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The 1985 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. [1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park , Pennsylvania.
November 2: No. 1 Iowa fell 22–13 to No. 8 Ohio State, while No. 2 Florida handled No. 6 Auburn 14–10. No. 3 Penn State defeated Boston College 16–12, but No. 4 Michigan had to settle for a 3–3 tie against Illinois. No. 5 Nebraska won 41–3 at Kansas State.
The first contest, held on August 29, 1983, was the first regular-season college football game to be played in the month of August. [1] The game featured the defending national champions Penn State Nittany Lions and the pre-season No. 1 ranked team, the Nebraska Cornhuskers .
PUR – Jim Everett 6-yard run (Jonathan Briggs kick). Purdue 10–7. Second quarter. PITT – Charles Scales 19-yard pass from John Congemi (Mark Brasco kick). Pittsburgh 14–10. PITT – Clint Wilson 5-yard pass from John Congemi (Mark Brasco kick). Pittsburgh 21–10. Third quarter. PUR – Steve Griffin 13-yard pass from Jim Everett (pass ...
The Nittany Lions entered the year with lofty expectations, with a preseason No. 9 ranking in the US LBM Coaches Poll and bolstered by the promise of a 12-team College Football Playoff and Big Ten ...
(WHTM) — The Big Ten Conference released Penn State’s 2025 football schedule. Penn State will begin the season against Nevada, followed by matchups with FIU, Villanova, Oregon, UCLA ...
Penn State leads the all-time series with Rutgers 31-2. The Nittany Lions won last season’s meeting 55-10 at Beaver Stadium. The Scarlet Knights last beat Penn State on Sept. 24, 1988, in a 21 ...
He attended Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, where he was the starting quarterback for coach Rip Engle's Nittany Lions in 1960 and 1961. He led the Nittany Lions to a combined 15–6 record and victories in the 1960 Liberty Bowl and 1961 Gator Bowl. He was named the outstanding player in the sole playing of the U.S. Bowl, a ...