Penn State Football: Kick Times Announced for Several Games; Purdue and Minnesota Clashes Set for Primetime

Penn State’s season-opener at Purdue will kick at 8 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 1, according to a conference announcement on Thursday afternoon that featured a handful of kick times for the Nittany Lions’ upcoming 2022-23 schedule.

After opening in West Lafayette, the Nittany Lions return home to face Ohio in the home opener the following week. That game is scheduled to kick at noon on ABC.

Penn State’s Oct. 22 home tilt against Minnesota will be a primetime affair as well, with kickoff slated for 7:30 p.m. on a network to be determined.

The full slate of announced kick times so far can be seen below.

The opening week clash against the Boilermakers marks the fifth season opener against a Big Ten opponent, with the first coming against Minnesota, a 38-20 win, on September 4, 1993 in Beaver Stadium in Penn State’s first game as a Big Ten conference member.

Penn State has opened on the road against a Big Ten team in each of the last two years, winning last season’s opener in Madison against Wisconsin and losing the 2020 opener 36-35 in overtime against Indiana on the road in Bloomington.

Since 2016, Penn State has begun conference play at Michigan (2016), at Iowa (2017), at Illinois (2018), at Maryland (2019), at Indiana (2020) and at Wisconsin (2021). PSU will also open Big Ten play on the road in 2023 (Illinois) and 2024 (Rutgers). In 30 seasons as a Big Ten member, Penn State has opened on the road 21 times in conference.

The Nittany Lions hold a series lead of 15-3-1 against Purdue. Penn State will face the Boilermakers for the first time since 2019 and just the third time since 2013.