference for
the Manchester United-Real Madrid
soccer match and confirmed the ru-
mor April 7.
"The night game atmosphere cre-
ated by our fans has been electric and
we expect that same type of energy
for our first-ever conference night
game against Penn State," Michi-
MICHIGAN FOOTBALL
Michigan To Host
Penn State In Primetime
The atmosphere was electric when Michigan defeated Notre Dame in home night games in
2011 and 2013 (above), and in 2014, for the first time, U-M will host a Big Ten game at night.
PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL