HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – Pittsburgh and Marshall have agreed to a home-and-home football series in 2016 and 2020.
Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick said Tuesday the Thundering Herd will visit Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Oct. 1, 2016. The Panthers will play in Huntington on Sept. 26, 2020.
It will mark the first meetings between the schools.
Pitt will open the 2015 season with a Sept. 5 home game against Youngstown State. Its other nonconference matchups next year include contests at Akron and Iowa before a home game against Notre Dame.
The Panthers host Villanova to open up their 2016 season, and later that year they will play Penn State at home before traveling to Oklahoma State. Their final regular-season nonconference game in 2016 will be at home against the Thundering Herd.