Penn State’s final home game of the season now has a kickoff time, and Senior Day in Beaver Stadium will come in the late afternoon.
The Nittany Lions will host Rutgers at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 21, with the game set to air on FS1. It will be the team’s last home date of the year and a chance to honor the seniors in front of the home crowd.
Before that, Penn State has another Big Ten test to handle. The Nittany Lions will face Minnesota at 7 p.m. on FS1, and they could be chasing a fourth straight win by the time Rutgers arrives in State College. Penn State is 5-4 overall and 2-4 in conference play after back-to-back victories over Purdue at home and Washington on the road.
That win over the Huskies was especially important because it was Penn State’s first in a one-score game this season. Three of the team’s four losses have come by eight points or fewer, so the margin has been thin all year.
A victory this week would also lock up bowl eligibility for head coach Matt Campbell in his first season with the program.
Rutgers comes in in rough shape under Greg Schiano. The Scarlet Knights are 2-7 overall and 1-5 in the Big Ten, with their only conference win coming against Maryland, which has since fired head coach Mike Locksley. Their season started going sideways early with a non-conference loss to UMass, which has proven to be a middle of the road MAC team.
Schiano’s future is also uncertain, with his firing on the table as Rutgers looks ahead. Before heading to Penn State, the Scarlet Knights will host Nebraska.
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