COLLEGE PARK, MD – OCTOBER 30: The Big Ten logo on the field at Maryland Stadium before the game between the Maryland Terrapins and the Minnesota Golden Gophers on October 30, 2020 at in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images)
Six Big Ten football games will be played at different sites than originally planned and dates for many matchups have been changed on the revised 2021 conference schedule released Friday.
The Big Ten shortened its 2020 season to eight games because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and six games were played at the same location as the previous year. The changes to the 2021 schedule avoid having the same home team three years in a row for those games.
The games with new locations: Michigan State at Indiana on Oct. 16; Wisconsin at Purdue on Oct. 23; Michigan at Michigan State on Oct 30; Purdue at Nebraska on Oct. 30; Indiana at Michigan on Nov. 6; and Nebraska at Wisconsin on Nov. 20.
Two rivalry games were moved back to their traditional spots at the end of the regular season. Iowa plays at Nebraska on Nov. 26 and Wisconsin visits Minnesota on Nov. 27.
Each team's nine conference opponents remain the same from the original schedule.
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