The season opener at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
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Season-Opening Conference Games
The Buckeyes have never lost a season-opening conference game
10/4/24 - Purdue 7-0
10/6/34 - Indiana 33-0
10/1/38 - Indiana 6-0
9/27/52 - Indiana 33-13 (revenge)
9/26/53 - Indiana 36-12
9/25/54 - Indiana 28-0
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From 1971 through 1976 (the Archie Griffin years, plus the year before and the year after) Ohio State opened with a conference opponent, something they had not done since 1954 and would not do again until 2017. The 40-season hiatus between season-opening conference games was by far the longest.
9/11/71 - Iowa 52-21
9/16/72 - Iowa 21-0
9/15/73 - Minnesota 56-7
9/14/74 - at Minnesota 34-19
9/13/75 - at #11 MSU 21-0 (revenge)
9/11/76 - MSU 49-21
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8/31/2017 - at Indiana 49-21
*10/24/2020 - Nebraska 52-17
Cincinnati. That was my first buckeye game!Wasn't NU in 2004 a season opener?
EDIT
No it was a conference opener on the road. We opened with NC state or marshall or some such thing
Bought tickets for this game, today. Going with my 12yo son for a long weekend. Can’t wait!
My Minnesota friend is buying tickets for us tomorrow, should be a really fun time having the opener at a 100% stadium capacity on a Thursday night in downtown Minneapolis. I didn't realize you could buy them already though, my friend better not be letting me down haha.