Penn State football’s matchup against UCLA is set for Big Noon Kickoff on FOX for its Saturday, October 5, contest at Beaver Stadium. The matchup against UCLA will be the first time the Nittany Lions face one of the Big Ten’s newest additions.

Penn State has faced UCLA six times, though none of those matchups have come in the last 50 years. A Joe Paterno-led Nittany Lions group defeated UCLA 21-6 in 1968 in the programs’ last game, but UCLA has taken four of the other five contests.

The Nittany Lions contest against UCLA will be their third noon kick, after facing West Virginia on FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff and Bowling Green at noon.

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