Buckeyes at Spartans on Nov. 8 to be night game

Published Jul. 10, 2014 4:04 p.m. ET

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Big Ten and ESPN/ABC have announced that the Ohio State at Michigan State game on Nov. 8 will kick off at 8 p.m.

The night game on ABC will be the third in a row for the Buckeyes, who are scheduled to play a record five games at night in 2014 - with half of the game times still to be determined.

The Buckeyes will play an unprecedented three home night games.

Those after-dark starts include home games against Virginia Tech on Sept. 6 at 8 p.m., Cincinnati on Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. and Illinois on Nov. 1 at 8 p.m., in addition to an 8 p.m. kickoff on Oct. 25 at Penn State.