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Navy, Youngstown State Added To 2029 Nonconference Schedule, Nevada Game Moved To 2030 Season

By June 4, 2025 (11:08 am)Football

Ohio State has made three changes to future nonconference football schedules that will affect games in the 2029-30 seasons, according to the university. 

The Buckeyes are now scheduled to face off with Navy to open the 2029 season on Sept. 1, 2029. In order to add that game, Ohio State and Nevada have agreed to move their previously scheduled game for that date to Sept. 7, 2030. This will mark the first matchup between the Buckeyes and Midshipmen since the 2014 season, when Ohio State handed Navy a 34-17 defeat at home to open their championship-winning campaign. 

Ohio State also added Youngstown State to its 2029 nonconference schedule, which will be played at Ohio Stadium on Sept. 15, 2029. The Penguins last came to Columbus in 2023 when the Buckeyes came away with a 35-7 win. 

With the Penguins and Midshipmen now on the schedule in the future, the Buckeyes have just one game remaining to fill out its nonconference schedule over the next five years, that being the team’s 2030 season opener on Aug. 31, 2030. 

Below is a list of Ohio State’s nonconference schedule for the 2026-30 seasons: 

2026

Sept. 5 – Ball State

Sept. 12 – at Texas

Sept. 19 – Kent State

2027

Sept. 4 – Bowling Green

Sept. 11 – New Hampshire

Sept. 18 – Alabama

2028

Sept. 2 – Buffalo

Sept. 9 – at Alabama 

Sept. 16 – Northern Illinois

2029

Sept. 1 – Navy

Sept. 8 – Charlotte

Sept. 15 – Youngstown State

2030

Aug. 31 – TBD

Sept. 7 – Nevada

Sept. 14 – at Georgia

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