How to watch Penn State football vs. Northwestern: Time, channel, streaming info, and more

Penn State football (3-2) welcomes Northwestern (3-2) to Beaver Stadium on Saturday for Homecoming weekend Big Ten clash. The Nittany Lions are in a rut, as they fell out of The Associated Press top 25 for the first time since 2022. The Wildcats, meanwhile, are on a winning streak after knocking out ULM last weekend following a win over UCLA, which just beat James Franklin’s team, of course. It’s more likely that the fans will be angrier at the home team than the visitors early on Saturday. But, NW coach David Braun is preparing his team for a raucous crowd in State College anyway.

“It’s what everyone else in the country is doing,” Braun said this week. “It’s pumping in crowd noise. Us as coaches, we love to create these environments around practice that are so structured and routine-based. But sometimes it’s good to, like, throw some chaos at the guys and just see how they respond. This week and all weeks, we’ve totally changed our practice structure going back to last January.

“There are more surprises in practice, and that’s something that we have to just continue to emulate within practice. Crowd noise, little bit of chaos, making sure that our guys are keeping their knees bent and just willing to take a deep breath adjust, and move on to the next play.”

How can you watch the Penn State-Northwestern showdown? Read on for time and television information, the latest spread, and more as kickoff approaches again in State College.

Northwestern at Penn State: Game time and details

Penn State leads the all-time season series 16-5. The Lions are currently on a three-game winning streak that dates back to 2017.

Here are the details for this year’s matchup:

Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Date: Saturday, Oct. 11
Location: Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa.
Weather: Here’s the latest forecast: “Partly cloudy. High 67F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.”
The line: PSU is a 21.5-point favorite at BetMGM.
Over/under: 47.5 points

How to watch, stream Lions-Wildcats

Penn State is on FS1 for the second time this season. The Lions will also on the channel when they played Villanova back in September.

The network’s crew of Connor Onion (play-by-play) and Mark Helfrich (color commentary) will be on the call. There is no sideline reporter for this game.

The Penn State Sports Network will also be on the radio airwaves with Steve Jones, Jack Ham, and Brian Tripp. It airs on 99.5 & 103.7 FM/1450 AM locally and at GoPSUSports.com online.

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