Some Adjustments to Future Football Schedules
Games with North Carolina & Florida A&M added; Tennessee Games Removed
COLUMBUS,
Ohio – Gene Smith, The Ohio State University Director of Athletics,
announced today a number of future football schedule adjustments,
including the addition of games against the University of North
Carolina and Florida A&M University and the cancelling of a
home-and-home series with the University of Tennessee. The scheduling
news, in order of occurrence: 1.
Ohio State and Florida A&M, a Football Championship Subdivision
school from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, will play on Sept. 7,
2013, at Ohio Stadium. The game will be the first between the two
schools on the gridiron. Florida A&M will be paid a guaranty of
$850,000. 2. Ohio State and
Atlantic Coast Conference member North Carolina have agreed to a
home-and-home series. The teams will meet in Columbus on Sept. 5, 2015
and in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sept. 23, 2017. 3.
And because of the Big Ten Conference decision to play a
nine-game conference season beginning with the 2017 season, Ohio State
made the request to Tennessee to cancel the games the teams were
scheduled to play in 2018 (in Columbus) and 2019 (in Knoxville).
Tennessee agreed to the Ohio State request and may look at an option to
play in future years. Florida A&M, nicknamed the
Rattlers and with an enrollment of 13,300, are located in Tallahassee,
Fla. The Rattlers have won 32 games over the past four seasons and
finished the 2011 season with a 7-4 record. Ohio State and
North Carolina will play for the fifth time when the series resumes in
2015. Ohio State has won three of the first four meetings – all in
Columbus – including a 29-14 win in 1972 when Archie Griffin rushed for
a then-school record 239 yards in only his second game as a Buckeye.
The 2017 game will be Ohio State’s first football game at Chapel
Hill. Ohio State vs. North Carolina §
Sept. 29, 1962 – Five different ball carriers scored touchdowns for the
Buckeyes and John Mummey led the way with 109 yards rushing to lead the
home team to a 41-7 victory. § Sept. 25, 1965 – UNC
quarterback Danny Talbott scored early in the first quarter and back
Max Chapman (127 yards) scored late in the fourth to spark the Tar
Heels to the win over Ohio State, 14-3. § Sept. 30,
1972 – Archie Griffin carried 27 times for 239 yards and Vic Koegel and
Randy Gradishar combined for 30 tackles in Ohio State’s 29-14 win. §
Sept. 27, 1975 – Pete Johnson scored a still-standing (but tied by
Keith Byars in 1984) school record five touchdowns and rushed for 148
yards, and Griffin added 157 yards rushing, to spark the 32-7 win. Looking into the Future Ohio
State’s 2012 schedule is set with the confirmation two weeks ago that
Central Florida would be replacing Cincinnati as the second game of the
season. Here is a look at the 2012 schedule and some non-conference
games that are scheduled in the future: 2012 Sept. 1 – Miami (Ohio) Sept. 8 – Central Florida Sept. 15 – California Sept. 22 – Alabama-Birmingham Sept. 29 –at Michigan State Oct. 6 – Nebraska Oct. 13 – at Indiana Oct. 20 – Purdue Oct. 27 – at Penn State Nov. 3 – Illinois Nov. 10 – Off Nov. 17 – at Wisconsin Nov. 24 – Michigan 2013 Aug. 31 – Vanderbilt Sept. 7 – Florida A&M Sept. 14 – at California 2014 Aug. 30 – at Navy Sept. 13 – Kent State Sept. 20 – Virginia Tech Sept. 27 – Cincinnati 2015 Sept. 5 – North Carolina Sept. 12 – Northern Illinois Sept. 19 – at Virginia Tech 2016 Sept. 3 – Bowling Green Sept. 17 – at Oklahoma 2017 Sept. 16 – Oklahoma Sept. 23 – at North Carolina 2018 Sept. 8 – Cincinnati
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