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According to a press release via Penn State, both Ball State and Buffalo have been booked for one away game in Happy Valley. This announcement was made in conjunction with news of an Auburn-Penn State home-and-home series.
Buffalo will be the first to visit Beaver Stadium in a matchup slated for September 7th, 2019. That match-up will mark the fourth-ever meeting between the Nittany Lions and Bulls. Penn State’s first ever match-up on the gridiron with a Mid-American Conference team was way back in 1900 with the Buffalo Bulls defeating the Nittany Lions 10-0. Overall, Penn State holds an all-time 2-1 record against Buffalo. Their last meeting came last season at Beaver Stadium where the Bulls were defeated 27-14.
Ball State will pack their bags and visit Beaver Stadium on September 11th, 2021. That contest will be the first-ever meeting between Ball State and Penn State. Penn State is the Cardinals’ fourth Big Ten opponent on upcoming football schedules with Illinois, Indiana and Michigan on future schedules.
The Nittany Lions hold an all-time record of 23-3 against current MAC teams. After competing against Ball State in 2021, the only two MAC schools Penn State have not faced will be Western Michigan and Miami.
Below is both Ball State’s and Buffalo’s full list of future non-conference opponents.
Buffalo:
2016
09/02 - Albany
09/17 - at Nevada
09/24 - Army
10/01 - at Boston College
2017
08/31 - at Minnesota
09/09 - at Army
09/16 - Colgate
09/23 - Florida Atlantic
2018
09/01 - Delaware State
09/08 - at Temple
09/22 - at Rutgers
09/29 - Army
2019
09/07 - at Penn State
09/14 - at Old Dominion
09/21 - Temple
2020
09/05 - at Kansas State
09/12 - Old Dominion
10/24 - at Army
2021
09/11 - at Nebraska
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Ball State:
2016
09/02 - at Georgia State
09/10 - at Indiana
09/17 - Eastern Kentucky
09/24 - at Florida Atlantic
2017
09/02 - at Illinois
09/09 - UAB
09/23 - at Western Kentucky
2018
09/08 - at Notre Dame
09/15 - at Indiana
09/22 - Western Kentucky
2019
08/31 - Indiana (at Indianapolis, IN)
09/14 - Florida Atlantic
09/21 - at NC State
2020
09/12 - at Michigan
09/19 - at Indiana
2021
10/02 - Army