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The 2020 college football season was supposed to kick off with a game between Penn State and Nevada. Long before the impact of the global pandemic hit the college football schedule with brute force, Nevada had backed out of that original plan in order to play another game that same weekend. But now Penn State and Nevada are back on the books, this time for the 2025 season.
Consider this one a little bit of an easter egg in a released statement from Penn State last week with the announcement of some other rescheduled games, but the release included an updated outline of future schedules. Without making any formal announcement, Penn State included a 2025 game against Nevada. Penn State is scheduled to host the Wolfpack on Aug. 30, 2025.
The two schools were originally scheduled to open the 2020 season in Happy Valley. However, in 2019, Nevada scheduled a game for that same weekend against Arkansas. Penn State scheduled a game with Kent State, who was originally slated to play Arkansas. Funny how that works, right?
Due to the pandemic, the Penn State-Kent State game and Nevada-Arkansas game were each canceled. The Nittany Lions recently announced a rescheduled game against Kent State for September 21, 2024.
Penn State and Nevada have never played in football before, so the first showdown between the two programs will hit the field in 2025.
Penn State now has one non-conference schedule vacancy to fill for the 2025 season, which will likely be added in the open Week 2 slot. This would be a perfect spot to reschedule the home-and-home series with Virginia Tech, but the Hokies are already scheduled to face Vanderbilt that weekend. As of now, there is no indication the canceled Penn State-Virginia Tech games will be rescheduled in the foreseeable future.
Here is the updated 2025 Penn State football schedule:
- Aug. 30, 2025 – NEVADA
- Sep. 13, 2025 – VILLANOVA
- Sep. 20, 2025 – RUTGERS
- Sep. 27, 2025 – at Illinois
- Oct. 4, 2025 – PURDUE
- Oct. 18, 2025 – at Maryland
- Oct. 25, 2025 – at Minnesota
- Nov. 1, 2025 – INDIANA
- Nov. 8, 2025 – at Ohio State
- Nov. 22, 2025 – MICHIGAN
- Nov. 29, 2025 – at Michigan State
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