Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Franklin with Penn State in 2019. The Nittany Lions finished the 2019 season 11–2, and had a conference record of 7–2. [47] They received an invitation to the 2019 Cotton Bowl Classic where they defeated the #17 2019 Memphis Tigers 53–39. Penn State finished the 2019 season ranked #9 in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll.
Either Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman or Penn State’s James Franklin will become the first Black coach to compete for a college football national championship.
Either Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman or Penn State's James Franklin will make this history. In many ways it equals another unique moment. That was when the Super Bowl featured its first Black head ...
Penn State didn’t complete a pass to a receiver in a loss to Ohio State in November. It’s a bugaboo for the program under Franklin’s leadership — not enough game-changing wideouts on the ...
Six coaches have led Penn State in postseason bowl games: Hugo Bezdek, Bob Higgins, Rip Engle, Joe Paterno, Tom Bradley, and Franklin. Two of those coaches also won conference championships: Paterno captured three, and Franklin one, as a member of the Big 10. Paterno also captured national championships as head coach at Penn State in 1982 and 1986.
Penn State coach James Franklin has his team off to a 2-0 start with wins over WV and Bowling Green; so why do some think he's on the hot seat?
On January 11, 2014, Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin was hired as the 16th Penn State head football coach. [44] He is the first African American head football coach at Penn State. [45] In Franklin's first year, the NCAA lifted Penn State's postseason ban and the Nittany Lions were bowl eligible.
James Franklin's success with Penn State football. Franklin is 94-39 overall in his 11th season at Penn State, which includes one Big Ten Championship and no playoff appearances.