Penn State may be looking ahead to what it hopes will be a successful 2024 football season this fall, but the school is already making some changes to its 2026 schedule as well. On Thursday, an adjustment to the 2026 non-conference schedule was announced, although not by Penn State. The University of Buffalo stole the thunder by announcing it has added a 2026 road game at Penn State to its schedule.
According to a press release from Buffalo’s football program, the Bulls will visit the Nittany Lions on September 19, 2026. The 2026 meeting will be the fifth all-time meeting between the two schools with Penn State owning a 3-1 series advantage. Penn State’s only loss to Buffalo came in 1900.
The date of the Penn State-Buffalo game means Penn State will no longer play San Jose State, at least on that specific date. Penn State was originally scheduled to host San Jose State for a non-conference game in 2020. But when the Big Ten adopted an amended Big Ten-only scheduling policy during the COVID-19 stricken college football season, Penn State later rescheduled the game with San Jose State for September 19, 2026 in April 2021. Now, at least for the moment, the Spartans are once again placed on the shelf.
Penn State has not made any formal scheduling announcements of its own, so it is possible another rescheduled date is being arranged with San Jose State. But we will have to wait and see if that is the case when Penn State.
For the moment, Penn State’s non-conference schedule for 2026 includes home games against Marshall and Buffalo, and a road game at Temple. The Big Ten schedule for 2026 has not been announced yet.
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