Penn State, Rutgers will play in prime time on Big Ten Network

Penn State will open the 2015 Big Ten season Sept. 19 against Rutgers in a night game at Beaver Stadium, the Big Ten Network announced Monday. Game time will be set at a later date.

The two teams began their Big Ten schedules last year on the third Saturday of their seasons under the lights at High Point Solutions Stadium, with the Nittany Lions rallying from a 10-point deficit to win, 13-10, on Bill Belton's touchdown run with 1 minute, 13 seconds to play.

The victory gave the Lions a 23-2 advantage in the series that began in 1918.

Penn State will play a prime-time game on the Big Ten Network for the fifth straight year. Rutgers will appear on the network a second time, hosting Michigan State on Oct. 10.

- Joe Juliano