Matt Rhule

Temple head coach Matt Rhule reacts during the first half of an NCAA college football game against the Connecticut, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, in Philadelphia. Temple won 27-3. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

The first three games on Penn State's 2016 schedule now have start times.

James Franklin's Lions will open the head coach's third year in blue and white on Sept. 3 when Kent State comes to town for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff, the Big Ten Network announced on Monday. Then, on Sept. 3, the Lions' Week 3 matchup with Temple at Beaver Stadium will begin at Noon.

Both games will be carried by BTN, and Penn State's Sept. 10 showdown with Pittsburgh was already announced as a Noon start to be carried on one of the ESPN channels or ABC.

Other known 2016 start times include a Noon kick with Maryland on Oct. 8, an 8 p.m. kick with Ohio State on Oct. 22, a 7:30 p.m. start with Iowa on Nov. 5, and an 8 p.m. kick at Rutgers on Nov. 19.

Penn State is undefeated all-time against Kent State, and last played the Golden Flashes in 2013 when the Lions pitched a 34-0 shutout. As for Temple, it will mark a revenge spot for PSU after it lost to the Owls at Lincoln Financial Field to begin the 2015 season.