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Football dates announced with Buffalo and Cincinnati

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Buffalo game completes 2013 schedule; series with Cincinnati now includes a Sept. 8, 2018 game

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two football game dates were announced today by The Ohio State University Department of Athletics: Ohio State will host the Buffalo Bulls of the Mid-American Conference Sept. 21, 2013; and the series of games between Ohio State and Big East Conference member Cincinnati now includes a game set for Sept. 8, 2018 at Ohio Stadium.

The one-game commitment with Buffalo, which will pay the university $1 million, completes the 2013 Ohio State non-conference schedule. The Buckeyes will host Vanderbilt (Aug. 31) to open the 2013 season with a home game against Florida A&M to follow (Sept. 7).

Game 3 in 2013 will send Ohio State out west Sept. 14 against the University of California. This will be the Buckeyes first visit to Berkeley since 1972, and the game will be played in a renovated and modernized Memorial Stadium. The first-ever game with Buffalo is set for the following week.

Buffalo was 3-9 this past season and 2-6 in the Mid American Conference. Jeff Quinn is in his third year as Buffalo head coach. An assistant coach on a Brian Kelly coaching staff for 19 years (Grand Valley State, Central Michigan and Cincinnati), Quinn was hired Dec. 22, 2009, after a three-year run with the Cincinnati Bearcats, during which time the team posted a 33-7 record. Quinn was offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the Bearcats.

The 2018 game date with Cincinnati was recently agreed upon after an original 2012 date was postponed last fall by mutual agreement. The teams are also set to meet Sept. 27, 2014 in Ohio Stadium.

Ohio State holds a 13-2 edge in the gridiron series with Cincinnati. The teams have played four times in the last 13 seasons (since 1999) after not playing for 68 seasons.

Buckeyes vs. the Bearcats

Most Recently…

Sept. 25, 1999 Ohio State 34, Cincinnati 20 at Ohio Stadium

Sept. 21, 2002 Ohio State 23, Cincinnati 19 at Paul Brown Stadium

Sept. 4, 2004   Ohio State 27, Cincinnati 6 at Ohio Stadium

Sept. 16, 2006 Ohio State 37, Cincinnati 7 at Ohio Stadium

Upcoming…

Sept. 27, 2014 at Ohio Stadium

Sept. 8, 2018 at Ohio Stadium

Future Schedules

Here is a look at the complete 2012, 2013 and 2014 Ohio State football schedules, and some of the 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 – Open

Nov. 17 – at Wisconsin

Nov. 24 – Michigan

2013

Aug. 31 – Vanderbilt

Sept. 7 – Florida A&M

Sept. 14 – at California

Sept. 21 – Buffalo

Sept. 28 – Wisconsin

Oct. 5 – at Northwestern

Oct. 12 – Open

Oct. 19 – Iowa

Oct. 26 – Penn State

Nov. 2 – at Purdue

Nov. 9 – Open

Nov. 16 – at Illinois

Nov. 23 – Indiana

Nov. 30 – at Michigan

2014

Aug. 30 – at Navy

Sept. 6 – Open

Sept. 13 – Kent State

Sept. 20 – Virginia Tech

Sept. 27 – Cincinnati

Oct. 4 – Purdue

Oct. 11 – Open

Oct. 18 – at Iowa

Oct. 25 – Northwestern

Nov. 1 – at Wisconsin

Nov. 8 – Illinois

Nov. 15 – at Penn State

Nov. 22 – at Indiana

Nov. 29 – Michigan

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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