Kickoff Time Announced for Penn State Football Season Opener Against West Virginia

Penn State football’s season opener against West Virginia will kickoff in prime time on national television.

The Nittany Lions and Mountaineers will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2, in Beaver Stadium, with the game airing on NBC, the network announced on Saturday.

It will be Penn State’s first nighttime home season-opener since 2001 against Miami and the program’s first game on NBC since 2006 against Notre Dame. NBC has never broadcast a game from Beaver Stadium.

The season opener also will mark the first game between Penn State and West Virginia since 1992 in a series that the Nittany Lions lead 48-9-2. Penn State has won the last four matchups dating back to 1989.

Penn State is coming off an 11-2 season and a Rose Bowl win. The Nittany Lions return 41 lettermen and 13 starters. West Virginia finished 2022 with a 5-7 record.

Times and television arrangements for the rest of Penn State’s 2023 schedule are still to be determined.

Sept. 2 vs. West Virginia, 7:30 p.m., NBC

Sept. 9 vs. Delaware

Sept. 16 at llinois

Sept. 23 vs. Iowa

Sept. 30 at Northwestern

Oct.14 vs. UMass

Oct. 21 at Ohio State

Oct. 28 vs. Indiana

Nov. 4 at Maryland

Nov. 11vs. Michigan

Nov. 18 vs. Rutgers

Nov. 25 at Michigan State