Game Thread UCLA at tOSU, Sat. Nov. 15th, 7:30 pm ET, NBC

[BB73]

Bruins come to Columbus for the first time as a conference opponent.

The overall series is 4-4-1. The Buckeyes are 2-1-1 in Columbus, winning the last such matchup 42-20 in 1999.

The most recent meeting was in Sept. 2001; in Jim Tressel’s second game as head coach the Buckeyes lost in Pasadena 13-6, with their only score coming on a blocked punt.

The only time these teams met in the postseason was the brutal 23-10 loss to the Dick Vermeil-coached, John Sciarra-QB‘ed team in the Rose Bowl after the 1975 season, during which the Buckeyes had defeated that Bruins team 41-20 in Columbus in early October. That loss was in Archie Griffin’s final game, and it cost the Buckeyes the National Title the last time Woody Hayes had a shot at winning another one.

 

[brodybuck21]

if anyone is selling tix please let me know. want to take my girls to their first Buckeye Game

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

if anyone is selling tix please let me know. want to take my girls to their first Buckeye Game

My brother will likely be trying to sell his 2 season tickets. Sounds like you need more than 2, though.

 

[brodybuck21]

My brother will likely be trying to sell his 2 season tickets. Sounds like you need more than 2, though.

Yeah definitely need 3

 

[brodybuck21]

rumors this will be a night game

 

[calibuck]

Was in grad school, and in fact was in the stands for the home UCLA game. Watched Kenny Easley play a great game, but UCLA was handled easily by the Buckeyes. Come the Rose Bowl, would estimate that 99+% of fans believed it would be a cake walk. Not so, and yeah, was Archie's last hurrah. and fourth time in the Rose. Anyway, tOSU is everyone's Super Bowl, and hopefully the Buckeyes take them seriously, just like Purdue this week. (remember when Illinois, and Purdue were tOSU's kryptonite back in the day). Go Bucks!

 

[heisman]

rumors this will be a night game

Confirmed.

Kickoff time announced for Ohio State-UCLA game on NBC4

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio State’s first game against UCLA in 24 years now has a start time. The top-ranked Buckeyes (8-0, 5-0) will welcome the Bruins (3-5, 3-2) to Ohio Stadium on N…

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[brodybuck21]

Ohio State’s Nov. 15 Home Game vs. UCLA Set for 7:30 P.m. Kickoff on NBC​

By Dan Hope on November 3, 2025 at 1:30 pm @dan_hope

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Ohio State will play its third home night game of the season against UCLA.
The Big Ten announced Monday that Ohio State’s Nov. 15 home game vs. UCLA will kick off at 7:30 p.m. and will be televised by NBC.

Ohio State’s third and fourth home games of the season against Ohio (7 p.m., Peacock) and Minnesota (7:30 p.m., NBC) were also night games. As such, Ohio State will play three home night games in a season for just the third time ever. It’s the first time since 2022 for Ohio State to play three home night games in a year.
Historically, Ohio State opposed playing regular-season night games after the first weekend of November. After Ohio State agreed to host a night game against Michigan State on the second weekend of November in 2023, athletic director Gene Smith told Eleven Warriors that Ohio State would not agree to do that again.
New Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork, however, has made a push for more home night games since succeeding Smith last year. And last year’s home College Football Playoff game against Tennessee in December proved that the Shoe can still be an electric night-game environment in colder weather. As such, Ohio State has opened the door to playing November night games again, and Buckeye fans will get another chance to watch their team play under the lights at Ohio Stadium this season.
Next week’s game between Ohio State and UCLA will be the first meeting between the teams since UCLA joined the Big Ten last year. The two schools last played each other in 2001, when UCLA won a 13-6 game in Pasadena. Ohio State last hosted UCLA in 1999, earning a 42-20 win over the Bruins at the Shoe. The teams have played each other nine times total, with the all-time series knotted at 4-4-1.
Before UCLA comes to the Shoe, the Bruins host Nebraska this Saturday (9 p.m., FOX). Ohio State travels to West Lafayette, Indiana, to play Purdue on Saturday (1 p.m., Big Ten Network) before returning home to face Nico Iamaleava – who was Tennessee’s quarterback for Ohio State’s 42-17 win at the Shoe last December – in a night game for the second time in two years.

Ohio State’s Nov. 15 Home Game vs. UCLA Set for 7:30 P.m. Kickoff on NBC

Ohio State will play its third home night game of the season when it hosts UCLA on Nov. 15, with NBC televising the 7:30 p.m. game.

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