Michigan Football To Play Two Big Ten Conference Primetime Games On The Road
ROSEMONT, Illinois – The Big Ten Conference Office and its television partners announced Monday (May 2) the primetime games for each of its platforms, with two of the University of Michigan's four conference road contests selected for an evening starting time.
The Wolverines will play its Big Ten road opener against Rutgers on Oct. 8 at either 7 or 8 p.m. EDT. This will be the team's second-ever appearance at High Point Solutions Stadium in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Scarlet Knights won the inaugural meeting in primetime, 26-24, on Oct. 4, 2014.
The final primetime tilt on Michigan's regular season schedule will be played at Iowa on Nov. 12. The Wolverines and the defending Big Ten Western Division Champion Hawkeyes will battle at 8 p.m. EST/7 p.m. CST from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. This will be the second time that the two schools have met in primetime, with Iowa winning the match-up, 30-28, on Oct. 10, 2009, at Kinnick Stadium.
The television network for the Rutgers and Iowa games will be selected at a later date. The games could be shown on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.
The Wolverines have compiled a 29-20 all-time record in night games.
Following are the seven games that have been selected for broadcast on the ESPN family of networks:
Oct. 8 – Michigan at Rutgers, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 7 or 8 p.m. EDT
Oct. 15 – Ohio State at Wisconsin, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 8 p.m. EDT
Oct. 22 – Ohio State at Penn State, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 8 p.m. EDT
Oct. 29 – Nebraska at Wisconsin, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 7 or 8 or 9 p.m. EDT
Oct. 29 – Northwestern at Ohio State, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 5:30 p.m. EDT
Nov. 5 – Nebraska at Ohio State, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 8 p.m. EST
Nov. 12 – Michigan at Iowa, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 8 p.m. EST