A Green Wave is coming to Ohio Stadium.
Ohio State is scheduled to host Tulane Sept. 22, 2018, the school announced Thursday. The game completes Ohio State's football schedules through 2019.
"Tulane enhances and completes a non-conference schedule in 2018 that already includes Power 5 conference teams TCU and Oregon State,” Deputy Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond said in a press release. “The Green Wave is part of a fine American Athletic Conference, which produced a New Year’s Day 6 bowl winner last year [Houston over Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl], so its first trip to Ohio Stadium should be exciting for our students and fans."
Since a 1950 loss to SMU, Ohio State is 17-0-1 against schools presently in the American Athletic Conference, according to the release. Overall, the Buckeyes are 28-3-1 all-time against schools from the current AAC.
Urban Meyer is 3-0 against AAC schools (Central Florida, Navy, Cincinnati) and is slated to lead Ohio State against Tulsa Sept. 10 in Columbus.
Tulane hired Willie Fritz as head coach in December. He spent the last two seasons at Georgia Southern, where he went 17-7 to make his career record 137-62. Fritz' past career stops include Central Missouri and Sam Houston State.
The schedules for the next four seasons can be seen below. The times on the 2016 slate are as we know them Thursday.
| Date | TIME | Opponent | Location | TV | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT 09/03/16 | TBA | BOWLING GREEN | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/10/16 | TBA | TULSA | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/17/16 | TBA | OKLAHOMA | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/01/16 | Noon | RUTGERS | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/08/16 | TBA | INDIANA | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/15/16 | 8 p.m. | WISCONSIN | Camp Randall Stadium (Madison, WI) | ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 | – |
| SAT 10/22/16 | 8 p.m. | PENN STATE | Beaver Stadium (State College, PA) | ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 | – |
| SAT 10/29/16 | 5:30 p.m. | NORTHWESTERN | Ohio Stadium (Columbus, OH) | ESPN/ESPN2 | – |
| SAT 11/05/16 | 8 p.m. | NEBRASKA | Ohio Stadium (Columbus, OH) | ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 | – |
| SAT 11/12/16 | TBA | MARYLAND | Maryland Stadium (College Park, MD) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/19/16 | TBA | MICHIGAN STATE | Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, MI) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/26/16 | TBA | MICHIGAN | Ohio Stadium (Columbus, OH) | TBA | – |
| SAT 12/3/16 | TBA | BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP | Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) | FOX | – |
| Date | TIME | Opponent | Location | TV | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT 09/02/17 | TBA | INDIANA | Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, Ind.) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/09/17 | TBA | OKLAHOMA | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/16/17 | TBA | ARMY | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/23/17 | TBA | UNLV | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/30/17 | TBA | RUTGERS | High Point Solutions Stadium (Brunswick, NJ) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/07/17 | TBA | MARYLAND | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/14/17 | TBA | NEBRASKA | Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, Neb.) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/28/17 | TBA | PENN STATE | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/04/17 | TBA | IOWA | Kinnick Stadium (Iowa City, Iowa) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/11/17 | TBA | MICHIGAN STATE | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/18/17 | TBA | ILLINOIS | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/25/17 | TBA | MICHIGAN | Michigan Stadium (Ann Arbor, Mich.) | TBA | – |
| SAT 12/02/17 | TBA | BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP | Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Ind.) | TBA | – |
| Date | TIME | Opponent | Location | TV | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT 09/01/18 | TBA | OREGON STATE | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/08/18 | TBA | RUTGERS | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/15/18 | TBA | TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium (Ft. Worth, TX) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/22/18 | TBA | TULANE | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/29/18 | TBA | PENN STATE | Beaver Stadium (State College, PA) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/06/18 | TBA | INDIANA | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/13/18 | TBA | MINNESOTA | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/20/18 | TBA | PURDUE | Ross-Ade Stadium (West Lafayette, IN) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/03/18 | TBA | NEBRASKA | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/10/18 | TBA | MICHIGAN STATE | Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, MI) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/17/18 | TBA | MARYLAND | Byrd Stadium (College Park, MD) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/24/18 | TBA | MICHIGAN | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 12/01/17 | TBA | BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP | Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Ind.) | TBA | – |
| Date | TIME | Opponent | Location | TV | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT 08/31/19 | TBA | FLORIDA ATLANTIC | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/07/19 | TBA | CINCINNATI | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/14/19 | TBA | INDIANA | Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/21/19 | TBA | TCU | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 09/28/19 | TBA | NEBRASKA | Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/05/19 | TBA | MICHIGAN STATE | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/19/19 | TBA | NORTHWESTERN | Ryan Field (Evanston, IL) | TBA | – |
| SAT 10/26/19 | TBA | WISCONSIN | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/09/19 | TBA | MARYLAND | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/16/19 | TBA | RUTGERS | High Point Solutions Stadium (Brunswick, NJ) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/23/19 | TBA | PENN STATE | Ohio Stadium (Columbus) | TBA | – |
| SAT 11/30/19 | TBA | MICHIGAN | Michigan Stadium (Ann Arbor, Mich.) | TBA | – |
| SAT 12/07/19 | TBA | BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP | Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Ind.) | TBA | – |
The Buckeyes host Bowling Green at Ohio Stadium in 100 days. Kickoff for that remains unknown.