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August 28th, 2027
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) will open the 2027 season against the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic on August 28, 2027 at the Aviva Stadium.
Pitt last played a football game outside the U.S. on December 2, 1989. The Panthers defeated Rutgers, 46-29, in the Emerald Isle Classic at Lansdowne Road Stadium in Dublin. Wisconsin's only other game in a foreign country came in 1993 in a 41-20 win over Michigan State in the Coca-Cola Bowl in Tokyo, Japan.
The Panthers will be the designated home team for the 2027 matchup in Ireland. Pitt is 3-0 all-time against Wisconsin, with the most recent meeting taking place during the 1967 season.
Official Travel and Hospitality Packages are on sale now. Standalone tickets will go on sale to the U.S. audience in early 2027 through each schools' Ticket Office and to the Irish and European audiences in March 2027 via Ticketmaster.ie.
Aviva Stadium
The Aer Lingus College Football Classic will be held at the magnificent Aviva Stadium, which also held the 2012 Emerald Isle Classic between the University of Notre Dame and U.S. Naval Academy, as well as the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Boston College and Georgia Tech in 2016, Northwestern and Nebraska in 2022, Notre Dame and Navy in 2023, Georgia Tech and Florida State in 2024 and K-State and Iowa State in 2025. TCU and North Carolina are slated for 2026 and Pitt and Wisconsin in 2027. It is built on the site of the former Lansdowne Road stadium, which was demolished in 2007, and where Boston College played in 1988. It is home to the Irish Rugby Football Union and the Football Association of Ireland.
