Penn State Sports Magazine
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NEWS & NOTES 2015 and 2016 conference schedules, both of which feature the return of the Spartans to Penn State's slate. The Nittany Lions played them each season from 1993 to 2010 and hold a 14-13-1 edge in the all-time series. In addition, Iowa resumes its series with Penn State after rotating off in 2013 and '14. The Hawkeyes travel to Beaver Stadium (Nov. 7), while Penn State also hosts Illinois (Oct. 3), Purdue (Oct. 24) and Nebraska (Nov. 21). The 2016 schedule features what is likely to be an even more attractive home slate for the Nittany Lions. In addition to taking on the Spartans at home Nov. 12, Penn State also hosts Indiana (Oct. 15), Ohio State (Oct. 29) and Wisconsin (Nov. 26). The Badgers and Lions are meeting in the final regular-season game every year from 2012 until at least 2016. Penn State is also set to resume its 2015 SEPTEMBER 5 12 19 26 10 24 31 14 at Temple BUFFALO RUTGERS TBA OCTOBER 3 Annemarie Mountz ILLINOIS at Ohio State PURDUE at Indiana NOVEMBER 7 IOWA at Michigan State 21 NEBRASKA 28 2016 SEPTEMBER 3 10 17 24 15 22 KENT STATE at Pittsburgh TEMPLE TBA OCTOBER 1 at Illinois INDIANA at Purdue 29 OHIO STATE NOVEMBER 5 at Iowa 12 MICHIGAN STATE 19 at Nebraska 26 WISCONSIN rebar-reinforced structure capable of supporting its massive weight. The LGT has been the Spartans' property since November 2010, when they stopped a late Penn State rally to prevail, 28-22, T W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M at Wisconsin Old rivals highlight upcoming schedules FOOTBALL he Land Grant Trophy is sitting somewhere on Michigan State's campus right now, presumably in a in Beaver Stadium. But the Nittany Lions will have a chance to reclaim it in three years, as the series is set to resume in 2015. The Michigan State game is one of several dormant rivalries set to be rekindled in the coming years. On May 21, the Big Ten announced the league's TROPHY GAME Levi Brown and Chris Baker hoist the Land Grant Trophy after a victory in 2006. series against former Eastern Independent rivals Rutgers and Temple, beginning with a trip to Piscataway, N.J., Sept. 13, 2014, to face the Scarlet Knights. The Nittany Lions will play host to Rutgers the fol- lowing year, with the teams set to meet Sept. 19, 2015, in Beaver Stadium. The series with Temple kicks off Aug. 30, 2014, at University Park, while the Nittany Lions will travel to Philadelphia Sept. 15, 2015. Buffalo, Kent State and Pittsburgh are also among Penn State's nonconfer- ence opponents in coming years. The Pitt-Penn State rivalry resumes Sept. 10, 2016, at Pittsburgh but will end the following year when the Panthers travel to Penn State on Sept. 16, 2017. With schedules beyond 2017 already filling up, Penn State coach Bill O'Brien said recently that continuing the in- state rivalry with Pittsburgh could prove difficult. But he said he would like for it to happen. "I would love to see that game played on an annual basis," O'Brien told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I have a tremendous amount of respect for [Pitt coach] Paul Chryst and their program, and that's a great rivalry. For the fans of Pennsylvania to be able to see that game every year, I think that's pretty neat." Higher on O'Brien's priority list, how- ever, is finding a high-caliber opponent to jump start the season. "What we are trying to do is have a J U N E 2 8 , 2 0 1 2 5