The Ohio State University recently announced a couple of future football dates, including one for next season.

Ohio State will host Buffalo of the Mid-American Conference Sept. 21, 2013; and the series of games between OSU 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).

After that start, Ohio State will head west to face the University of California on Sept. 14 – a return game for the meeting with the Golden Bears in Ohio Stadium this season. It 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 MAC play. Jeff Quinn is in his third year as Buffalo head coach. An assistant coach on Brian Kelly’s 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.

Future Schedules

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